Thanks lots for this. Happy to spend money as long as I get the right
result. Presumably any Mike I buy must have a battery? Is this right ray?
To power the condenser?
Donna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sound Forge and Sound Cards
Donna, afraid the Rode NT3 maybe more than you want to pay; they usually retail around £90.
However, I've recalled a supplier of relatively cheap mics in the UK who
specializes in supplying mics and other equipment for portable recorder use.
He has a lot of more economical mics from Eagle and others , although they
tend to be lapel and tie clip mics. Take a look at:
http://www.inquitaudio.co.uk/html/wired_mics.html
If its desktop mics you are after then Maplin is the other obvious source, and, as I'm going into the town centre a bit later on I could email you of-list if I see something there that looks as if it will fulfill your needs. If you don't mind finding your way around complex sites then you could have a look around their web site.
From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Donna Waring
Do you know how much this costs ray?
Donna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Donna, depends how much you want to spend, although you will need a
self-powered condenser to work with the Audigy. Someone may well come up
with a suggestion that's more suited to the Audigy with its mini-jack
input,
but the only cheapish high quality condenser mics I know of are the likes
of
the Rode NT3, which uses a PP3 internal battery. You would though need an
XLR to mini jack lead for this mic.
May well be other mics which are geared more to the computer mic market though. I'd say the likes of Rode and AKG battery powered condensers are much more the business where music recording is concerned, whereas straight voice narration is rather less demanding.
From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Donna Waring
I think Aurdry you have a point. My mike is only cheap. I've been planning to get another for a while. Can anyone recommend a condenser mike and model to go for?
Donna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Tonge" <audrey.tonge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
HI Ray,
I think you could be right with the Microphone output. the real problem
is that a condenser microphone of professional quality should be used and
I am using a headset microphone. So it isn't so much the soundcard's
shortcomings, but not having the correct component. Having said this,
Donna could have the correct microphone so I could be on the wrong trail
here, smiles.
Audrye
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Donna. At the outset, I won't say much as I'm not using the Audigy, although a friend does have it and I'll have a word with him tomorrow.
Sounds to me as if the microphone pre-amp might not be that good in the Audigy, which, if it is the case, seems a bit daft in a card aimed at higher quality sound. Maybe someone will come back who has found a higher output microphone they're using with the Audigy so that the gain on the mic input can be turned down a bit and, hthe hiss level with it.
I know has experience with sound editing through her TAFN work and her
solution of cleaning up in Sound Forge does have the merit of avoiding
spending more money and the time involved in looking around for a higher
output mic. Does seem a shame to have to clean up because of the
shortcomings of the Audigiy.
From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Audrey Tonge
HI Donna,
I have the same type of sound card and also experience the slight hiss
you
were speaking about. I believe it could be a feature of that card.
What
you need to do is correct this with the tools in sound Fforge after
recording. Re your problem with recording from the net. This should be
altered in the play controls of your volume control. It is the wave
setting
that you need to raise as you should be recording in What You Hear
setting
and it is the play control volume that reflects levels as it is what it
says, what you hear.
Hope this helps you figure out what is going on.
Audrey
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Waring" <donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:57 AM Subject: [access-uk] Sound Forge and Sound Cards
After the excellent advice I got last week about muting my microphone in playback, I've come across two more difficulties I am hoping someone can help with.
Firstly, I am using an Audigy Sound Card, and prior to this, I had a Sound Blaster Live. I changed the sound card because I heard the Audigy's worked better with JAWS and didn't require special drivers etc.
However, when recording, I now notice a slight hiss which wasn't there
before. Is this normal and is there anything I can do about it. I
just
get the slight hiss when recording my voice, not when recording off the
internet or anything like that.
Secondly and lastly, I notice that when I record off the net, the
recording levels are quite low. Lower than the radio in fact when I
was
recording The Archers on Radio 4. I adjusted the volume in Record what
you here to 100 per cent using the up down slider, but even then the
levels of what I had recorded were lower than the program itself when I
played it on the net.
So, in order to increase the levels, is there a master volume somewhere
I
can increase, or do I just have to leave it? Or do you record first
and
then normalise to make it louder? I'm quite new to this but I like to
get
it right.
Just learning.
DonnaThanks in anticipation
Donna
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