Computer Mic Recording

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 4:29 pm

Im not real serious about recording or anything but I would like to record myself so I can hear myself and critique my playing a mostly my singing. I tried to use my computer mic, I had it real close to the soundhole and when I played it back I could barely hear anything and it was real crackly. Is everyones mic this shitty or is it just mine. I dont really wanna spend a bunch of money yet for recording equipment so Id like to fix this computer mic problem, anyone have any insight or suggestions for me.

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 4:43 pm

6-12" inches from soundhole

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 5:41 pm

that has nothing whatsoever to do with it. my problem is when I play it back Ive got the volume completely jacked up on my comp. and I can barely hear anything and what I hear is very crackly. is it possible to get a half decent recording off a computer mic or is mine just a piece of crap?

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:04 pm

well, the crackliness *could* have to do with the closeness to the soundhole, and this is what i was addressing. as for the quality, yes it's perfectly reasonable to get a good quality recording off a computer mic. try opening the volume control, setting it to "recording" (under properties) and checking the Mic Boost option under the advanced dialog box underneath the microphone slider. this will probably fix your volume problem. if not, make sure you're plugged into the microphone port; the line-in doesn't have any phantom power. as for the crackliness, it could be either the distance from the soundhole, a bad mic, perhaps bad software used to record, not enough ram, yadda, yadda, yadda...

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:31 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:well, the crackliness *could* have to do with the closeness to the soundhole, and this is what i was addressing. as for the quality, yes it's perfectly reasonable to get a good quality recording off a computer mic. try opening the volume control, setting it to "recording" (under properties) and checking the Mic Boost option under the advanced dialog box underneath the microphone slider. this will probably fix your volume problem. if not, make sure you're plugged into the microphone port; the line-in doesn't have any phantom power. as for the crackliness, it could be either the distance from the soundhole, a bad mic, perhaps bad software used to record, not enough ram, yadda, yadda, yadda...

i didnt ask this question but thanks anyway with that volume control trick

helped me out

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:46 pm

Well I did what you said and I can actually hear the music now, though I still cant get it up real loud but it sounds like I recorded it in 100 mph winds. Its still kinda crackly and there is a lot of whooshhhs, you think I just got a crappy mic, its the one that came with me Dell. Its not the distance cuz I backed up and went forward and everything, I dont know what software I have to record, Im just using the sound recorder program that came with the comp, its gotta be the mic or the software, is there anything I can do to fix this you think?

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:53 pm

jsgksu wrote:Well I did what you said and I can actually hear the music now, though I still cant get it up real loud but it sounds like I recorded it in 100 mph winds. Its still kinda crackly and there is a lot of whooshhhs, you think I just got a crappy mic, its the one that came with me Dell. Its not the distance cuz I backed up and went forward and everything, I dont know what software I have to record, Im just using the sound recorder program that came with the comp, its gotta be the mic or the software, is there anything I can do to fix this you think?

what software did you say you were using?

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:22 pm

johntherevelator wrote:
jsgksu wrote:Well I did what you said and I can actually hear the music now, though I still cant get it up real loud but it sounds like I recorded it in 100 mph winds. Its still kinda crackly and there is a lot of whooshhhs, you think I just got a crappy mic, its the one that came with me Dell. Its not the distance cuz I backed up and went forward and everything, I dont know what software I have to record, Im just using the sound recorder program that came with the comp, its gotta be the mic or the software, is there anything I can do to fix this you think?
what software did you say you were using?

he said he was using sound recorder. it could be your mic, it's more than likely not sound recorder because i've recorded stuff through it as well. and i was using my crappy computer mic as well, so i don't know. try and borrow a friends mic sometimes and use that to see if it's your mic.

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Sun Feb 02, 2003 12:29 am

well if hes using sound recorder it MIGHT be the problem

i used it for a while with the computer mic and it sounded shitty, but when i got a real recording program and still used the computer mic it sounded fine.
try downloading one off kazaa

i suggest steinberg cubase

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:20 pm

i'm very fond of the mics that come with dell's, so i doubt it's that - try either cool edit pro (you can find it on kazaa) or protools free (http://www.digidesign.com/) if you can find it - you have to have win98 though and it has kind of a steep learning curve
EDIT: the protools has the somewhat steep learning curve, the cool edit pro is fairly easy to use, though kinda noobular

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Sun Feb 02, 2003 9:40 pm

same with cubase VST32
took me a month to learn how to use it

Xoosh · Unread post by **Xoosh** » Sun Feb 02, 2003 11:26 pm

check out http://www.dmbtabs.com/tutorial/ for help on cuttin the hiss out if you've got cool edit .

/x

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 12:16 am

I got Sound Forge and I just realized I can record with it and it sounds great, so thanks for the help, I can finally record my shit now.

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