On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 08:16:00AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Thanks all of you who kindly provided response. > > What I want to do is recording live piano: I'd like to use two mics for that, > one on the grave and the other one on the high notes. Besides, some times I > will need to add human voice: this requires, in my idea, a third microphone... > But even starting with two would be all right for now... Those recordings > would not pretend to be professional, just home made for my personal tests, > but > stereo. I must say that the experiments I did with the above rude > arrangement, > i.e. two mics in common Y splitter, inserted into `mic' PC entry, are not so > bad...
Here are some good steps up in quality: Use a good USB microphone array like the Blue Yeti http://www.bluemic.com/products/yeti/ -- this has two microphones inside and can typically produce much higher quality recordings of voice and instruments than anything plugged directly into your PC's mic port. These are typically cheaper retail. This is the best value improvement. Or you can go higher. Use a USB microphone receiver (also known as a pre-amp/mixer) to connect normal music-quality microphones to your computer. For $50 to $100*, you can get 1 to 4 good inputs. If you want to make professional-sounding recordings, it's easier with something like this. * but you can spend incredible quantities of money on microphones, and some people do. -dsr-
