microphone masters, lend me your ears.
 

i want a good quality program, free, that will record my microphone with little or no static, and good quality recording. sound recorder always sound shitty, so help me, if you can.

and if you want to know, i want to record me MC'ing for a sample.

First requirement is a good quality mic, second will probably be a good quality booster amp depending on the mic's output(essential if using a dynamic type), third will be a good quality sound card. After that any recording software should do the job with no problems. No software is going to clean up a poor signal.

UJ

Speak to BT (watadoo) about this Piesupreme. He is the master.

I've got a pretty decent sound editing/recording prog. And when I used my old mike (crappy tiny one that came free with my soundcard) there was loads of noise. I've got a new £70 mic sitting next to me, and that one records almost perfectly clearly (and in stereohttp://www.mear.fsnet.co.uk/smilies/cool.gif).
Anyway, what I'm trying to say, is that the prog makes hardly any difference. My mic records almost as well in sndrec. If you want good sound, you're gonna need to get a better mic.

For a start tho, is your mic covered with foam? If not, get a flannel of something and put it over it, to stop air from blowing past it. That should drown out some of the noise.

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good explanation.

if you want a good sound record prog go to Goldwave.com i heared about it on these forums its pretty mint if you have thew right codec stuff thingime you can edit mp3s (it turnes em into wavs first but its all in the same prog so its less annoying) its free for a time then it starts bugging you to pay em under your own free will so in essence its free but really the thing gewts so annoying youll wanna pay to get rid of it but im sure a crack wouldnt be illiegal as its said to be free ;) anyways go there its mint sounds good and youll be able to save you recordings as mp3 to save space too :)

Hope it helps DB

P.s. site was there last time i checked altho aint cheaked in ages :)

How can you record a single source in stereo?

Dunno. But the mic's got a little (L) sign and a (R) sign on either side of it. And it says |STEREO| between them. I'm assuming this means it can record in stereo. And isn't just a useful reminder for people who can't remember which hand is whichhttp://www.mear.fsnet.co.uk/smilies/grin.gif.

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Ok, I see. Nifty :D

There are true stereo mics, they usually consist of two capsules on the same stem one of which is rotatable with respect to the other. This allows various polar response configurations and costs mega bucks.
A cheaper type have two fixed capsules and a fixed response.
An even cheaper type are just a mono mic with the signal spread over a left and right channel (joint mono ?) Very helpful when recording to a stereo tape deck or over dubbing or whatever as the playback comes out of both speakers.

UJ

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/adverts/ad_browse.asp?cat=16

This is a pretty neat site if you are in the market for microphones, and other sound equipment.

Whenever I need to use a mic (an that's not very often :)) I just put a kleenex over my shitty mic and attach it with a rubber band. It's really good to filter out the "hard p's"... Signal gets a little softer, but the background noise is reduced as well...

Does the same process apply to making a condom?

also ... Do use a mic stand, don't be tempted to hold it in your hand.
You'll soon hear why.

UJ