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Originally posted by lenron
Hey Rog....I am a self-proclaimed sound engineer/producing HOBBYIST. One of my passions, regardless of whether or not I am a certified "pro". Whats the scoop on your audio situation? If you explain it from the beginning, since I am obviously catching this exchange mid gallop, maybe I can help? Who knows. I also know my Macs and Mac audio apps fairly well...so I am intrigued to see if I can help your problem(s). Try me!
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OK. Here's Dr. Dot's Audio Issues, from the word go:
I have an eMac with 768 MB Memory and a 1 GHZ cpu. Plenty of elbow room. I have a dirt cheap microphone that I picked up from Worst Buy about 6 months or so ago. It's a USB mike since the external audio in port on my Mac hasn't worked from day one. I suppose I should have gotten it fixed a long time ago, but it was never important enough to warrant the loss of my computer for [X] days.
Anyway, I have the internal built in audio port, which works fine for sending Mom and Dad their yearly audio birthday cards from the Atlanta Branch of the Lee family, but for The Moon, it Just Won't Do. I got Garage Band to do some recording work, but have yet to have the time to really master it (Note: once I get the time (HA!), I'm going to hook the kids' keyboard to the Midi port and start composing some music).
Anyway. The biggest problem with the mic and audio setup that I have is level control. One pixel to the left and you can't hear anything, one pixel to the right and it's so overloaded that the spectrum analyzer pegs, looks at me strangely, and promptly goes to file a formal complaint with the shop steward. There seems to be no in-between. Once I get that working, I should be in a much better position to do something. Anything.
When I finally DO get the levels worked out to where they're workable, I have this background hiss that I've been trying to get rid of, but thus far have been unsuccessful. What do I have to do to get rid of this?
I guess my first question should be: does anyone have a good pointer to a web site called "Audio Engineering for Dummies" or some such? I've got access to filters and plug-ins galore but have no idea what any of them do.
When I said the work I did on Rick's sound files was luck, I wasn't joking. The only difference is that his sound files were a much better starting point than anything I've been able to create to date.
Having said all that, what do YOU need to know about what I know or what I have to help me out?
Roger -Dot- Lee, thankful for all the help.