Recording Gameplay Help?

[Fooz]

now i know how to record it, i have been doing it for a few months, its just that when i record my voice, there is a weird high pitched interference sound, i can only hear it when i am wearing headphones though, when i playback my videos through my TV speakers, there is no interference sound, i have tried audacity and recording it through fraps but it is always there...

any help is appreciated

here is a link to one of my videos, please tell me if you can hear it or not:


(P.S.) if the mods think this is a self promoting thing, i will take the video off, it's just there to demonstrate the sound issue

EDIT: it is there when i play it through my TV speakers, it just has to be really loud.

 

[diebane]

Can't hear what you described.

EDIT: Sound through PC speakers, that is.

 

[Fooz]

Can't hear what you described.

are you using headphones?

ahh i saw your edit after i posted

 

[oplinger]

I think what I'd like to know, does the sound appear in the waveform on audacity?

If it does, then it's fixable. If it does not, it is your headphones.

 

[Fooz]

I think what I'd like to know, does the sound appear in the waveform on audacity?

If it does, then it's fixable. If it does not, it is your headphones.

well i seem to have kind of fixed it, i just fucked around with all the ports and stuff, but when it does happen, it does appear in the waveform

scratch that, it isnt fixed

 

[oplinger]

Ah, I hear it now...

It's normal actually. That's just mic interference from say....everything. It modulates a lot, so it may be a fan in your computer.

Also that beginning trap made me laugh so hard...

But a fix for the noise, record silence with the noise in it, and use audacity's noise filter to get rid of it.

 

[Fooz]

Ah, I hear it now...

It's normal actually. That's just mic interference from say....everything. It modulates a lot, so it may be a fan in your computer.

Also that beginning trap made me laugh so hard...

But a fix for the noise, record silence with the noise in it, and use audacity's noise filter to get rid of it.

but i usually record my voice for gameplay through FRAPS as it makes the editing 1000x easier...

any suggestions?

 

[oplinger]

any suggestions?

Well, yeah I have quite a few..

1. Stop amplifying yourself. The noise is generally extremely quiet, and you can generally only hear it with massive amounts of signal boosting. If you're like me, and have to boost your mic by a bajillion DBs, then your best option is editing.

2. loose connection, not that your mic isn't plugged in all the way, something may be slightly worn, or damaged, so it's picking up more interference than usual. Not likely, but possible

3. your mic is just too close to electrical components (monitor, CPU fan...fans in general, flourescent lights. Even your headphones.) Move it away from other things that create EM radiation, and see if that helps.

 

[Fooz]

1. Stop amplifying yourself. The noise is generally extremely quiet, and you can generally only hear it with massive amounts of signal boosting. If you're like me, and have to boost your mic by a bajillion DBs, then your best option is editing

2. loose connection, not that your mic isn't plugged in all the way, something may be slightly worn, or damaged, so it's picking up more interference than usual. Not likely, but possible

3. your mic is just too close to electrical components (monitor, CPU fan...fans in general, flourescent lights. Even your headphones.) Move it away from other things that create EM radiation, and see if that helps.

1. I Dont know much about sound recording etc, so could you maybe explain that?

2. I have tried other mics, still the same sound

3. it isnt this it stays the same everywhere i go

 

[oplinger]

1. I Dont know much about sound recording etc, so could you maybe explain that?

I sure can, your microphone has a certain sensitivity to it. The less sensitive, the more power needed to get volumes up, which means the louder you need to be.

Headsets have a ridiculously low sensitivity, so you have to talk much louder, or amplify your signal, via drivers or the application. (upwards of 40dB for me.)

Stand alone mics, the cheap ones, can be much worse than headset microphones. However, if you shell out a little more money, you can get one with very high sensitivity (-60 dB is about as good as it needs to be. You can't really hear under that.)

So, if you have a low sensitivity microphone, it will still pick up interference, and when your signal gets amplified at all, and it's usually amplified, you'll heard the inteference behind your voice.

And since that was all extremely roundabout...

Your mic is making you sound extremely quiet, and you are being amplified at an excruciatingly high level making an inaudible noise audible. So your only option is to get a much more sensitive microphone, or edit the noise out. (editing is cheaper)

 

[Fishyash]

I do hear the noise, but I am very used to it since I talk to people with headsets on skype almost every day. It's usually from a mic though. Cheaper microphones pick up extra "background" noise when they register yours.

1. I Dont know much about sound recording etc, so could you maybe explain that?

I sure can, your microphone has a certain sensitivity to it. The less sensitive, the more power needed to get volumes up, which means the louder you need to be.

Headsets have a ridiculously low sensitivity, so you have to talk much louder, or amplify your signal, via drivers or the application. (upwards of 40dB for me.)

Stand alone mics, the cheap ones, can be much worse than headset microphones. However, if you shell out a little more money, you can get one with very high sensitivity (-60 dB is about as good as it needs to be. You can't really hear under that.)

So, if you have a low sensitivity microphone, it will still pick up interference, and when your signal gets amplified at all, and it's usually amplified, you'll heard the inteference behind your voice.

And since that was all extremely roundabout...

Your mic is making you sound extremely quiet, and you are being amplified at an excruciatingly high level making an inaudible noise audible. So your only option is to get a much more sensitive microphone, or edit the noise out. (editing is cheaper)

Or you can listen to this lovely piece of information, that I am glad I read as this will probably help me for some future stuff that I may or may not do.

 

[Fooz]

1. I Dont know much about sound recording etc, so could you maybe explain that?

I sure can, your microphone has a certain sensitivity to it. The less sensitive, the more power needed to get volumes up, which means the louder you need to be.

Headsets have a ridiculously low sensitivity, so you have to talk much louder, or amplify your signal, via drivers or the application. (upwards of 40dB for me.)

Stand alone mics, the cheap ones, can be much worse than headset microphones. However, if you shell out a little more money, you can get one with very high sensitivity (-60 dB is about as good as it needs to be. You can't really hear under that.)

So, if you have a low sensitivity microphone, it will still pick up interference, and when your signal gets amplified at all, and it's usually amplified, you'll heard the inteference behind your voice.

And since that was all extremely roundabout...

Your mic is making you sound extremely quiet, and you are being amplified at an excruciatingly high level making an inaudible noise audible. So your only option is to get a much more sensitive microphone, or edit the noise out. (editing is cheaper)

oh wow, thanks a lot man, you have been really helpful buddy, i think it is just my mic being a doucher, so i may invest in a better one.

again, thanks