recording to sound files

recording to sound files

[A. R. Vener]

I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged into my
sound card.

The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of 
my sound card, and following the steps described in the
sound how-to.
 Neither jack worked.

Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this 
working?


I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
cable to where it plugs into one of three
miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.


There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is 
no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a 
soundblaster.


Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is 
the microphone input?

Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?


Thanks mightily for any help.

Rudy

Re: recording to sound files

[Anders Holmberg]

Hello
Tyr the other two jacks on your card.
THe 9 pin db connector is a joystick or midi connector.
/Anders.
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>
> I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged
into my
> sound card.
>
> The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
> I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of
> my sound card, and following the steps described in the
> sound how-to.
>  Neither jack worked.
>
> Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this
> working?
>
>
> I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
> cable to where it plugs into one of three
> miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.
>
>
> There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is
> no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a
> soundblaster.
>
>
> Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is
> the microphone input?
>
> Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?
>
>
> Thanks mightily for any help.
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
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Re: recording to sound files

[L. C. Robinson]

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:

> Internally the software thinks it is a soundblaster.  Am I
> correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is the
> microphone input?

On my version of the genuine soundblaster, the center one is the
microphone jack.  Make sure you have the right type of mic.  It
must be one of the powered electret ones made for computers --
very inexpensive.  Dynamic ones don't work.  These take a plug
that is just like a stereo plug, but one of the leads is used for
power, I believe, not stereo.  Then use a utility like aumix
(which can be used from the command line) to set the microphone
input to a reasonable level, and to record:

aumix -m Record -m 80 -m query

for recording at 80 percent input volume or, more tersely:

aumix -mR -m80 -mq

-- L. C. Robinson
reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid

Re: recording to sound files

[A. R. Vener]

Aha!  I was using a standard dynamic microphone. This was probably my problem.


Thanks. I'll look into getting a new mic and give it another shot.

Rudy


On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 06:17:00PM -0600, L. C. Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:
> 
> > Internally the software thinks it is a soundblaster.  Am I
> > correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is the
> > microphone input?
> 
> On my version of the genuine soundblaster, the center one is the
> microphone jack.  Make sure you have the right type of mic.  It
> must be one of the powered electret ones made for computers --
> very inexpensive.  Dynamic ones don't work.  These take a plug
> that is just like a stereo plug, but one of the leads is used for
> power, I believe, not stereo.  Then use a utility like aumix
> (which can be used from the command line) to set the microphone
> input to a reasonable level, and to record:
> 
> aumix -m Record -m 80 -m query
> 
> for recording at 80 percent input volume or, more tersely:
> 
> aumix -mR -m80 -mq
> 
> -- L. C. Robinson
> reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid
> 
> 
> 
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Re: recording to sound files

[Luke Davis]

If you want to use a dynamic, such as an SM57, or the like: you need to
run it into a preamp, and then into the card's line-ing jack.

Luke


On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:

>
> I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged into my
> sound card.
>
> The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
> I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of
> my sound card, and following the steps described in the
> sound how-to.
>  Neither jack worked.
>
> Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this
> working?
>
>
> I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
> cable to where it plugs into one of three
> miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.
>
>
> There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is
> no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a
> soundblaster.
>
>
> Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is
> the microphone input?
>
> Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?
>
>
> Thanks mightily for any help.
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
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Re: recording to sound files

[Willem van der Walt<vdwaltw@health.gov.za>]

Hi,
Double check that the microphone setting in aumix is set to r for record
and the recording volume is eg. 70 on both channals.
hth
Willem

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:

> 
> I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged into my
> sound card.
> 
> The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
> I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of 
> my sound card, and following the steps described in the
> sound how-to.
>  Neither jack worked.
> 
> Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this 
> working?
> 
> 
> I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
> cable to where it plugs into one of three
> miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.
> 
> 
> There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is 
> no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a 
> soundblaster.
> 
> 
> Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is 
> the microphone input?
> 
> Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?
> 
> 
> Thanks mightily for any help.
> 
> Rudy
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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-- 
Willem van der Walt
Information Services Directorate
Department of Health
South Africa
tel: 27 12 3120700

RE: recording to sound files

[Joel Zimba]

this is the method I recommend for quality audio recording.

condensor mics have an annoying habit of turning up the gain when there's
relative silence, so jans or computer hum or traffic are particularly loud.
having a preamp with manual gain and a high-quality yet inexpensive dyn mic
like the sm57/8 will yield a pretty good setup.

enjoy,
J

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[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Luke Davis
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:00 AM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: recording to sound files


If you want to use a dynamic, such as an SM57, or the like: you need to
run it into a preamp, and then into the card's line-ing jack.

Luke


On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:

>
> I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged
into my
> sound card.
>
> The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
> I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of
> my sound card, and following the steps described in the
> sound how-to.
>  Neither jack worked.
>
> Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this
> working?
>
>
> I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
> cable to where it plugs into one of three
> miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.
>
>
> There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is
> no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a
> soundblaster.
>
>
> Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is
> the microphone input?
>
> Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?
>
>
> Thanks mightily for any help.
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Blinux-list@redhat.com
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RE: recording to sound files

[Luke Davis]

Actually, if you can beg, borrow, or lift, one, you'd do even better with
an EV RE 20.  That's the type that NLS and others use, and is the mic of
choice for a lot of high end vocal work (the people who use two hundred
thousand dollar Neev mixing consoles, recommend those for recording
non-singing  vocals, so you can't go wrong if you can find one in your
area).

Luke


On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Joel Zimba wrote:

> this is the method I recommend for quality audio recording.
>
> condensor mics have an annoying habit of turning up the gain when there's
> relative silence, so jans or computer hum or traffic are particularly loud.
> having a preamp with manual gain and a high-quality yet inexpensive dyn mic
> like the sm57/8 will yield a pretty good setup.
>
> enjoy,
> J
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
> [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Luke Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:00 AM
> To: blinux-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: recording to sound files
>
>
> If you want to use a dynamic, such as an SM57, or the like: you need to
> run it into a preamp, and then into the card's line-ing jack.
>
> Luke
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, A. R. Vener wrote:
>
> >
> > I'd like to create voice messages by recording from a microphone plugged
> into my
> > sound card.
> >
> > The simple approach described in the general sound how-to didn't work.
> > I tried  plugging a microphone into  one of the two jacks on the back of
> > my sound card, and following the steps described in the
> > sound how-to.
> >  Neither jack worked.
> >
> > Can anyone reccommend a good step by step or tutorial on how to get this
> > working?
> >
> >
> > I've located my sound card by tracing back the speaker
> > cable to where it plugs into one of three
> > miniature stereo jacks on the sound card.
> >
> >
> > There are two other jacks and a DB type connector on this card.  There is
> > no documentation or markings. Internally the software thinks it is a
> > soundblaster.
> >
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that one of the other stereo jacks is
> > the microphone input?
> >
> > Does anyone know what that  9 pin DB connector is for?
> >
> >
> > Thanks mightily for any help.
> >
> > Rudy
> >
> >
> >
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