I always suggest the Behringer XM8500 as a wonderful dirt-cheap mic. It is an SM58 clone and surprisingly good for the price. It sounds better than many more expensive mics when used properly.
A lot of how it works for you is going to be different seeing your use case is so uncommon. Low levels are simply a case of:
a) not enough Gain on the Audio Interface (eg like the EVO4 I recommend) and
b) not boosting/normalizing the recorded audio.
I will say that simply putting a mic in a room and setting a recording to run is likely to give a result that feels nothing like the real thing as you are 'flattening' reality into something that feels very unreal. Explained in here:
https://benedictroffmarsh.com/2022/01/1 ... s-to-work/
Ocen Audio may not be suited to such a long recording OR may need a setting - as may your computer. Audacity is a mile uglier but might be more stable for this. But to be fair, little with assume such a long recording as that stretches computer operating paradigms.
I get the feeling this might be for a (semi) legal thing in which case, one wonders if you might be as well to use either something like a Zoom device which is more likely to be built for such a thing.
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A lot of how it works for you is going to be different seeing your use case is so uncommon. Low levels are simply a case of:
a) not enough Gain on the Audio Interface (eg like the EVO4 I recommend) and
b) not boosting/normalizing the recorded audio.
I will say that simply putting a mic in a room and setting a recording to run is likely to give a result that feels nothing like the real thing as you are 'flattening' reality into something that feels very unreal. Explained in here:
https://benedictroffmarsh.com/2022/01/1 ... s-to-work/
Ocen Audio may not be suited to such a long recording OR may need a setting - as may your computer. Audacity is a mile uglier but might be more stable for this. But to be fair, little with assume such a long recording as that stretches computer operating paradigms.
I get the feeling this might be for a (semi) legal thing in which case, one wonders if you might be as well to use either something like a Zoom device which is more likely to be built for such a thing.
Statistics: Posted by Benedict — Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:13 am