Anyone here know of a good Pc microphone head set and audio editing program?

Author: DrCrowTStarwars
Date: 1-Jun-2014, 4:30 PM

Author: DrCrowTStarwars
Time: 1-Jun-2014 4:30 PM
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Hey I figured this would be a good place to ask since there is a lot of video editing and the like going on at this forum. Any way I have been trying to make some let's plays and movie riffs for Youtube but the cheap headset and free audio program I have doesn't seem up to it. The audio always comes out really soft and hard to hear. So any way I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a good headset and audio editing program. I don't need anything fancy just something that will pick up my voice at a good volume,$50 each is the most I could spend on each of them. I tried doing a google search but so many reviews contradict each other so I would rather ask here where I can ask questions.

Thanks for your help.

Author: Leonardo
Time: 1-Jun-2014 4:48 PM
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Here's my 2 cents: you can obtain decent audio quality with what you already have.

I use something like this:

Mine looks even crappier. You can use the headset mic, provided yours doesn't pick up too much breathing, I used to hate mine for that, it was too sensitive.

Next, the audio level in your pc's mixer. What OS are you using? Depending on that, the settings might change a bit, but basically you wanna make sure your mic has preamp on it (find a level that won't bring too much noise in) and after that you set the rec fader to a point before it goes into red, average minus 5 db. It's supposed to go to red only when you tap it.

Finally, record your audio. Do you use Audacity? You don't need much else. What you wanna do after you record, is normalize it and apply dynamic compression. The built in compression effect is good enough.

I'm gonna make a tutorial for this last section ASAP.

Author: DrCrowTStarwars
Time: 1-Jun-2014 5:16 PM
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Okay thanks for the tips. As I said I am brand new to this I do have audacity(I use it reauther rifftrax discs)and I use Windows 7. I'll play around with the settings and see how that works out. Oh and I think I have that exact mike somewhere,it came with my Packard Bell I had back in the mid 90s:)

Thanks a bunch,you my have saved me a bunch of cash.

Author: DrCrowTStarwars
Time: 1-Jun-2014 5:28 PM
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Wow! I just tried it and even on the cheap headset that came with my copy of Dragon it worked! Thank you so much,you saved me a ton of cash.

Thank you so much!

Author: Leonardo
Time: 1-Jun-2014 5:45 PM
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Happy to have helped, remember to plug your Youtube videos, I'd like to see them.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 1-Jun-2014 5:47 PM (Edited)
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Thread closed.

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Huh, weird, that works on the other forum...

Author: DrCrowTStarwars
Time: 1-Jun-2014 5:56 PM
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I will.

They may not be up for a week or so. I will mostly be riffing on games I have played so many times that every time I play them I find myself making fun of them even if they are not bad games and I plan to riff movie trailers,not whole movie just the trailers for up coming films.

Thanks again.