Mastering / editing challenge

[Gert van Santen]

Sjaak de Vos schreef:
> Gert van Santen wrote:
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>> Actually, it's quite a nice mic:
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>> http://www.rode.com.au/microphone.php?product=Podcaster
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>> she just needs a good popfilter...
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> 
> I was a bit harsh and undiplomatic on the mic.
> But that's what the description "USB MIC" made me write...

Well, "USB-mike" does sound rather low budget indeed ;-)

> That rode is a dynamic mic - or am I mistaken.
> Wouldn't a condenser mic be very much better..

True.
But.
This is the story.

It's a mike I bought especially for "voice talents" in Wageningen 
that need to record a lot. This way they can do it at home, while 
I can do other work. The idea is that most of these people are 
foreign students, and they (temporarily) live in rather noisy 
houses or empty and hollow sounding rooms. With a dynamic mic, 
you can come close to the mike, and most of the room sound will 
be gone.
I tested the mike first, and the result was great. (especially 
after a little bit of EQ and compression). But it NEEDS a pop 
shield (just got a couple from Thomann today).
Anyhow, I just hoped there might be a way to save the recordings 
that were already done...

TBH, I started with condenser mikes. I got 2 Samson GoMics.
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=2010&brandID=2
They sound good enough for the voice recordings my clients need, 
but they pic up everything in the room, and that does not work 
nicely with everyone. There's one guy, though, that records under 
his raised bed (dampens the sound nicely), and he CAN use the 
condenser. His recordings are good (check att).

> I mean there are several things/problems, soft voice, plop sock, and low 
> audiolevels.

Yep.

> Especially the low audiolevels - can't she pump up the volume somehow 
> for future recordings.

No. There's nothing you can do change the gain except speak 
straight into the mike and speak a bit louder.

> If the audio isn't good ennuf to start with to make it decent, that's 
> what I tried to say.

Very true.

Thanks for your reaction :-)

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G e r t   v a n   S a n t e n
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