which position is the best to place the mic in front of an amp for recording purposes?
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For a single 12" like I use, I put the mic so it is angled from the axis of the speaker about 20deg, about 4 inches out from the  cone and pointing at a point about 2 inches from the centre of the cone.  If I could draw a diagram....\nBest advice is to get a good headphone output from the PC and move the mic around while you play and listen till you like it. Or record a session while you shout into the mic "Now near the edge" "now near the middle" etc as you move the mic around.
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depends on what you want to do with the sound, but generally they use geometry to create sound friendly environments. (feedback reduction,  good resonance reverb, noise reduction, and others)
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Well, the easiest way is to buy a microphone designed for use on a computer.  There are a lot of them available, and they normally start at about $5 and go up.\n\nThese microphones are all low-power condensor type of microphones.  They have about the same quality as the microphones built into a tape recorder.\n\nIf you want to go up a step higher, then you need a bit more equipment.  A Mixer Board (like a DJ uses) lets you plug in higher quality microphones.  They are more complex to get up and running, but if you want high quality, it is the best way to go.  I do this, and have a $250 Shure studio mic hooked up to my computer.
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I personally think that people would be much more willing to spend time answering your questions, if you then actually give them some feedback, like choosing the Best Answer". \n\nI'm not sure what you mean by "Music System with a Mic"?\nYou mean you want to build a whole Karaoke system?  And that, after you have asked some time ago "how to make a door bell"....?!\n\nWell then, here is a microphone pre-amplifier  (for stereo, you need 2 of these): http://jap.hu/electronic/micamp.html\nAs for the power amplifier, we would need to know how many watts you want. Here is a 22 Watt schematic:  http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/amp20w.htm
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its not as effective as you may think, your gonna need to be able to hear the other person over the noise. may i suggest standing next to an older running generator, as the noise both audible and inaudible should scramble a long range mic.\n\nbut as stated above try moving the conversation to a more secure area, be it in a large drainage pipe, or a vehicle. any place is more secure than out in the open
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for the hi-hat, put a mic at the top as close as you can without it being in danger of getting hit, aimed toward the edge of the cymbal (if you put it right at the edge you get that lovely whoosh every time they close)\n\nfor the other cymbals, if you want to mic them seperately, put it at the edge of the cymbal, try and point it away from the rest of the set, and hope you're drummer isn't too wild. \n\nthe best though is overhead mics, a stereo pair, above the kit, either in x/y stereo position (as close as they can get to each other without touching, pointing in an "x" formation to the opposing side), or in 3 to 1 (3x as far from each other as they are from the source)\n\nthe overheads work the best, unless you really want to get each seperate cymbal.  you can even, if you're running low ion microphones, use these to pick up your toms.
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If you can find a small, semi-professional recording studio, it is both easier and cheaper to do it there.  My band has tried both...we ending up spending a TON of money to do a live recording of one show.  When we recorded our demo disc for the press pack, we went to a small studio one of our friends recommended.  The guy did an outstanding job, we cut 5 tracks in a day and a half, and the whole thing cost about $600.  I guess it depends on how much recording you plan on doing, and how involved in the process you plan on being.  The home studio stuff is expensive, but it's a one-time investment.  If you're going to record a lot of your stuff, that might be the way to go.  Good luck!
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There are alot of possible locations for the mic on a PC, but the first thing you want to check is that it has a microphone currently connected. If you check the back of your computer tower, you should see several audio jacks (they look like the plugs you would plug a set of headphones into) They should be a few different colors, red, blue, and green. The red one is the mic jack, if there is nothing plugged into it, you might need to go buy one. If there is something plugged in, follow the cord and you'll find your AWOL mic.
