I need to buy a Microphone
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JohnnyG wrote:
Anyways, Camtasia recommends you make PCM (WAV files) audio recording at 16Khz mono. I've tried some tests with my cheap computer mike and you can sure hear the breathing (stalker training?) and other pops, plus it seems to clip at the end of some words.
I don't know what's it's called, but mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top of it helps cut out some of the extra sound like that. So, don't get a bare mic.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I don't know what's it's called, but mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top of it helps cut out some of the extra sound like that.
Windscreens[^] They remove the inner stalker from everyone. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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JohnnyG wrote:
Anyways, Camtasia recommends you make PCM (WAV files) audio recording at 16Khz mono. I've tried some tests with my cheap computer mike and you can sure hear the breathing (stalker training?) and other pops, plus it seems to clip at the end of some words.
I don't know what's it's called, but mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top of it helps cut out some of the extra sound like that. So, don't get a bare mic.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top
That only happens when you leave your mics out overnight (especially if you've been recording a rock singer with them). Didn't you read the label on your mic that says, "Refrigerate after using"? :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top
That only happens when you leave your mics out overnight (especially if you've been recording a rock singer with them). Didn't you read the label on your mic that says, "Refrigerate after using"? :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Didn't you read the label on your mic that says, "Refrigerate after using"?
Damn, and here I thought that label meant I should hop in the fridge.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I don't know what's it's called, but mics with the fuzzy mesh stuff on top of it helps cut out some of the extra sound like that.
Windscreens[^] They remove the inner stalker from everyone. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
They remove the inner stalker from everyone.
:laugh: Makes for a great sales pitch I say.
Jeremy Falcon
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Didn't you read the label on your mic that says, "Refrigerate after using"?
Damn, and here I thought that label meant I should hop in the fridge.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Damn, and here I thought that label I should hop in the fridge.
Does the light really turn off when the door is closed? :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Damn, and here I thought that label I should hop in the fridge.
Does the light really turn off when the door is closed? :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Does the light really turn off when the door is closed?
The first rule of the Fridge Club is, we don't talk about the Fridge Club. :suss: ;)
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Does the light really turn off when the door is closed?
The first rule of the Fridge Club is, we don't talk about the Fridge Club. :suss: ;)
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
The first rule of the Fridge Club is, we don't talk about the Fridge Club.
Damn... I don't have to beat up ham sandwich to join do I? ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
The first rule of the Fridge Club is, we don't talk about the Fridge Club.
Damn... I don't have to beat up ham sandwich to join do I? ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I don't have to beat up ham sandwich to join do I?
Just slip it a little "lettuce", if you know what I mean. :-D
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm planning on taking a 3 hour course that we developed in-house and re-do it for CD/DVD-ROM distribution and maybe even stream it over the web. It will have a powerpoint presentation, interwoven with digital video, along with PC screen and mouse recordings of my program, all narrated with audio. Anyways, Camtasia recommends you make PCM (WAV files) audio recording at 16Khz mono. I've tried some tests with my cheap computer mike and you can sure hear the breathing (stalker training?) and other pops, plus it seems to clip at the end of some words. Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive (under $100 USD) microphone from somewhere in the US like at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc? I guess it would need to have a 1/8 inch plug or I could get by with a 1/4 to 1/8 inch adapter. Oh, yeah, BTW (an aside) I sould like a 80-year old man going through puberty. Yucchh. I'm definitely getting someone else to do this at my office.
Get a headset microphone and when using it make sure the microphone is to the side of the mouth, this will reduce the popping. Make a few recordings and see how position affects the sound quality. Elaine :rose:
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I'm planning on taking a 3 hour course that we developed in-house and re-do it for CD/DVD-ROM distribution and maybe even stream it over the web. It will have a powerpoint presentation, interwoven with digital video, along with PC screen and mouse recordings of my program, all narrated with audio. Anyways, Camtasia recommends you make PCM (WAV files) audio recording at 16Khz mono. I've tried some tests with my cheap computer mike and you can sure hear the breathing (stalker training?) and other pops, plus it seems to clip at the end of some words. Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive (under $100 USD) microphone from somewhere in the US like at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc? I guess it would need to have a 1/8 inch plug or I could get by with a 1/4 to 1/8 inch adapter. Oh, yeah, BTW (an aside) I sould like a 80-year old man going through puberty. Yucchh. I'm definitely getting someone else to do this at my office.
JohnnyG wrote:
I sound like a 80-year old man going through puberty. Yucchh. I'm definitely getting someone else to do this at my office.
If you've got a few bucks, you might try employing a professional reader. Local radio DJ's often moonlight doing audio voiceovers, and can be fairly cheap. You might also be able to hire students from the communications or theater departments from a local university. Having someone trained in using their voice can make quite a difference in the perceived quality of the final product. That said, if you don't have the money for a 'professional', here are some tips: 1. Have a script written out ahead of time, with cues (screen captures, or text descriptions) to the visual material. 2. Have a quiet place to do the recording in. A conference room with no windows, no phone, and a sign on the door that asks people to be quiet. This is as much for the reader's sake as it is avoiding extraneous noise in the recording. 3. When you're reading, read a phrase or two ahead in the text of where you are speaking. It takes some practice, but this goes a long way toward putting punctuation pauses and breathing breaks in the right place. 4. Break the recording into sections of fairly short duration. Let the reader rehearse each section a couple of times before they record it in order to get the timing right. 5. Realize that you will probably want to edit the script as you go. Written text and spoken text have different styles, and once you hear the written script spoken aloud, you may want changes. Have a thesaurus handy for words that are difficult to pronounce. 6. With a three hour program, it's going to take a while to record the audio for this. If you've got someone in your office doing it, it's going to take longer. Doing voiceovers can be tiring. 30 minutes of audio with rehearsals and 'do-overs' could take a couple of hours or more. Take breaks, and don't try to do it all at once.
Software Zen:
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I'm planning on taking a 3 hour course that we developed in-house and re-do it for CD/DVD-ROM distribution and maybe even stream it over the web. It will have a powerpoint presentation, interwoven with digital video, along with PC screen and mouse recordings of my program, all narrated with audio. Anyways, Camtasia recommends you make PCM (WAV files) audio recording at 16Khz mono. I've tried some tests with my cheap computer mike and you can sure hear the breathing (stalker training?) and other pops, plus it seems to clip at the end of some words. Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive (under $100 USD) microphone from somewhere in the US like at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc? I guess it would need to have a 1/8 inch plug or I could get by with a 1/4 to 1/8 inch adapter. Oh, yeah, BTW (an aside) I sould like a 80-year old man going through puberty. Yucchh. I'm definitely getting someone else to do this at my office.
The microphone that TechSmith sells is a really good microphone. I have one friend who did one version in a studio and another version using the TechSmith microphone and people thought the Techsmith mic version sounded better. [Lapel Mic] I'd give it a serious consideration! Dan