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"Robert Gault" <robert.gault@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Dreaded Kane wrote:
>
>> "Robert Gault" <robert.gault@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Dreaded Kane wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Does anybody know how to get rid of a muffled sound when recording? It's
>>>>as if somebody has put a blanket over the speakers when I listen to it.
>>>>I did a test on my other computer and the audio sounds fine but this one
>>>>definitely comes out muffled.
>>>>
>>>
>>>If the same source sounds good on one system but bad on another, clearly
>>>the source is OK but one system has problems. Either the bad system has a
>>>very weak high end or there is some software conversion problem.
>>
>>
>> Can you elaborate on this a little bit please? As is what do you mean by
>> weak high end and software conversion problems? The good system is my old
>> HP which is at least 7 years old and the bad system I just bought this
>> year :-\
>> Would buying a stereo mixer fix the problem you reckon?
> By high end, I meant high frequency response which may be a sound card,
> speaker, or software issue. Since you have not indicated what the format
> of the sound source is nor what hardware and software is being used to
> play it, it is pure educated guess work to point to a problem.
>
> Are you playing wave files, audio CDs, mp3, wma, or what? Give this group
> more information and you will get better answers.
>
After reading a bit on homerecording.com they said that you can't run an
ordinary mic through your computer without a pre amp, I didn't realise this
because my old computer worked fine so I guess it must have a built in pre
amp.
I put my mic in front of my guitar amp and ran the mic through my keyboard
amp and into the computer and wha-lah no more muffled sound.
Now I just need to get rid of the buzz created by my keyboard amp (which I
think is an earthing problem or something I don't know anything about
electronics) :-\