FergusF Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Hi all,I have an MS907 microphone that I use with my camcorder and it is excellent. I got my rh-10 last week and I started to use the ms907 with it. I am dissapointed with the sound levels produced by my recordings When I upload them and try and play them in SS or media player or whatever, the sound level is very low, even at max! I have set my computer volume setting to max as well. Why are my sound levels so low? I only use the rh-10 for voice recording / interviewing.thanks in advance,Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Did you try manual levels and/or the high sensitivity setting in the menu of your RH10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoul Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 You going Line In or Mic Input with that ms907? Also, like GM asked, are you using manual or AGC when recording? When recording are you seeing the recording levels on that RH10? Have you considered normalizing your files after you upload? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Did you try manual levels and/or the high sensitivity setting in the menu of your RH10?←Hi Greenmachine & Mrsoul,I used the mic input, Rec level = auto AGC, Mic AGC = standard & Miic Sens = High while recording; I am recording in hi-sp mode; I could see the levels as I was recording. What does normalizing files after upload mean?Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic-pessimist Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Normalizing means using an audio editing program (live Wavelab or Audicity) to bring the highest peak in your recording up to 0 dB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 What were you recording to begin with? How loud was it? And are you sure you are using the Mic (red) jack? Is the mid/side setting at 90 degrees rather than 120, so you're picking up what's in front of the mic?Have you tried replacing the battery? If you're up close to someone speaking and using AGC, you should be getting decent levels. Where was the level meter peaking? It should be spending most of its time around the halfway dash or above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 What were you recording to begin with? How loud was it? And are you sure you are using the Mic (red) jack? Is the mid/side setting at 90 degrees rather than 120, so you're picking up what's in front of the mic?Have you tried replacing the battery? If you're up close to someone speaking and using AGC, you should be getting decent levels. Where was the level meter peaking? It should be spending most of its time around the halfway dash or above.←Hi A440,I was doing a voice interview for my genealogy project, quiet setting with no background noise. I used the 90 deg setting with the microphone 3-4 feet (max) away on a table, the levels were hovering around the mid range but probarbly a bit below rather that above mid range. I did not replace the battery but I will do this now; would low battery show up in some way?Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Don't Sony mics work without batteries if the recorder provides 'plug in power'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Don't Sony mics work without batteries if the recorder provides 'plug in power'?←Hi Greenmachine / All,I just tested my microphone with & without batteries! I could not record using my ms907 with its battery removed, I turned on the mike and pressed record but nothing happened. Everything I have read suggests that the rh10 supplies power but that is not my experience, do I need to adjust some advanced setting? I am puzzled!Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Seems like it needs the internal battery to operate. Did you try a fresh one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Seems like it needs the internal battery to operate. Did you try a fresh one?←Hi Greenmachine,the only battery that I can see is an AA (LR6) battery, I put in a new one before the test but no good; does anyone know if there is another internal battery in ms907?Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Hi Greenmachine,the only battery that I can see is an AA (LR6) battery, I put in a new one before the test but no good; does anyone know if there is another internal battery in ms907?Fergus ←Hi Greenmachine,I came across this article on the minidisk.com site (http://www.minidisco.com/mic-info-page.html#Plug-in%20Power:) as I was searching for info on microphones and it explains why my ms907 will not work without the battery:Plug-in Power:Most of the microphones we sell are plug-in powered, meaning that they draw their power from the microphone jack on the portable recorder. As long as your recorder has a microphone jack with plug-in power (almost all of them do), you will not need an external power source to operate them. Some microphones do use a battery inside the mic. For example, the very popular Sony ECM-MS907 mic uses a single AA battery inside the body of the mic itself. If you don't use the battery or the battery dies, then the mic will not work because it will not work with just plug in power. Other mics such as the Sony ECM-MS719 can use either it's own internal battery OR plug in power. You have the option to go either way. The benefit of using the internal battery is better performance and longer battery life.Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Now we know that it won't work without battery, but your problem still remains. Did you try the mic in a different device like an old md recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusF Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Now we know that it won't work without battery, but your problem still remains. Did you try the mic in a different device like an old md recorder?←HI Greenmachine,I have used the mic with my digital camcorder and with an ordinary tape recorder and the results were excellent in both cases. I have checked the web and I am considering buying something like the Sound Professionals SP-BMC3 Standard Binaural Microphone (http://www.minidisco.com/sp-bmc3.html). Most of what I am doing is interview recording so I could keep one channel for the person asking the questions & the other for the interviewee. Other than that I will have to invest in a mixer but I freely admit that I need to learn a lot more about sound in general before I go down that road, this forum has been great help to me so far.Can anyone recommend a good dual point microphone that has very good seperation (6-10') between the channels?Fergus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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