Reducing microphone hiss when recording on laptop

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1) WTF is a "podcast"
2) mics can cost $15,000. $25= dog poop

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Nick wrote:

> I'm trying to do some voice recording (spoken word, for a podcast) on
> my IBM Laptop with an outboard Sound Blaster USB. I figured that the
> outboard sound processing would make recording crystal-clear, but
> that's turning out not to be the case. While my voice comes through
> great on the $25 Radio Shack lapel mic I'm using, it comes through with
> a ton of hiss that I can't seem to get rid of (short of doing
> post-processing, which I'd like to avoid).
>
> Do I need a better mic? It certainly seems like there people out there
> recording hiss-free audio with far worse equipment.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

First thing is to check what kind of level your mic is producing - if
it's too low and you have to seriously boost the record level, it's
going to boost any noise as well.

Second, make sure you have the Mic input selected as the record source,
and not "What U Hear", which will give you a mix of all the inputs and
could be adding in some noise.


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Nick wrote:

> Thanks, I did verify that it's recording off the Mic input. For the
> mic to output a higher level, do I need a better mic, or a mic pre-amp?
> I have a DJ mixer and tried running the mic through that, and into the
> Sound Blaster's line-in, and although the sound came out better, there
> was still some noticeable background noise.

If the mic came from Rat Shack, it's likely that it's the culprit. I assume
it's an electret type ?

Graham

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"Pooh Bear"
> Nick wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I did verify that it's recording off the Mic input. For the
>> mic to output a higher level, do I need a better mic, or a mic pre-amp?
>> I have a DJ mixer and tried running the mic through that, and into the
>> Sound Blaster's line-in, and although the sound came out better, there
>> was still some noticeable background noise.
>
> If the mic came from Rat Shack, it's likely that it's the culprit. I
> assume
> it's an electret type ?
>


** What smug bullshit - same a most of Pooh Face's garbology.





............. Phil

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In article <1115171384.885180.52840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
genericaudioperson@hotmail.com wrote:

> 1) WTF is a "podcast"

A podcast is another name for a prerecorded show - that is downloaded to
your computer,then transferred to your iPod for later listening. or you
can listen on you desktop. via iTunes or other MP3 player

see:
http://www.ipodder.org/whatisPodcasting.html

> 2) mics can cost $15,000. $25= dog poop

that's expensive for dog poop

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