Strange sound emits when recording

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Strange sound emits when recording

Post by Mikeweir » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:48 pm

I've recently gotten a mic, and started using Audacity to record some messages. I've noticed that as I speak there is a weird voice that follows my tone. It sounds like pieces of metal vibrating, emitting a high-pitched sound.
How I record is that I'm using a headphone mic, but holding it at a distance while holding a thin towel between the mic and myself to filter my "puh" sounds. That's all there really is to my method of recording, so I don't know what I may be doing. Could it be the microphone?

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Re: Strange sound emits when recording

Post by kozikowski » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:29 pm

It could be, but probably not.

This is about where your red recording meters and blue waves should be for good, clear, live recording. Is that where yours are?

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/Audacity1_record.jpg

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