Microphone fail

[luzula]

Arrrgh, argh. I've been getting really bad quality from my microphone lately, and done various fiddling and re-recording. This in a situation where I already don't have a lot of time for podficcing, so it's been going glacially slow. It turns out that the reason was that I'd switched to the rear microphone on my ZOOM H2, which picks up a wider angle, when I was recording songs with my sister, and then forgotten to switch back. How stupid can you get?

So now I guess I just scrap what I recorded recently and re-record it for the third time. Gah, I have lost so much recording time with this. Well, now at least I know what the problem was.

Comments

[sproid]

That sounds incredibly frustrating and annoying, but I am glad you worked it out in the end. And hopefully you will remember if it does it again! (Maybe write a post-it note and stick it somewhere obvious - "Check you've switched to the right microphone" in capital letters? Could save future recording woes.)

[luzula]

Thanks! And I won't forget that again, I think. I felt so stupid when I realized what was going on...

[mizface]

Ugh - I hate when little stuff like that happens. But at least it was an easy fix, rather than a broken mike?

*cheers you on*

[luzula]

Yeah, that's true! I should see the bright side. : )

[china_shop]

Gah! Technical stuff is full of traps like that. *so much sympathy*

[luzula]

Thanks! It's the loss of time and effort that annoys me most, I think.

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

*offers the donut of commiseration*

[luzula]

Thanks! *noms on donut*

[garonne.livejournal.com]

It sounds like an easy mistake to make. I'm just glad to hear you finally got it figured out!

[luzula]

Thanks! Yeah, I guess it was easy to make, but it still makes me feel frustrated that it took so long to figure out.