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Bad microphone noise
I am simply trying to create a voice clip with Sound Recorder and a
mike from Wal-Mart. The humming is so bad it is as loud as the voice! I bought another mike. Same deal. I have played with the sound settings, to no avail. I tried MS Movie Maker. Same problem. I tried to mess with the audio properties, but they stay grayed out, whether I have selected a clip or not. Haaalp! Thanks, Don Marsh |
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It seems that you may have a bad sound card. Normally the cheap microphones
don't make hum and noise, or you added an extension cable on to the microphone, and the extension cord is defective. The cheap microphones just sound terrible, but should not make hum and noise. I have seen a defective sound card, or damaged microphone cause what you are describing. By trying another microphone, you ruled out the microphone. -- Jerry G. ===== "The Doctor of Cool" wrote in message om... I am simply trying to create a voice clip with Sound Recorder and a mike from Wal-Mart. The humming is so bad it is as loud as the voice! I bought another mike. Same deal. I have played with the sound settings, to no avail. I tried MS Movie Maker. Same problem. I tried to mess with the audio properties, but they stay grayed out, whether I have selected a clip or not. Haaalp! Thanks, Don Marsh |
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"Jerry G." wrote in message ...
It seems that you may have a bad sound card. Normally the cheap microphones don't make hum and noise, or you added an extension cable on to the microphone, and the extension cord is defective. The cheap microphones just sound terrible, but should not make hum and noise. I have seen a defective sound card, or damaged microphone cause what you are describing. By trying another microphone, you ruled out the microphone. I thank you both for the feedback (~rimshot~), but other sounds play just fine. My daughter uses the CD playera lot, and I get good audio from movie clips. I also tried turning microphone boost on and off. On is much better, but still lousy. I dunno. Maybe I will see if it takes a sound clip from my digital voice recorder. IF it's any better, I will use that and forget the mike altogether. Thanks, DM |
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I am simply trying to create a voice clip with Sound Recorder and a
mike from Wal-Mart. The humming is so bad it is as loud as the voice! I bought another mike. Same deal. I have played with the sound settings, to no avail. I tried MS Movie Maker. Same problem. I tried to mess with the audio properties, but they stay grayed out, whether I have selected a clip or not. Haaalp! What computer/sound card? Whatever program you use the sound comes through the same system. The mic input on non-specialist systems is often of really lousy quality. If this is a laptop machine, try recording on battery power - unplug the mains adaptor. Cheap microphones won't sound very good, but the problem isn't usually serious hum. |
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