Re: [Alsa-user] static when recording from microphone

2011-07-13 Thread Sergei Steshenko
14 июля 2011, 01:32 от Bill Unruh : > > > > 14 июля 2011, 01:32 от Bill Unruh : > > Hmm, both the static and the "hum" look very strange. > > The static would look like dropouts except they do not go to 0, but almost > > seem as though they are sampling some other waveform. The "hum" has hal

Re: [Alsa-user] static when recording from microphone

2011-07-13 Thread Bill Unruh
Hmm, both the static and the "hum" look very strange. The static would look like dropouts except they do not go to 0, but almost seem as though they are sampling some other waveform. The "hum" has half that looks like a nice sine wave and half that looks like a decapitated sine wive -- with a rust

Re: [Alsa-user] static when recording from microphone

2011-07-13 Thread Brian Pike
The "static" is continuous additional noise, which I would describe as a low hum with an additional bouncing crackle. But I've posted a 300 kilobyte .wav file that I recorded in a quiet room: http://www.unc.edu/~bapike/alsa/hum.wav and spectra here (using two different horizontal scales):

Re: [Alsa-user] static when recording from microphone

2011-07-13 Thread Bill Unruh
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Brian Pike wrote: > Hi, > I've got a Compaq Presario 12XL505 laptop with a VT82C686 sound chip. > Playing sound works fine. However, when I record sound using an external > microphone, there is static recorded along with the sound. The microphone > and microphone jack seem to

[Alsa-user] static when recording from microphone

2011-07-13 Thread Brian Pike
Hi, I've got a Compaq Presario 12XL505 laptop with a VT82C686 sound chip. Playing sound works fine. However, when I record sound using an external microphone, there is static recorded along with the sound. The microphone and microphone jack seem to be working fine, since there is no static when