From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.mhcable.com (smtp2.mhcable.com [24.105.198.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0837C1A371 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:52:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vams.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bypass.mhcable.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 200C2E7211 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:52:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rx.ftml.net (24-105-237-29.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.237.29]) by outgoing1.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5994E7204 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:52:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by rx.ftml.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1956E769AD; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:52:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 19:52:00 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: noise-canceling mikes, how to use them Message-ID: <20100507235200.GA24112@rx.localhost> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20100507183859.GA13327@rx.localhost> <20100507232106.GJ2319@sonata.rednote.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100507232106.GJ2319@sonata.rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 23:52:38 -0000 Hi Janina, Thanks for the recommendation. I'm dealing with a really bottom-of-the-barrel gismo from Walmart for $19 at the moment, so I'm not expecting super quality from it. Kerry called my attention to the mute switch in the headset cord, and between the muted state and the unmuted state, the latter is orders of magnitude better than the former and will do for my needs just fine right now. But it's always nice to know in which direction the upgrade path lies. Chuck On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 07:21:06PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Chuck: > > Not too sure what to tell you. I guess the obvious ... > > Are you sure it's your capture of the mic signal? Are you sure the mic > is actually quality stuff? I guess you'd find out by testing it in some > other device. > > PS: I've been using Sennheiser PC166 headsets for a bit over a year now. > I was so taken with the quality, I got a second one for my briefcase. I > strongly recommend it, if you decide your back in the market. Awesome > audio quality, and you get to run over USB with the included dongle. > Alsa just comes up recognizing it. > > I know that doesn't solve your problem, but I thought I should toss this > out. I've seen a lot of poor headsets out there. > > Janina > > Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > > Hi, > > > > I have a simple headset with a mike on a boom, and would like to > > capture audio from the mike using a mike input on my soundblaster sound > > card. A normal high-impedance mike works great, but simply switching to > > the headset mike, a noise-canceling device, the result is pretty > > dismal: very low amplitude, very poor quality, lots of noise, even with > > the mike boom lowered to the proper position. > > > > Any tips on how to use this type of mike would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Chuck > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (35% of Full) > > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > > Audio editor weblog: edway.wordpress.com > > -------- > > Yesterday is a memory, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > Chair, Protocols & Formats > Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (33% of Full) My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net Audio editor weblog: edway.wordpress.com -------- Yesterday is a memory, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch!