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i got a weird error saying user doesn't exist when replying him.. so i thought I might as well put it up here.
hey roy,
your "Right angle mini jack" = 1/8 inch earphone jack.
1/4 inch is the jack used by guitar etc.
anyway using a sony DV camcorder as a recording medium would be quite noisy I think. cos I think sony has "auto-gain" , making anything recorded loud. so naturally even the background noise would be increased.
i'll tell you what went wrong here :
>1) Mic > FCA202 > Laptop (thru firewire)
>Result: Very poor signal (low db/volume)
i'm assuming your sennheiser mic is "Balanced" XLR. and because your FCA202 (wrong purchase actually) only accepts "UNBALANCED" inputs and there's no "PREAMPS" , that's why it the signal is very low volume.
>2) Mic > XLR to right-angle mini jack > Soundcard MIC >port
>Result: The volume is alright but the quality is very poor >compared to when I record it using the Camcorder.
this one I assume the noise level (created by your soundcard mic input) is also just as high or near to your camcorders.
>Now I realised there are a few options to solve this. Get >a better Camcorder or Get a Preamp or Get a Good >Soundcard. Any advice?
any camcorder would be the same result, your soundcard (FCA202) is sorta totally wrong purchase, you probably saw my recommendations on soft to get a line6 toneport UX2, because it's a "soundcard" and "preamp" and "cabinet simulator" all in one. your FCA202 is just a "soundcard". and only accepts "1/4jack unbalanced" , toneport ux2 accepts both unbalanced/balanced and XLR together.
so my recommendation now is, either save for that, get rid of your fca202 , then get a couple of XLR cables and you're good to go.
roywwp said:Hi, can you help?
Hi Ron,
I am having a bit of a problem here with my recording. I am totally new at this and by reading all that posts you had on your thread somehow confuse me even more. And thats why you are receiving this email...
I have a sennheiser mic, DC adapter (to generate 40W), Behringer FCA202, Sony DV Camcorder and a XLR to right-angle mini jack.
I have tried to connect the mic to the camcorder and the sound was good but there background noise was terrible.
Thats when I got a FCA202 to record from my laptop (thinkpad T43) instead. I tried 2 ways...
1) Mic > FCA202 > Laptop (thru firewire)
Result: Very poor signal (low db/volume)
2) Mic > XLR to right-angle mini jack > Soundcard MIC port
Result: The volume is alright but the quality is very poor compared to when I record it using the Camcorder.
Now I realised there are a few options to solve this. Get a better Camcorder or Get a Preamp or Get a Good Soundcard. Any advice?
Regards,
Roy
hey roy,
your "Right angle mini jack" = 1/8 inch earphone jack.
1/4 inch is the jack used by guitar etc.
anyway using a sony DV camcorder as a recording medium would be quite noisy I think. cos I think sony has "auto-gain" , making anything recorded loud. so naturally even the background noise would be increased.
i'll tell you what went wrong here :
>1) Mic > FCA202 > Laptop (thru firewire)
>Result: Very poor signal (low db/volume)
i'm assuming your sennheiser mic is "Balanced" XLR. and because your FCA202 (wrong purchase actually) only accepts "UNBALANCED" inputs and there's no "PREAMPS" , that's why it the signal is very low volume.
>2) Mic > XLR to right-angle mini jack > Soundcard MIC >port
>Result: The volume is alright but the quality is very poor >compared to when I record it using the Camcorder.
this one I assume the noise level (created by your soundcard mic input) is also just as high or near to your camcorders.
>Now I realised there are a few options to solve this. Get >a better Camcorder or Get a Preamp or Get a Good >Soundcard. Any advice?
any camcorder would be the same result, your soundcard (FCA202) is sorta totally wrong purchase, you probably saw my recommendations on soft to get a line6 toneport UX2, because it's a "soundcard" and "preamp" and "cabinet simulator" all in one. your FCA202 is just a "soundcard". and only accepts "1/4jack unbalanced" , toneport ux2 accepts both unbalanced/balanced and XLR together.
so my recommendation now is, either save for that, get rid of your fca202 , then get a couple of XLR cables and you're good to go.