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   Evil Sponge wrote:   
   > I've just listened to your podcast, and I think the recording quality   
   > sounds pretty good. There's a massive improvement over the previous   
   > recording, and even more so over the earlier ones in which there was   
   > a very obvious and irritating electromagnetic hum.   
      
   OK, that's a good start.   
      
   One thing I'll say for Samson (Tech) is their support staff are very good. I   
   pinged some questions backwards and forwards, and I think I have a better   
   understanding of the right approach - I just need to experiment a bit more   
   now.   
      
   > I was wondering if   
   > you'd processed the signal at all, because it sounds like there might   
   > be a slight reverb on it... or is that just the acoustics of your   
   > room?   
      
   Not that I'm aware of, although Sonar LE's got so many features it's   
   bewildering.   
      
   > I can detect a slight background hum, but having listened to it   
   > carefully, I'm thinking this might be the mic picking up the sound of   
   > your computer's fan rather than any kind of electrical problem.   
      
   I suspect it is, as the fan noise here is quite loud.   
      
   > I think the problem with the volume changes you're getting is probably   
   > caused by being too close to the mic, because there are certainly   
   > distortion issues when you suddenly speak loudly. I would try moving   
   > away slightly and if it's too quiet, give it a post-production boost.   
   > If the recording is good enough, you should be able to boost it quite   
   > a bit before background noise becomes a problem.   
      
   Hopefully with some of Samson's help I can tweak this, but I agree that it   
   was caused by being too close.   
      
   I'll probably do another podcast at the weekend, so will see how it   
   improves.   
      
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