How do I get better recording quality?

Question

I am recording my own NexTel ringtones but all I have is my speakers and a mic. what do I need to get to have a good quality sound? Right now it sounds kind of like a little bit of an ecko and it sounds "distant". how would I improve the sound quality?

TY in advance for all help.

Tony L.

Also I am recording from my PC and obviously to my PC do I just need some kind of jumper wire or something?

ty

Tony L.

Answer 1

You didn't mention which phone you have, so I'm not really sure how to help you with this. I believe you are going about things the hard way and would highly suggest you go by my way. Check my best answers, almost all of them are for Nextel Ringtone questions.

1. You will need a data cable, in order to transfer the songs from your PC to your phone. These can usually be found on ebay and cost between 10-20 bucks, your best bet is to always go with OEM products, so MOTOROLA has to be somewhere in the auction just to let ya know!

2. Go to www.harrythompson.com and follow all of his instructions to a "T" meaning don't think you can skip ahead and do whatever. He put the steps in order for a reason, you may mess up the transfer of the file, etc, if you don't follow his exact instructions.

3. Start creating your own ringtones! Your format can be .wav or .mp3, etc, I suggest .wav because it uses less space and is better for your speakers. Motorola is synonymous for creating crappy cell phones for Nextel, so trust me, the sound quality may be better with mp3, but your speakers will probably blow and you will use all your file space with mp3's.

Answer 2

The echo is probably feedback. When you are recording, use headphones. Make sure the mic can't hear the speakers. If you're recording speakers, don't do that unless the source is like an older TV with no RCA-outs on it.

What you want to do is two things:
1. Alienate the source. Use headphones or record in another room than the speakers to get rid of the "echo" (feedback).
2. Record line-in. The "distant" is maybe you holding a microphone up to a TV or boombox? That's bad. Run the source out anyway you can into the line-in in your computer. Record via wire and not by microphone. Pros only record humans and guitars without wires because most humans don't have plugs. :)

Answer 3

Well camcorders are made to take strong satisfactory video, and DSLRs are made to take strong satisfactory Photos! however a bit of digicam that matches at the pocket does not quite take strong satisfactory pics and video! But as strong as it could get, any Canon virtual digicam can take strong ample video, and pics! Canon turns out to mix each forms of cameras in some way that each video an photographs will also be strong ample for each to be joyful to your reminiscence card!

Answer 4

A better microphone for sure!