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Sound quality question
Hey everyone,
First let me say that I am sorry if my post shows up more then once. I have been posting to this group for two days now and NONE of my posts have showed up. I just bought a new high-end laptop but I don't seems to have the sound quality right. Can anyone give me some pointers? Here is the problem: I have been recording (cassette tape) sermons from my church into my old laptop via the line-in jack and converting them to .mp3 for web use. I have also been recording the sermons live. I have been doing this for a year now using "Microsoft Plus! Analog Recorder" or "Adobe Audition 1.5" and it has worked fine. However, after I got my new laptop it seems that I am getting a lot of reverb (echo) as I record. Even after I reduce the noise there is still a reverb/echo in the final product. Well, it turns out that the new system is picking up the echoes (sounds) as they bounce around the room. The best I can come up with is the sound card in the new system is WAY better then the one in the old laptop and it just picks up "All" of the sounds better then the old one. Anyone have any ideas how to go about removing/reducing the reverb/echo? The mic that the Pastor uses is a wireless mic. The sound card is a "Realtek High Definition Audio" device. Thanks for any and all help. Clayton |
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Is this simply a level-setting problem?
Also, when you record, is Line In the selected source, or What U Hear? If the latter, either select Line In, or make sure that in the playback volume control, you've muted everything but Line In. |
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"Clayton Sutton" wrote ...
I just bought a new high-end laptop but I don't seems to have the sound quality right. Can anyone give me some pointers? Here is the problem: I have been recording (cassette tape) sermons from my church into my old laptop via the line-in jack and converting them to .mp3 for web use. So does the line-in recording work OK on your new PC? It seems like you are asking about two different things here and we can't tell which symptoms go with which question? Please clarify. Too much detail is preferable to too little. I have also been recording the sermons live. I have been doing this for a year now using "Microsoft Plus! Analog Recorder" or "Adobe Audition 1.5" and it has worked fine. Not sure what you are meaning, exactly? Do you mean that you are holding your PC in your lap and recording on the built-in microphone through the air? Or do you mean that you are recording by getting a signal from the church PA system and recording on the line input? However, after I got my new laptop it seems that I am getting a lot of reverb (echo) as I record. My first suspicion would be that you are recording through the PC microphone instead of (or IN ADDITION TO) the line-level input. Go to the system "Volume Control" window and make sure you have the input(s) selected that you need, and no others. Even after I reduce the noise there is still a reverb/echo in the final product. Well, it turns out that the new system is picking up the echoes (sounds) as they bounce around the room. So you are saying that you ARE recording from the PC built- in microphone? Can you clarify exactly how you are doing the live recording? Do you *intend* to use the microphone, or are you trying to use a hardware-direct connection from the PA system into the line input? If you have any possibility of a choice, you would be much better off with a hardware connection than trying to use the built-in PC microphone. The best I can come up with is the sound card in the new system is WAY better then the one in the old laptop and it just picks up "All" of the sounds better then the old one. Or else you have the record levels set differently than you had with your previous setup. Do the levels look the same in the display in Adobe Audition,. etc? Anyone have any ideas how to go about removing/reducing the reverb/echo? The mic that the Pastor uses is a wireless mic. The sound card is a "Realtek High Definition Audio" device. Make sure you have only the one input selected that you want to record from. Avoid using the built-in PC microphone. Providing links to an example of "good" and "bad" recordings would be extraordinarily helpful if you want critical analysis. |
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