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| DATE | 2002-06-27 |
| FROM | Marco Scoffier
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Recording Sound on a Laptop
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Hey Kevin,
Yes mics are important. I would definitely recommend an omnidirectional
mic for voice lessons as they have the flatest frequency responce, and
tend to produce the nicest voice quality..
I highly recommend these:
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=110
(You don't have to stick them in your ears). If you are more of a
tinkerer and want to save money by doin-it-yo-self this is the place to go
:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gottapes/micdiyers/main.htm
You should try the audio in on your laptop, but often the quality of these
inputs is not so great, there is alot of interference in the laptop case,
and most consumers don't care so much about recording, so the quality on
the inputs is all over the place. There is no good add on sound card (for
a loptop) which works smoothly with any free -os yet. Though there is
alot of progress with the USB ones (none of the pcmcia vendors want to
play nice).
If your laptop's audio ins don't cut it for you and you want a
recorder, I would recommend a minidisk recorder ( I have no experience
with the mp3 recoders diamond rio and the like ). I know that the quality
of certain models of mini-disc recorders is quite good. For some reason
having mic inputs on a recording has become a "premiuim" selling point so
the recording ones with mic inputs are always more expensive.
The highest rated (in audio circles) is this one :
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=520
there is also the sony MZ-N707BKJ which sells for 199.95 at b&h
hope this helps,
--marco
On 2002.06.26 10:11 Kevin Milani wrote:
>
> Knowing that there are a lot of Audio/Video gurus on this list, I was
> wondering if somebody can tell me what tools software/hardware I would
> need
> to record sound on my laptop.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 4800 laptop running Red Hat 7.3 and the sound card
>
> driver is at least functional enough to let me listen to the NYLXS radio
> show
> without any problems.
>
> I will actually be recording my voice lessons so that I can edit the
> voice
> lessons and use them to practice and work on my vocal exercises (most of
> which I can't remember by the time I get back home from my lesson -- thus
> a
> solid recording would be useful.) Also, it would be great to know how
> best
> to get a high quality recording for as little money as possible. From
> what
> little I know, a lot of the quality seems to come from the microphone
> that is
> used.
>
> Any guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> P.S. The alternative is to buy a "proprietary" analog tape recorder.
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