"david"

I'm trying to record my father talking about his youth but the recordings
come out with his and my voices very quiet and lots of hissing background
even though the room is quiet apart from our speech.


( snip tear inducing story)


** Recording people speaking is not so simple.

Film crews typically use expensive, highly directional mics mounted on a
long pole and pointed at the speaker from about half a metre away - the
mic is carefully kept just out of the view of the camera. The results are
OK.

TV studios often use miniature lapel mics ( mounted guess where ? ) to pick
up the voices of presenters and guests or else a directional mic mounted on
and even longer pole that the film crews normally use.

If you have a stereo cassette deck, then use two lapel mics, one in each
channel.

Get the kind that have the battery installed internally.

Also a tip - speak up.



........ Phil