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[busta56667]

What is wet and dry?

What is frequeny band splitter, and , why is it important?

I record without a mixer(meaning i only hook up my mic, and keyboard up to my computers mic input slot. i used cool edit).

Where should i record vocals, i record in my living rom , and can get all the his out?

Why is the computer picking up hiss from my keyboard?
i know i will probably get laughed at, but i need to know these things, so to the people who answer instead of being mean THANK YOU !!!!!

 

[Farview]

What is wet and dry?

dry means 'without effects' like reverb, delay, chorus, etc...

What is frequeny band splitter, and , why is it important?

If you are talking about a crossover, it is used in PA systems to split the lows from the mids from the highs so they can be sent to individual amps and speakers.

I record without a mixer(meaning i only hook up my mic, and keyboard up to my computers mic input slot. i used cool edit).

Where should i record vocals, i record in my living rom , and can get all the his out?

It depends where the hiss is coming from, if you living room sprung a leak, go into the closet. If you have a hiss problem, it is most likely your soundcard.

Why is the computer picking up hiss from my keyboard?
i know i will probably get laughed at, but i need to know these things, so to the people who answer instead of being mean THANK YOU !!!!!

I'm just assuming you have a soundblaster type soundcard. These are crap for recording, you might want to look into an M-audio delta series card. Getting a recording card (instead of a gaming card) will be a big step up in quality.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

"Dry" referrs to a signal that has not been processed by some kind of signal processor like EQ, compression, reverb, etc. whereas "wet" referrs to the processed signal. Used as a term mostly in the case of reverb, but it can and does apply to any of them.

The reason you're probably getting most of that hiss in your keyboard is because only microphones should go into "mic inputs". The reason is that microphones are low voltage devices that need a "preamplifier" to boost their voltage to nominal "line level" voltages that 99% of other equipment - including your keyboard - operate at. Microphone inputs on soundcards have these mini preamplifiers on them. If you plug something other than a mic into it, it will wind up boosting the signal too far, which not only increases the sound of the instrument, but it increases the noise level as well. Hence the unwanted hiss. Just about anything that's not a microphone should plug into the "line in" jack instead, which has no preamplifier.

Record your vocals in whatever room they sound the best in. If possible, make sure it's a different room than the one your computer is in; that will help insure that the fan noise from your computer does not get recorded as well.

A "frequency band splitter" is not something you need to worry about at this stage, to be honest. You have a lot of more basic stuff to take in before that becomes important, let alone completly understandable.

HTH,

G.

 

[busta56667]

hey thank you , i agree your right about me, not needing to know it yet ...lol i will put my keyboard line into the input instead of mic....PRE AMPLIFA-FA-FA-UHHHHH??? CATION!!! ...NAW SERIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING. CAUSE IWAS ABOUT TO GO NUTS TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT HISSING SOUND!!!!

 

[Eric Altizer]

I had the same problem so I went out and bought a M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 soundcard, a good preamp and made sure to use the "line-in" into my computor from the preamp. Problem solved.

 

[bennychico11]

i find it funny that people get so confused over line and mic inputs. I can understand a little bit how one might be confused what LINE stands for....but Mic?

Same thing with the people who ask "I heard plugging a microphone into a preamp will help me get a better signal, is that right?" Even before I knew what a preamp was for, I just felt like it was common sense to plug a mic with an XLR connector on it into the XLR connections on a mixer.


I'm not razzin' on anybody...just find it a little humorous.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

"I heard plugging a microphone into a preamp will help me get a better signal, is that right?"

I'm not razzin' on anybody...just find it a little humorous.

You gotta bet on the idea that we're going to start seeing more lines of econo-mics that have preamps built into them. It's almost enough to make the Samson USB mics sound like a good idea. Almost.

G.

 

[bennychico11]

You gotta bet on the idea that we're going to start seeing more lines of econo-mics that have preamps built into them. It's almost enough to make the Samson USB mics sound like a good idea. Almost.

G.

goodbye analog, huh?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

goodbye analog, huh?

Well, in the consumer market, maybe. I kind of don't see it not happening...sooner or later. I'm not advocating it, just predicting it.

The large number of entry-level users who have problems with line vs. mic on the soundcards (and I also am not judging, just observing reality) combined with the computer indurtry's desire to move everything to a universal interface sure make the line/mic issue a real anachronism in many ways.

I'm thinking - and hoping - that this won't reflect on pro gear much...at least not for a few years. But for the comsumer and prosumer markets I'm thinking that there will be a tide in that direction sooner then we'd think.

Now that folks can buy entry-level LDCs for a hundred bucks, somebody is going to say, "Hey, we can throw a cheap preamp and converter in there for another ten bucks and sell it for an extra fifty. Not only will be be increasing our per-unit revenues and maybe even margins, but we'll be making it a lot easier for Joe Punchclock. And we can eliminate soundcards from PCs in the bargain."

Sigh.

G.

 

[Eric Altizer]

I am just thankful for everyone's help on this website or I would still be fiddling around with my SB soundcard and Radio Shack mic wondering why in the heck I wasn't getting quality recordings

 

[busta56667]

i find it funny that people get so confused over line and mic inputs. I can understand a little bit how one might be confused what LINE stands for....but Mic?

Same thing with the people who ask "I heard plugging a microphone into a preamp will help me get a better signal, is that right?" Even before I knew what a preamp was for, I just felt like it was common sense to plug a mic with an XLR connector on it into the XLR connections on a mixer.


I'm not razzin' on anybody...just find it a little humorous.

Some people have no concept of how to record music, they can play it, listen to it , love it... but recording is a totaly different thing... notice the "COMMON" before sence....common being . COMMON implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence. it is not common for artist to record ...they COMMONLY play, THEY COMMONLY practice, and COMMONLY dont know the slightest thing about recording, except pluging somthing in and making it record...

not tring to razz, but, I dont see how it is amusing, that some cant record there music.

 

[bennychico11]

Some people have no concept of how to record music, they can play it, listen to it , love it... but recording is a totaly different thing... notice the "COMMON" before sence....common being . COMMON implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence. it is not common for artist to record ...they COMMONLY play, THEY COMMONLY practice, and COMMONLY dont know the slightest thing about recording, except pluging somthing in and making it record...

not tring to razz, but, I dont see how it is amusing, that some cant record there music.

like I said before, busta....none of that was directed to you solely. i just said it being as an observer of this forum for quite awhile.
it's just when people say "I hook up the microphone to the Mic input right?"...i get a chuckle.
that's all

 

[busta56667]

like I said before, busta....none of that was directed to you solely. i just said it being as an observer of this forum for quite awhile.
it's just when people say "I hook up the microphone to the Mic input right?"...i get a chuckle.
that's all

oh how i kinda...sorta over reacted...."laugh at me! ill tell mom!".. yeah your right you were clear ....i apologize