I am using external mikes which I plug into the soundcard in the back of the
computer.
You are right an external mixer might help.
It may be that the soundcard in my old computer did a better job of filtering
out background noise.
Thanks.
Larry
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Subject: [studiorecorder] background noise
Larry,
I don't know if you're plugging the microphone directly into your PC, or if
you're using your computer's microphone. Sample size and sample rate don't have
anything to do with background noise. I'll leave it to someone else to provide
tips on reducing background noise; usually you'd need other software to do
that, or at least use an external sound mixer.
If you're using the computer's microphone, that could cause background noise
since it would pick up sounds that are created inside the PC such as motor
noise, disk drives spinning etc.
Mary
