Solved! Microphones in Webcams...how get the most out of them

[Hagridore]

I have purchased two webcams now that include mics. The first one produced a garbled, muffled sound...I'm pretty sure that webcam wasn't very good. The second just records at a very low volume.

I have made all the adjustments I can find described anywhere. I'd like to be able to do some real recording, both of my singing and my speaking. Is the problem that I need to find we cams with better mics? If so, which ones are they? Would using some sort of audio interface help? If so, which one?

I'm on a pretty small fixed income, so I can't spend a lot. Any advice you can give me will be deeply appreciated. Thank you in advance!

 

[hang-the-9]

The only ones I can think of with decent mics are expensive due to COVID, Logitech and Microsoft models. Recording singing through a webcam is a bad idea anyway, I wold just get a regular microphone, what type depends on how exactly you will be recording for position of the mic. The Blue Snowball is a good buy at $50 https://www.target.com/p/snowball-b...f_free_online&CPNG=Video+Games&adgroup=207-28 maybe some random generic mics will do also but quality control and audio quality may not be worth the savings

 

[Hagridore]

Thank you! I had hoped perhaps others might have recommendations. I do have a professional-quality stand-alone mic, and am using it even for my Zoom meetings, since my webcam mic is so bad.

 

[hang-the-9]

Thank you! I had hoped perhaps others might have recommendations. I do have a professional-quality stand-alone mic, and am using it even for my Zoom meetings, since my webcam mic is so bad.

So just use that mic you are already using, why bother with getting another one?

 

[Hagridore]

Sigh...for whatever reason, I would like to have a webcam that has a good mic. 😉