
post-it wrote:. . Best Mic' System can totally be found at Recording Studio's only dude! They like live for that sorta stuff -- if you know what I mean
post-it wrote:. . sound effects .. not much party friendly software out there man .. suffer~age!
( used to be a company called "Cool Edit" and they were the best .. haven't heard from them in years; probably got bought-out by <b>some lame~o no-name yahoo franchise</b> )
Scintilla wrote:post-it wrote:. . Best Mic' System can totally be found at Recording Studio's only dude! They like live for that sorta stuff -- if you know what I mean
Though you really don't need a recording studio for this kind of thing, he has a point: "Best suited" doesn't mean a thing if you can't afford it, and most of us can't ($3200 for a Neumann U87, anyone?). So give us a budget range: how much are you willing to spend on a mike?post-it wrote:. . sound effects .. not much party friendly software out there man .. suffer~age!
( used to be a company called "Cool Edit" and they were the best .. haven't heard from them in years; probably got bought-out by <b>some lame~o no-name yahoo franchise</b> )
Please tell me that was sarcasm.
For completeness's sake: The company was called Syntrillium, the PRODUCT was Cool Edit Pro; and they were bought by Adobe (you MAY have heard of them) and the product was renamed Adobe Audition (now apparently split into Audition and Soundbooth) at least five years ago.
Personally, I have the original version of Adobe Audition and I still use it for all my audio editing needs. And it does have multitrack editing capabilities (that's how I do my bootlegs). It's a great program, but pricey.
If you're looking for something that doesn't cost quite so much, you might want to try <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>, the Free and Open Source alternative. Many people here swear by it.
how I've missed this... NOT!

ultimateX021 wrote:Audacity, huh! Alright, I'll check that link out and see what it does. Also, that Adobe Audition, how much is that system and if the price is fairly high in all stores and online?
ultimateX021 wrote:Now, about the mic. I'm talking about a simple mic that just records your voice onto the computer. I happen to have two programs, Digital Media Creator 10 and Windows Movie Maker 2.0 that accepts audio from a mic. I don't know if it has a different name for it, but it's a mic where someone can just speak into it for "Narration" or something that puts your voice into the computer. Hope it's not the kind that is too pricey.
Scintilla wrote:ultimateX021 wrote:Audacity, huh! Alright, I'll check that link out and see what it does. Also, that Adobe Audition, how much is that system and if the price is fairly high in all stores and online?
Adobe's price for Audition is $350; they also sell Soundbooth, which looks like a somewhat less pro-grade app that does some of the same things, for $200.
Naturally, I'd suggest trying the free trials of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/tryaudition">Audition</a> and <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/trysoundbooth">Soundbooth</a> before committing to one of them, to see which one suits you better.ultimateX021 wrote:Now, about the mic. I'm talking about a simple mic that just records your voice onto the computer. I happen to have two programs, Digital Media Creator 10 and Windows Movie Maker 2.0 that accepts audio from a mic. I don't know if it has a different name for it, but it's a mic where someone can just speak into it for "Narration" or something that puts your voice into the computer. Hope it's not the kind that is too pricey.
Okay, looks like you're going primarily for ease of use. In that case, your local electronics store or Radio Shack should have completely passable mikes that you can just plug into your sound card's mike input (look for a 1/8" plug; or, a 1/4" plug can be made to fit with an adapter, easily found at, say, Radio Shack), with no outboard preamps or power supplies needed.
If your sound card doesn't *have* a mike input, then you can get a USB microphone instead: <a href="http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?q=USB&cat=3807&cat2=&ob=pop&rl=&rh=&button=search%2Ffilter&form=search">here's 17 such mikes on sale at Zzounds</a>, many of which can be had for less than $100. (These are still probably more expensive than what you could get at an electronics store -- in particular, if you have Rock Band, the microphone that comes with it is actually a plug-and-play USB microphone -- but I wanted to give you some other options that will probably sound better than that.)

ultimateX021 wrote:Scintilla wrote:ultimateX021 wrote:Audacity, huh! Alright, I'll check that link out and see what it does. Also, that Adobe Audition, how much is that system and if the price is fairly high in all stores and online?
Adobe's price for Audition is $350; they also sell Soundbooth, which looks like a somewhat less pro-grade app that does some of the same things, for $200.
Naturally, I'd suggest trying the free trials of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/tryaudition">Audition</a> and <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/trysoundbooth">Soundbooth</a> before committing to one of them, to see which one suits you better.ultimateX021 wrote:Now, about the mic. I'm talking about a simple mic that just records your voice onto the computer. I happen to have two programs, Digital Media Creator 10 and Windows Movie Maker 2.0 that accepts audio from a mic. I don't know if it has a different name for it, but it's a mic where someone can just speak into it for "Narration" or something that puts your voice into the computer. Hope it's not the kind that is too pricey.
Okay, looks like you're going primarily for ease of use. In that case, your local electronics store or Radio Shack should have completely passable mikes that you can just plug into your sound card's mike input (look for a 1/8" plug; or, a 1/4" plug can be made to fit with an adapter, easily found at, say, Radio Shack), with no outboard preamps or power supplies needed.
If your sound card doesn't *have* a mike input, then you can get a USB microphone instead: <a href="http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?q=USB&cat=3807&cat2=&ob=pop&rl=&rh=&button=search%2Ffilter&form=search">here's 17 such mikes on sale at Zzounds</a>, many of which can be had for less than $100. (These are still probably more expensive than what you could get at an electronics store -- in particular, if you have Rock Band, the microphone that comes with it is actually a plug-and-play USB microphone -- but I wanted to give you some other options that will probably sound better than that.)
Okay, good thing you told me all this because I happen to have a mike input in my sound card, so I'm covered. I'll still check out the USB mikes just in case, but other than that, I'll try those two free trials of Audition and Soundbooth to determine which is better.
I'm planning on getting Rock Band in the near future, but for now the usual mike to sound card input will do, so thanks for suggesting this.
I appreciate the helpful information.

ultimateX021 wrote:One more favor. I forgot to ask you if it's possible that there are certain mikes (or if it is the programs themselves) that allow you to change the tone and sound of your voice. Making it deep, loud, low, and crazy sounding.
Scintilla wrote:ultimateX021 wrote:One more favor. I forgot to ask you if it's possible that there are certain mikes (or if it is the programs themselves) that allow you to change the tone and sound of your voice. Making it deep, loud, low, and crazy sounding.
I've never seen any microphones that made changes that significant to the sound being recorded. It's true that each mike imparts its own sonic signature on the sound (some will be darker, some brighter, some will smear transients, etc.), but it's nowhere near as drastic as what you're going for.
Usually, you'll want to record dry and then apply effects afterwards, in your audio editing program -- and the ones I mentioned (even Audacity) have all sorts of cool effects capabilities: equalization, compression and expansion, flanging, echo, delay, reverb, phasing, vocoding, pitch shifting...

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