Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.tech
Subject: Re: Recording interviews in WAV format
References: <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:

> I want to record a 2-hour interview and store the material in WAV
> format. Eventually, the sound files will be incorporated into a DV AVI
> using Adobe Premiere Pro.
> 
> My existing tools (prefer not to invest in anything new) are...
> 
> Software: Sony Sound Forge 7 and Adobe Audition 1.5 available (not much
> personal experience with either of these however).
> 
> Hardware: Shure SM58 microphone (alternatively clip-on Vivanco EM116
> with pre-amp), Windows XP notebook with on-board sound card (mic
> input), external firewire HDD drive 80GB


One note. Check the compatibility of the microphones you have 
and the notebook on-board sound card. 

Basically the sound car microphone inputs are designed for 
those cheap multimedia microphones in mind. Usually they 
are not direcly compatible with other microphones, or do 
not work well with them. 

Usually different kind of electret microphones can be wired 
to PC sound card in a way or another and work acceptably. 
Needed wirign depends on used microphone. 

Usually the dynamic microphones when wired to PC soundcard 
mic input give you very low (unuseably low soudn level 
and noisy). Shure SM58 microphone is a dynamic microphone.
Shure SM58 is a good microphone for PA applications, but 
not not suitable to be used directly with many PC sound cards. 

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