[access-uk] Re: Sound Forge and Sound Cards
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:50:13 +0100
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
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-----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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