On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 13:24 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Would you recommend a low impedance or high impedance mic? As said, that would depend on your sound card. But do you really have a choice of computer microphones with different impedances? Most sound cards are built to connect an electret microphone that they'll provide power to (a microphone designed for plugging into a computer). You can't usually connect just any old microphone. Dynamic mikes might get destroyed, or simply have too low an output signal level (electrets have a tiny amplifier, and they usually have a higher output signal level). And the normal (non-computer) electret microphones aren't powered the way that most sound cards work. There are some of the older cards that you can pull a jumper off and not feed 5 volts to the mike jack, and that would let you plug an ordinary mike in (which would probably sound a lot better than the average computer mike). But even some $5 computer mikes are moderately good for voice recording. Personally, I quite like headset microphones. The mike is a fixed distance from your mouth, even when you move (the mike is best beside the mouth, rather than in front, so you speak past it, and don't pphhftt or pop into it). It's very close to you, so you're much louder than the background noise. It keeps your hands free. And, with headphones, it's easy to check audio levels without getting squealing feedback. Or embarrassing yourself when everyone hears you replay back a goof at high volume. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
