Easy mic solution for you novices

IronMike778 · Unread post by **IronMike778** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:40 am

Ok, so I had all kinds of trouble with a Shure SM57 mic bringing the sound to my computer, so after weeks of frustration I returned it and made a trip to Comp USA. I bought a $14.99 computer mic and it works surprisingly well. My setup now is simply that mic plugged into the mic jack and Cool Edit Pro which I downloaded for free. After playing around with some simple effects I was pleasantly surprised at how good the quality was.

Hope this can be of some help to those like me who just want to be able to record themselves for the sole purpose of critiquing yourself but don't want to drop all kinds of cash$$$ doing it.

Mike

djs488 · Unread post by **djs488** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 9:43 pm

can you post a sample of a song on this thread so i can see what the quality is like? thanks a lot. iv always wondered what the quality of those would be.

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 10:52 pm

djs488 wrote:can you post a sample of a song on this thread so i can see what the quality is like? thanks a lot. iv always wondered what the quality of those would be.

check out my new billies cover in the recording forum
i recorded it with one

IronMike778 · Unread post by **IronMike778** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 6:34 am

Here's a couple I didwith nothing more that a computer mic. Now keep in mind, at this point I really only record myself so I can then critique it. Of these two, I think the sound quality for What You Are is better, I'm not that thrilled about how the opening of Billies sounds (quality wise).

http://www.angelfire.com/clone2/davi

djs488 · Unread post by **djs488** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 7:54 am

hmm, my mike that iv had with my comp doesn't sound nearly that good, and is staticy. should i buy a new one? where do you put the mic relative to the guitar? do you have a really good sound card or somthing? thanks a lot.

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:34 am

I had that same problem, its probably the sound recorder program youre using. Get Cool Edit Pro or Sound Forge 6.0 off Kazaa, then it should sound pretty good.

IronMike778 · Unread post by **IronMike778** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:39 pm

djs488 wrote:hmm, my mike that iv had with my comp doesn't sound nearly that good, and is staticy. should i buy a new one? where do you put the mic relative to the guitar? do you have a really good sound card or somthing? thanks a lot.

My soundcard is just the basic sound card that came with the computer. I plug into the mic jack. The mic just sits on my computer desk aimed at the soundhole. I use a $14.99 Labtec mic I got at CompUSA. It's nothing spectacular, but it accomplishes what I need it to do.

cave_cricket · Unread post by **cave_cricket** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 3:43 pm

I just use a cheap little computer mic for my recordings. And Cool Edit Pro v2 to edit it.

I have some covers in the Recording & Critiquing section if you want to ehar them.

I am extremely happy with the quality I got from. It can only get better once I invest in some actual equipment.

Peace,

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