High pitch sound

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High pitch sound

Post by nightwatch15 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:03 pm

When recording with Win 7, and using an external mic plugged into pc I am getting a high pitch in the voice. How can I edit it out. And how can I set it up to not record this way.

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Re: High pitch sound

Post by kozikowski » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:53 am

Live recording should always be done on headphones. Is that how you're doing it?
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Re: High pitch sound

Post by nightwatch15 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:50 am

Not quite sure what you mean about using head phones, I used a ear mounted mic.

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Re: High pitch sound

Post by steve » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:54 pm

Could you upload a short sample recording to the Internet and post a link so that we can hear what you mean.
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Re: High pitch sound

Post by DVDdoug » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:37 am

Not quite sure what you mean about using head phones, I used a ear mounted mic.
He thinks you might be getting feedback, which is a squeal that happens when the sound feeds-back from the speakers into the mic. You get an out-of-control feedback loop that causes a loud high-piched noise. I'm sure you've heard that from a PA system when the gain/volume is too high, or when someone moves the mic too close to the loudspeaker. With headphones instead of speakers, that doesn't happen.

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