Re: Sound and Vision



On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:46:16 +0100, Ian Briggs wrote:

> I'm venturing into the world of audio and video...
>
> Sound
> I'm trying to record voice messages using Sound Recorder, with a cheap
> headset microphone plugged into the mic socket of some cheap sound card.
> Trouble is, the end result is very quiet, even with the record level
> cranked up using Volume Control. Any suggestions what it would be most
> useful to replace? (FYI, the end result needs to be playable on an iPod.)

Try a different mic. The quality of cheap mics varies considerably.
If no joy, you could try a preamp between mic and card, but you really
need a variable gain one to prevent overlaoding the soundcard input.
A google on linux sound recording will bring lots of hits I am sure as
this topic has been covered before.

HTH

Dave

Dave
.



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