Audacity Forum

Here's a very high quality MP3 of a Skype test I did with Denise in New Jersey. I'm in LA. My mic is the AKG C555L in my living room with no noise suppression and with traffic noises outside. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/DeniseFirstPass-WholeShowCompressed.mp3 It's the whole eleven minu...

I did a review on the ES-58. It's an SM-58 knock-off getting as close to the design as possible without getting the lawyers involved. It's slighter "hotter" with a more forward, aggressive sound, but both the SM58 and the ES58 are straight cardioid microphones and will receive sound from the sides ...

The closer that you can get to the microphone the less room noise there will be (relative to your voice). This is the primary benefit of "headset" microphones and is why they are used in busy call centres. As you get closer to the microphone, the risk of blowing directly on the microphone increases...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/UniversalPodcast-I.jpg That thing on the left is an AKG C555L. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/C555L It's an XLR microphone whose claim to fame is to make the room vanish. It does take a 9 volt battery and the instructions claim it will run from 48v Pha...

While something like a Rode NTG-2 or an Audio-Technica AT897 will probably give you noticeably better sound quality, I would not expect a huge improvement with background noise rejection because "sound from next door" is very "indirect" and will be bouncing around and radiating from all of the wall...

Hi All, I do a gaming stream on twitch.tv, and am having a hard time finding the right balance of equipment. My walls seem to be paper thin, and I've thought of getting some sound panels to assist with reducing the outside noise, but I also want to find a better microphone. I currently am using an E...