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- ericdano, on 06/16/2009, -0/+8Why? There are so many cheap, great sounding portable recording devices out there.........
Plus, you really need a preamp to make a SM57 sound good. - themusicalduck, on 06/16/2009, -0/+7I used my Acer Aspire one to do some portable recording once. I used a Shure SM57 with no pre-amp like in this tutorial. The quality was shocking.. The amount of noise that was in the recording after I cranked up the gain enough to record the source (someone playing the flute) was bad enough for it to be recording I probably wouldn't use.
I generally put it down to bad converters in the laptop. I'm pretty sure the mic and cable were good though I couldn't test it with replacements. The eee PC might be better but for best portable recording I'd use at least a pre-amp or some other device, or a more expensive laptop. - hugeposuer, on 06/16/2009, -2/+9Eeebuntu ftw.
- inactive, on 06/16/2009, -0/+6I have been for years and it works fine. Just use a quality mobo and off board sound through USB.
- digitalpencil, on 06/16/2009, -0/+5yeah.. you can't just run a shure straight into a mini-jack and hope for clarity. the signal will need amping/gating.
For mobile audio your best bet is a FW break-out box with phantom power and a nice LDC. The Rode NT1a's are both cheap and are very, VERY low noise.. Seriously the quality's ***** ace for the money. Either that or you could opt for one of those LDC>USB mics. I've never tried one personally but i gather they're ok.
Personally i wouldn't use any PC running atom either.. the eee's great as a netbook but that ***** will chug like a bitch when you start multi-tracking different live effects. Even as a quick acoustic job i'd opt for a macbook or something and that way you've got logic all set to go as well.
Like all things in life, you get what you pay for and whilst this'll be 'ok' for a quick podcast, you can't record decent audio with just an eeepc and an sm57. For recording in the field, it's better to opt for a mainstream OS, get some decent software and run it on a rig that can handle it, with reasonable inputs and battery life. - teethandeyes, on 06/16/2009, -0/+5Not true at all.
If you get a nice external sound card (the Creative Labs cards are great and inexpensive), you can virtually perfect, noise-free recordings. - mohamedrias786, on 06/16/2009, -1/+6nice easy tutorial indeed... Will help Linux users to record music easily
- AdmiralAcbar, on 06/16/2009, -0/+4You shouldn't be recording music directly to a computer anyways. Too much interference (for the most part, anyways).
- inactive, on 06/16/2009, -1/+5lol. Use Linux and you might have a clue...
- obinine, on 06/16/2009, -0/+3I've had great results doing both recordings and live relays to my icecast server using a Zoom H2 hooked up via usb to my Eeepc1000 running Ubuntu NR. Great little combination, imho.
- absurdist, on 06/16/2009, -0/+3Ubuntu netbook Remix stopped working when I tried to change from the dumbed down interface to standard Gnome. It's promising, just not on the EEE 701 yet.
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3Incidentally, the new 64 Studio (now in Beta) is based on Ubuntu. I am currently working with the FFADO team to add support for the MOTU 8Pre digitizer (coming soon to a PC near you).
- Takfam, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2Is the audio quality good enough for a podcast? I've been looking at picking up a netbook or notebook for easier recording, but if the quality is pretty bad, I'll know to stay away from the netbooks.
- CountdownCrispy, on 06/16/2009, -1/+3I'm a Media Production degree student - yes, I know, it's a Mickey Mouse course but it gets me some letters after my name. Anyway, I produced all of the pre-recorded audio for a graded radio assignment on an Eee PC 1000H. I used a £40 (~£65) USB microphone from eBay with no pre-amp, and recorded straight into Audacity running under Windows XP.
The audio quality in a quiet bedroom with reasonable acoustics - nothing special, but again no planes flying overhead - was excellent, and more than passable for its use in an FM broadcast, so I would say it's absolutely fine to use a netbook for a podcast. Just get a decent mic stand and watch your levels! - vicsvenge, on 06/16/2009, -2/+4kewl. i'll stick with my logic express though.
- Tiler, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2I just switched to the greatness that is eeebuntu!
- absurdist, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Cruncheee. It gets upgraded regularly.
- hugeposuer, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Me too. That was the reason for my fairly irrelevant post.
- themusicalduck, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1If the podcast just includes talking into a microphone close up then the quality will probably be acceptable. As the source is quite loud and close, the gain won't need to be cranked up as much and so the noise won't be cranked up with it.
Might be worth trying it out before you buy though. - inactive, on 06/16/2009, -1/+2Why use an SM series when a tandy PZM will record a cockroach breaking wind. They are Hi Fi quality and come with a pre amp. Always good for overheads.
get 2 and you can have that in stereo. - keegangrayson, on 06/16/2009, -3/+4Linux just isn't there yet with the sound architecture... I would love so much to use Linux as my main operating system, but I have to stick with Windows and Mac OS for now... at least when it comes to recording. Ardour is amazing and Audacity is great too... even Jokosher now, but the hardware support needs to be a lot better. If you want to record with Linux you have to build your computer from the ground up so all of the hardware is supported. Mic in and Line in on any standard computer soundcard would never be good enough for professionals, I don't care if you're using a preamp or not.
- inactive, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2vocoder?
- keegangrayson, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1I use Linux for everything but recording.
- AdmiralAcbar, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I should clarify. I meant you shouldn't be recording through a direct line-in.
- andrewrjones, on 06/16/2009, -1/+1Standard Ubuntu Netbook Remix works great for me on EEE 901. All a bit OT though... :)
- Spire3660, on 06/16/2009, -1/+1Why not just get some kind of dedicated digital voice/sound recorder and then edit on the EEE. You wouldnt try to take 'production' level photos with the built in webcam.....
Its similar to the cell phone camera/dedicated camera analogy. Both can take pics, but even the very best cell phone camera is going to fall behind some of the most basic dedicated digital cameras in quality/features(relating strictly to the actual photographing) - ad88, on 06/16/2009, -1/+1Definitely a great low cost, portable sound recording device. Not for pro recording projects (obviously) But I have used my ASUS HA900 netbook with Sony SoundForge 9 for recording a live band straight out of their PA into the MIC input. Worked flawlessly.. If the HA900 had a Firewire port I would probably be tempted to plug in my Profire 2626 just for S&Gs. Probably better it doesn't. =) Also check out this USB microphone... hmmm... http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Audio ...
- inactive, on 06/16/2009, -3/+1Lame. Eeebuntu is already old. I'm using the new alpha version of Eeeeeeebuntu. More Es, more power.
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