Azhar 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2008 I just bought this microphone, it's an audio technica AT9830 and I think my computer can't work with this microphone. Initially I thought the mic is broken so I sent it back to the shop and they had it tested on their voice recorder and it works! So I tried it on my friend's computer and it works too so how the hell can I get this working on my computer? I'm currently using another microphone, it's from Genius and it's working fine so my pc's mic jack thingy is not spoilt, well I hope it isn't anyways, so yea any help here? Alright the next question is I'm doing a recording of myself and the program I'm using is Audacity (it's a freeware audio program). So after recording the piece and replaying it, I hear this bzzst sound in the background, I think that's what people call noise? So how do I eliminate or at least minimize the noise? Oh both microphones I'm talking about are one of those clip-ons mics. Aaanndddd I'm sorry if this is not the right place to put this thread in so mods if necessary please move the thread to the appropriate forum, thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pikachu 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2008 I think the buzz is cause by the sensitivity of the mic, try reducing the sensitivity on audicity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eventidephoenix 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2009 My friends had similar problems... I asked them to change to USB headphoens and booya it works... One reason I read mics have problems on PCs is because the microphone jack does not have sufficient power output... Just out of curiosity, are you using integrated sound card or dedicated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quantom 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2009 Hmm. I've been trying out recording my guitar with my PC before using Sonar 6 PE, but as with what you've said, I've been getting a slight static sound as well. All my methods of tweaking the settings have led to naught, so I would think that it's probably due to the poor build of the motherboard's ADC. I would think that investing in an "external soundcard" of sorts, like the lavry's AD-10 (boom goes the wallet) if you're serious about recording. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites