Quality of sound in recording

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Rain S

New Member
Hi,
I hope everyone is well today.
This is a very simple request: I am wanting to record an interview today. I practiced recording; however the sound of my voice is a little fuzzy, echoey, and somewhat difficult to understand, I am not sure if the problem is with the computer or software. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could improve the sound quality. That would be appreciated thank you.
This is my computer specs:

HP laptop 14s-dk0xxx
Device name LAPTOP-7P862J4K
Processor AMD A4-9125 RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G 2.30 GHz
Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.88 GB usable)
Device ID B31C9325-441F-4316-853F-F18FFEDC2771
Product ID 00356-02133-84613-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Kindly,

Rain
 
koala

koala

Active Member
You didn't tell which kind of microphone you use. If you use the integrated mic of your laptop, or a mic integrated into some webcam, that fuzzy echoey sound is what you will get with this, because your mouth is somewhat far away from the mic, so the mic will pick up much from the environment in addition to your voice.
For good recordings, you need a microphone near to your mouth, 5-20 cm away. Every headset with a visible microphone is far better than integrated microphones.

Also make sure if you use the integrated mic of your laptop or a webcam, that you don't play back the recorded voice over speakers, because this will be picked up by the mic and create an echo. Also make sure everything else played back in the room over speakers is as silent as possible, otherwise it will be picked up by the mic. The nearer your mic is to your mouth, the less of an issue is speaker played background sound.
 
Kraezy

Kraezy

Member
Laptop mics in general will give a fuzzy , echo profile to them as they don't have any inherent noise cancellation, gates etc.

The other issue it could be 'leaning on the fuzzy' issue is a mismatch of audio sample rates
Your mic is running on 44khz in windows properties, you're running 48khz in OBS Properties
Or you're running a sample rate on your mic that the mic doesn't 100% support.
ALL audio needs to be running off the same supported sample rate to avoid any instability or mismatch
 
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konsolenritter

Active Member
With a good mic, interface hardware and proper gain and (short, but not too short) distance from the mic you don't need noise cancellation or gating technology. These are supplementary means if the principal task of good mic'ing technique fails.

The odd principle of the topic owner is that he wants to ensure to have a proper recorded interview _today_ while he is just starting to mention the matter, ...well ...even ..._today_.
 
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