[access-uk] Re: Sound Forge and Sound Cards
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:42:26 +0100
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
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-----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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