Dedicated ADC vs Laptop mic in
Doing my first recording over the weekend, I was surprised how low I had to set my mixer to get clean audio into the laptop.
Initially I balanced the music and mic so that the level indicator on the mixer output was was peaking at the zero db level but not clipping, which the manual suggested was the correct level for the output.
But piping this into the laptop and recording in Audacity, it was constantly clipping and I ended up having to drop the output level to almost nothing to get a clean recording level in Audacity.
Reading elsewhere, mic inputs on laptops and the ADC chips behind them are apparently less than fantastic for audio. Could this be what is giving the input limited headroom?
I had in mind to get an outboard ADC at some point anyway, probably the Behringer UCA202, is this likely to make quite a difference to my recordings?
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they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views,
which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
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