Daedalus
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Joined: 24 May 2003
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 Posted: Sun Jan 11 2004 19:36
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Well, apperantly pll like my music 'cause I've been asked to join a group of people that make a radio show  Nothing big and fancy or anything. Just a group of friends with a radio studio. Actually I must say they HAD a radiostudio cause they've been kicked out (dunno why, probably had something to do with the rent). The only way to keep the radiostation alive before we find a more permanet solution is to broadcast via the internet at my place. With leads me to my question: Is there any way to make my mic louder? Al the thingys in windows and stuff are at max but you litteraly have to scream to be able to hear you own voice when we play it back. Is there some hidden setting we're overlooking or should we just buy a new mic?
(maybe the first bit of my post about the radio station and stuff wasn't nessesary. Guess I just like to brag a bit  ) |
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QBical
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Utrecht , The Netherlands
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Posted: Sun Jan 11 2004 20:06
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try using an compresor/limiter on your end signal to get that 'in ya face' radio sound...
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zood
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Joined: 08 Jan 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 11 2004 20:07
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Umm, your soundcards volume setups? Recording volume? And make sure that your microphone is not plucked in the line-in hole, there is a place for michrophone too i hope.
And what is your mic like? a "normal" dynamic or condenser?
I think you should just first check your windows sound setups, it might also be in your mic but in don't but i doubt it. There is the small mixer or speaker icon in the system tray? if it doesn't show the recording levels there might be in the menus a option where you can choose it to show them
Or in the worst case you bought a condenser mic and it needs phantom power, but it has been working before has it?! If you don't know the difference beetween condenser and dynamic, well dynamic is usually the normal looking where you sing or speak to, and it takes just the short range sounds and the condenser takes long distance sounds too. |
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Sunbuster
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Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Finland
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Posted: Mon Jan 12 2004 10:14
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what is the model/manufacturer of your microphone? perhaps you need a mic-preamp  a compressor on the speech is recommended also |
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Inge
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland
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Posted: Mon Jan 12 2004 10:40
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http://www.burnill.co.uk/mbl4.php
Should give the most basic functions to make your signal better (realtime compressor/limiter/filter). I can remember seeing software that also included an optimizer/enhancer/stereo spreader in a realtime program, but I can't find it at the moment.
About the mic: probably the phantom power. Furthermore, soundcards that come with their own mixing software (almost everyone nowadays) can have their settings separated from the windows audio mixer. Check both the mixer of your soundcard as the windows one, and check that in both mixers the volume is all up. Furthermore, the mixer of your soundcard itself might have an option 'boost mic' (it has for my terratec). Consider checking the website of your card manufacturer to see if there is an update for the software for your soundcard.
And let me know once you guys start broadcasting; would like to hear it as a fellow-radiomaker 
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Daedalus
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Joined: 24 May 2003
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Posted: Mon Jan 12 2004 17:01
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I'm 100% the mic is plugged into the wright hole and all the settings in windows are at max. Maybe I'll try the software inge recommended |
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Sunbuster
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Posted: Mon Jan 12 2004 22:39
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And you're 100% certain the mic doesn't need phantom power, or if it does, that it has phantom power? |
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Inge
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Daedalus
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Posted: Tue Jan 13 2004 18:20
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Thanks for al your help, guys! I managed to squeeze some extra power out of my mic.
@Inge: well uhm... The mic's brand is 'Boeder' No model name of numer on the mic itself or in windows. |
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