Hey all, I'm still just trying to get my parts together to try a CBG build.
Meantime, I wanted to do a few talkie recordings on youtube, but have NO CLUE how to get the sound I want.
I am severely musically challenged so please bare with my posts.
I DID find the sound I like and want to record in.
Recording would either be DIRECTLY into the Laptop, or record into my Stereo (has line in).
Please see this youtube video -- I believe he is a CBN member.
I'd LOVE to know how to do that mic sound. Is there some way to build a thing to record with?
Link here: https://www.youtube.com/user/redeyedramblers#p/u/5/WKNLIkwYs-g
Thanks for any thoughts
Jim
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I use a green bullet harp mic and the cheapest overdrive pedal I could find.I've had better luck with the overdrive pedal than with a distortion. Just tweak the knobs until you get what you want. You could use any mic with a pedal but need an XLR to !/4" adapter to pug it in. I've made the piezo in a can mic before and had pretty good results. There's a sample of the harp mic on my page called work in progress just to give you an idea how it sounds. Everyone's ideas here are good. Just a matter of how you want to do it and the budget you have!!!! Always seems to be my biggest problem.....
Make a piezo "surface mic" and tape it onto the bottom of a soup can (or turnip greens for "authenticity").
Mount your can to a home made broomstick mic stand, and plug it into your mic input.
Make some noise.
Audacity is a good free choice for recording, theres other cheap or free options as well. I havent used it in ages, but a recording program that will work with effects "plug ins" would broaden your range for experimenting, as many basic assorted plug-ins are also cheap, or free.
Try using an old set of headphones, earphones, or even earbuds. The smaller they are, the more lo-fi you'll get, and it will be in stereo if you record them that way. Plug it into your computer's microphone input, which is usually a pinkish color. If it has an inline volume control, turn it up all the way.
I even connected a little speaker I ripped out of an old tape recorder to a mic input. It actually sounded pretty good.
Yeah I say go for audacity....it will make all the difernec in the world...just dont save aas an MP3 file...it will sound terrible...other than that direct recording gives you lotsa of options
In addition to using an old phone handset, you might just try using a regular vocal mic into your computer setup and then use a high pass and low pass filter to bandwidth narrow the vocal track. Old analog phones were about 800Hz to 4kHz. So in your recording software go to EQ and set a high pass at 800Hz and a second filter for low pass of 4kHz. It will give you a similar effect without the distortion. There are plenty of ways of adding distortion if you want but try this first as you would need no additional equipment.
I believe it's done using an old army-type field telephone handset...the carbon element gives you that hard-edged distortion. Alternatively you can go for a "Coppertone" mic..more sophisticated and expensive, and a more subtle tone.
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I use a green bullet harp mic and the cheapest overdrive pedal I could find.I've had better luck with the overdrive pedal than with a distortion. Just tweak the knobs until you get what you want. You could use any mic with a pedal but need an XLR to !/4" adapter to pug it in. I've made the piezo in a can mic before and had pretty good results. There's a sample of the harp mic on my page called work in progress just to give you an idea how it sounds. Everyone's ideas here are good. Just a matter of how you want to do it and the budget you have!!!! Always seems to be my biggest problem.....
Make a piezo "surface mic" and tape it onto the bottom of a soup can (or turnip greens for "authenticity").
Mount your can to a home made broomstick mic stand, and plug it into your mic input.
Make some noise.
Audacity is a good free choice for recording, theres other cheap or free options as well. I havent used it in ages, but a recording program that will work with effects "plug ins" would broaden your range for experimenting, as many basic assorted plug-ins are also cheap, or free.
Recording on the cheap:
Try using an old set of headphones, earphones, or even earbuds. The smaller they are, the more lo-fi you'll get, and it will be in stereo if you record them that way. Plug it into your computer's microphone input, which is usually a pinkish color. If it has an inline volume control, turn it up all the way.
I even connected a little speaker I ripped out of an old tape recorder to a mic input. It actually sounded pretty good.
Let me clarify... talk to me like a cheap Idiot, hahaha
Filters? Please understand, the only recording software I have is windows built in WAV REC, ahhhhhh
Can I make it any harder? hahaha
Kindest
jim