I have never worried too much about real high quality recordings as it is only my speaking voice and some times JAWS as well so there is no need for anything like a studio microphone.
I just hope those tutorials benefit some people or at the very least confuse the daylights out of them. David Ferrin Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones that mind don't matter. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Andrews Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Recommendation for a microphone (UNCLASSIFIED) David and others, I have a blue snowball microphone here from Blue Microphones and it's decent. It has three different pickup patterns: cardioid, cardioid with a 10 decibel pad, and an omnidirectional pattern. It's a bit more expensive - somewhere around $100, but it's definitely better than some other mics. Basically it's good for a low to mid budget microphone solution. It connects via USB. Hope this helps. On 6/12/2012 10:40 AM, David Ferrin wrote: > I use a plantronics for most of my audio tutorials although some times > I select my USB headset but not too often. > David Ferrin > Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the > ones that mind don't matter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephan, William S NWK"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:35 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Recommendation for a microphone > (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > Lenny: When I make voice recordings in Goldwave, I generally use a > headset with a microphone like you'd use with a computer > communications application like Skype. These are pretty inexpensive, > sometimes you can find them for under $5. I'm sure the quality isn't > as good as what you'd get from an expensive mic, but if that's not an > issue for you, this might be an alternative. Marlyn P. Jones and > Associates has had these for cheap in the past, thogh it looks like they're temporarily out of stock at the moment. > There website is: > www.mpja.com > and there is a link for head sets off their main page.Good luck. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lennie > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 6:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Recommendation for a microphone > > Hi Kevin, Scorpio and John, > > Thanks for the suggestions for my need for a better microphone. My > current microphone is at least 40 years old (did I give out my age?). > I think that originally it was not designed for today's technology. I > did check the volume level in volume control before I checked it in > GoldWave. Kevin and John, I will check out your recommendation. > > I hate to purchase a new microphone without really being sure that it > will suffice for what I am doing. I guess that whatever I purchase it > can be return without any problems. > > Thanks. Take care. > > Lennie > > > At 10:36 AM 6/11/2012, you wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> I see that you checked the microphone and recording volume in >> GoldWave, but did you check the line-in or microphone levels through Windows? >> >> I'm just thinking that you didn't check those, even though that >> should have been the first place to look before you touched any >> volume levels in GoldWave. >> >> Doing this will depend on what sort of operating system you're using, >> but in most cases, you can access the volume controls in the system >> tray, and from there, deal with the computer's recording levels and >> microphone properties where you can increase the microphone boost and >> all that nifty jazz. >> >> So try that and let us know how you did. >> >> Scorpio >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ -- Kevin J. Andrews Email: [email protected] "A man who never made a mistake never tried anything new."-Albert Einstein For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
