creates a track with organic sounds

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hi,
am planning on making a beat only by using organic sounds and am gonna record the sounds by using my laptop mic.

Anyone have any experience in recording organic sound? any good techniques?

Anything would be helpful here...and advice would be great?

am doin this project 4 my creative Media and Audio Production class


thanks
 
Built-in laptop mic = crappy sound. No matter what you are recording. Sorry.
 
mohd said:
Anyone have any experience in recording organic sound ? any good techniques ?
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Sometimes, the most effective way is the simplest. If you have a decent preamp to hand, then you can mic the object being struck at a distance. Depending on what is producing the sound and what {if} is being used to strike the distance could be 6 inches or 15 feet. You could mic by hanging the mic in odd and creative spots or placing it on a mic stand. You'll get slightly different intensities of sound depending on whether you point the mic directly at the source or slightly away {ie, off axis}.
I have used both condenser and dynamic mics and it's been a long road of trial and error. You learn as you go, experimenting. At the moment I use the Zoom H1 and I think it's brill. I've recorded all kinds of sounds and I made up a drumkit with a space hopper as the bass drum, a cupboard as the snare, a potlid as the high hat and the metal frame of a bunkbed as the cymbals. Great fun. Have it !
 
Grim - you didn't read what he wrote - he wants to use his laptop mic, he doesn't have an external mic, preamp or interface.
 
mjbphotos said:
Grim - you didn't read what he wrote - he wants to use his laptop mic, he doesn't have an external mic, preamp or interface.
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Yeah, I saw that. I was more addressing this part

mohd said:
Anyone have any experience in recording organic sound? any good techniques?

Anything would be helpful here...and advice would be great?
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especially the last line. I'm hoping the OP will pay heed to your answer about shitty laptop mics while my bit was just general starter points, even with a crummy mic.
 
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