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The side that you're referring to as the recording side is actually a protecive layer. Under that layer you will find a thin foil. The thin foil is acuatlly what retains the data in the format of pits and grooves. \nMore info at: \nhttp://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm
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a microphone and speakers or headphones
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I'll assume that this is for a small in home type studio...\n\nThe first thing you'll need is a room the is setup for it...  This means a room that has good audio insulation...  This can be as simple as using a soft packing foam to cover all the walls and the ceiling, and a good soft/thick rug on the floor(you don't want echo's that are unintentional)...\n\nNext is the ability to record, Personaly I would use digital recording into a computer...  You can use a piece of equipment like this:\nhttp://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Firepod/\nto get many different mic lines into the computer, then use software (sorry, I don't have a piece of software that I know of off the top of my head, but if you call at sweetwater they can tell you a good one), it can even record each input seperatly to that you can listen and mix them after the fact(mixing means setting the volume of each channel to get the sound you want).  If you use a good software you can add effects too(such as delay's or echo's and other things)...\n\nNext would be speakers and an amp (or powered speakers, that's where the amp is built into the speakers), this way you can listen to the recording.  you want good speakers so that you can hear what it will realy sound like.  for listening to the recording and mixing, you don't want to use headphones because that wont sound how it'll sound in a sound system unless you use realy expensive headphones, and with headphones like this you can't have multiple people listening at the same time and be able to talk about it...\n\nNow, for while your recording, if you have a group (like a band) they might want to be able to hear the other people playing (such as an electric guitar), but you don't want to have any speakers turned on in the recording room while recording because that can cause feedback, or echo's.  For a situation like this they would need to wear headphones, and you can use a system that is made by Aviom for this.  They have this at sweetwater as well, and the way that works is to just plug in the instrament into the aviom directly, then it has a through put to plug into the digital recording system.  With the aviom, it takes all the imputs, digitizes them into it's own format, then you can use that to have any of the people having what ever they want in their own headset.  Look at Aviom.com to get more information about their system.\n\nI've been using live mixing and recording equipment for almost 10 years and would be happy to help out more, my email address is my user name here @ yahoo.com
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How are you recording?
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You would need some kind of microphone to start with; don't need a very good one. You need an operational amplifier; the signal from the mic is input to the op-amp, whose output is fed to a transistor or mosfet switch. Using a properly-valued potentiometer (variable resistor) in a voltage divider configuration, you can tune it since the volume level required to activate the switch is variable. I'm not sure if you meant something more along the lines of voice-recognition or if it is just sound-activated switches in which you are interested. Either way, hope this helps.
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use a splitter. or use te same mic. splitter plugs into the pc then both mics connect to the splitter.
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HOLD THE PHONE!!!\n\nBefore you buy the mixer, check this out.  It's all you need to make killer recordings with you PC.\n\nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Line-6-TonePort-UX1-USB-RecordingModeling-Interface?sku=249700\n\nyou are welcome\n\nWhat the guy below me said is all true but I wouldn't make a huge initial investment like he suggests.  Check out the Toneport and build from there.
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I think I saw a question like this a while ago on experts exchange , I think in the end the guy used an amplifier and connected the output of that or his guitar ( cant remember which and im sure you will know more then I do ) to the line in of his machine and as for recording I suggest audacity :\n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/\n\nIf you need more help or there is something missing post back and I will dig out the article and copy n paste it for you :)
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A very basic recording studio needs several elements:\n1. microphone\n2. mixer\n3. recorder\n\nThere are oodles of variations on this simple setup, but if you have a microphone with a cable, mixer with a preamp, and a recorder, be it digital or analog, tape or hard drive, you can record.\n\nComputer recording is taking over like a storm, so that is definately an option to investigate. By getting a USB audio interface with a mic preamp built in, a microphone & cable, and [free] software, you can be setup for multi-track recording!\n\nA standalone recorder is another option, some have mic inputs already on them. To see an article on standalone recorder versus computer recording, see http://www.learn-recording.com/digital-recording.html\n\nFrom there, you have many options to upgrade, not the least of these is a good quality microphone.