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Record own piano CD using computer
In article , (Stephen Cheung) wrote:
Hi all,
I am new to this group and have a few questions regarding recording my
own piano CD using my computer.
It is actually my dad, who have played the piano for 40 years, wants
to produce some CD as presents to his friends. Last night I tried to
use my computer to record his performance. Quality is acceptable, but
I have a few questions:
1) I used only a very cheap microphone to do the recording and it is
connected to the "mic" input of the sound card. The recorded sound
always seems too low unless I amplify it using a sound software. Is
there any other good way to do this?
Microphone type and placement will make a big difference in sound quality.
Read up on the subject. I would buy or rent a small mic mixer to boost the gain.
Get a bettter mic. or a different mic if ned be.
2) Should I borrow a Mini Disc recorder from my friends to do the
recording, and transfer the data into the computer later? How to do
this? How is the sound quality?
I don't think so.
3) After the recording, I would need to save the file. The software
allows me to save in too many formats, and I don't know which one
should be using if I were to put it on to a CD and let most CD players
to play them. Should I save it in wav format? Which wav format is
right (there are 8 or 10 wav formats!!) I only tried to save them as
mp3, since that is the only format the CD burning software would
recognise to convert into CD audio. I tried a few wav format but the
CD software ("Ahead Nero", actually) couldn't recognise them at all.
4) Further to question 3, the first experimental CD I made could only
be played in my mini-hi-fi that has specified as "CD/RW playback". How
can I make it so that it could be played in even normal CD players?
I don't know the formats either, but wave is the right choice. Buy CD-R's
They will play back better than CD-RW.
greg
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