problem recording voiceover - help!

Chakra5films wrote on 6/1/2005, 3:39 PM

Sorry for posting here - but the Vegas Audio looks rather inactive. Here is my issue.

I bought a new microphone (AT897) and wanted to use it for some voiceover/narration work on a Vegas project. I took the mic, plugged into my Beachtek, and then plugged the Beachtek into the mic jack on the PC. When I record the track, it appears to record, but it will not play back. I tried to play it back in other applications and same thing. The track recorded sound, (levels are jumping) but it does not play back. Nothing.

Then I plugged my five dollar PC mic in, recorded a track and it played fine. So, what am I doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance for your help ....

Marc

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Chakra5films wrote on 6/1/2005, 5:02 PM

I should clarify this - it does appear to play back, (levels jumping) but I get no sound. And yes, the speakers are connected correctly - everything else plays fine, including the track I recorded with my 5 dollar microphone.

Thanks again in advance for your help

pking36330 wrote on 6/1/2005, 6:59 PM

Low impedance mic and high impedance PC sound card. The Beachtek is just made to change a balanced line to an unbalanced input (and some models provide 48v phantom power), but its low impedance the whole way. They make boxes to mix different impedance. If you don't want to buy one, just hook the mic to your cam, roll tape and narrate; then import the DV via firewire, throw away the video and sync the audio track. More work, less money.

farss wrote on 6/1/2005, 7:16 PM

With what (software) are you recording and how exactly did you do it?
If you used Vegas (and if not why not?) are you certain it was in record?
Bob.