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Posted January 12, 2013
I tried to record some commentary while I played a game, using playclaw. But my mic is so damn quiet! All is maxed out from windows' side (hopefully) and the mic is boosted with 30db, but no avail. All the other sounds are recorded wonderfully (game sounds) but my speech is not.

My headset has the mic, it's Steelseries 4H. I don't want to yell at the mic to be heard, as it kinda ruins my "flow of speech" if I have to concentrate on the volume of my voice.

Can anyone help me?
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Posted January 12, 2013
Daft question maybe, but have you a mobile phone or mp3 player capable of recording? I'm presuming its for web use so the drop in record quality shouldn't be too impacting.
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap: I tried to record some commentary while I played a game, using playclaw. But my mic is so damn quiet! All is maxed out from windows' side (hopefully) and the mic is boosted with 30db, but no avail. All the other sounds are recorded wonderfully (game sounds) but my speech is not.

My headset has the mic, it's Steelseries 4H. I don't want to yell at the mic to be heard, as it kinda ruins my "flow of speech" if I have to concentrate on the volume of my voice.

Can anyone help me?
Are you sure it's in the right input jack (mic, not line input)? Are you sure you don't have that input muted in Windows?

(Sorry for some basic questions, but sometimes they can be overlooked.)

Let me do a little research on that headset...
Post edited January 12, 2013 by adambiser
Posted January 12, 2013
I don't have a phone with such capabilities, nor do I own a video camera.

And the headset is plugged correct, as I can hear myself talking in the recording, but it's so quiet. It gets drowned behind the game's music (yes, I turned that quite down). It does have an on/off switch, and I did turn it on. It's not muted and it's maxed out via the HD audio deck program and the windows sound options.

The mic is attached to the headset, Steelseries 4H.
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap:
When you open your recording devices in Windows and talk, does the recording level fluctuate at all?
Screenshot to be sure I'm explaining myself correctly

What software are you using to record this? Does the software have its own mixer?
Post edited January 12, 2013 by adambiser
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap:
Heheh. I didnt mention a video camera - I leterally meant an mp3 player - capable of recording dictated audio notes to mp3 or wav.
Most of the ones Ive had (even really cheap ones) in the last few eyars have managed that - though I keep losing them.
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap:
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adambiser: When you open your recording devices in Windows and talk, does the recording level fluctuate at all?
Screenshot to be sure I'm explaining myself correctly
What software are you using to record this? Does the software have it's own mixer?
Very faintly, one or two bars. But it does move. And the program is playclaw, and didn't see any mixers there. I tested the mic with audacity, not very good. Recording via it was very quiet aswell. Perhaps I need to just... yell at it...
Posted January 12, 2013
I don't suppose you have another mic plugged in for some reason, but you have selected the wrong one for the input? The other mic is sitting somewhere, picking up the speech and you're hearing that instead of the one you should. Because frankly, it sounds real odd that the speech is quiet if you've already raised the volume to maximum and even use a boost.

And the reason I thought of asking the question, is because this actually has happened to me once. I'm absent-minded...

If all else fails, you can boost up the volume to a degree in post-production, if that's enough.
Posted January 12, 2013
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DProject: I don't suppose you have another mic plugged in for some reason, but you have selected the wrong one for the input? The other mic is sitting somewhere, picking up the speech and you're hearing that instead of the one you should. Because frankly, it sounds real odd that the speech is quiet if you've already raised the volume to maximum and even use a boost.

And the reason I thought of asking the question, is because this actually has happened to me once. I'm absent-minded...

If all else fails, you can boost up the volume to a degree in post-production, if that's enough.
I really hope this would be the case, but no. I only have this mic :/
Posted January 12, 2013
you could record your comentary in audacity, then boost it so it is clear, then lay it over the video - sounds like a lot of messing, but it is only 1 step more.
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap: Very faintly, one or two bars. But it does move. And the program is playclaw, and didn't see any mixers there. I tested the mic with audacity, not very good. Recording via it was very quiet aswell. Perhaps I need to just... yell at it...
Yeah, if it's only moving faintly on that screen, you won't get anything much in any software. The problem is either with the headset or perhaps the sound card.

How long have you had this headset? Have you tested to see if it's a bad wire by slowly bending small sections of it while working your way from one end to the other? If it's a bad wire, the sound will suddenly pop in and out of it (you might not want volume at max for this).

Try giving the plug a good push to make sure it's 100% in.
Posted January 12, 2013
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Ian: you could record your comentary in audacity, then boost it so it is clear, then lay it over the video - sounds like a lot of messing, but it is only 1 step more.
Sounds good, if audacity would pick the speech proper. But it doesn't, it's the same as in playclaw. Very quiet, and if boosted by audacity, it gets, uhm...what's the word? unclear? There's a hiss in the background.

Yes, I am noob with these.
Posted January 12, 2013
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KneeTheCap:
Then I'd suggest a cheap mp3 player / recorder if nothing else.
Posted January 12, 2013
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adambiser: Yeah, if it's only moving faintly on that screen, you won't get anything much in any software. The problem is either with the headset or perhaps the sound card.

How long have you had this headset? Have you tested to see if it's a bad wire by slowly bending small sections of it while working your way from one end to the other? If it's a bad wire, the sound will suddenly pop in and out of it (you might not want volume at max for this).

Try giving the plug a good push to make sure it's 100% in.
I tried wiggling it about, it didn't even crackle. So perhaps the wiring is good? And the bars did fill up completely when I blew into the mic xD

I've had this for a while now, but according to my friends, they can hear me via skype. EIther skype has some sort of boosters in it, or my friends are lying at me.
Posted January 12, 2013
You can remove some of that static with noise reduction, I think audacity has that as well. Once you have recorded something, select a small piece of the track that only has static in it. Make that you noise reduction profile. Then select the whole track, and open the noise reduction window. It will then try to remove that static from the whole track, but you don't generally want to go 100% on it, because then your voice will sound like it's recorded in a steel can. 60-70% still sounds fine.
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