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Dost, even I had the doubt in my mind that Audacity might not detect the USB Microphone. I think you need to find the kind of adapter from USB to Micrphone Jack... Let me see if something like that is available in the market... Even I was going to buy such USB mic. Pudhchyas Tthech, Maagla Shahana Thanks yaar.. But really, even I need a fairly good mic. Lets find out the solution for this ur problem.



Bina Magan Hue, Yaar Main Gaa Hi Nahi Sakta. I dont even know when my eyes gets closed while singing. Lot of friends complain about that. Even whenever I have been on stage, I just get lost!!! But I remember the day when I sung few notes with Amit Kumar on the stage and he had appreciated my voice a lot to the audience, saying "This boy has the real talent"!! I can never forget that moment in my life!!! Thanks Amitda!!


Why do u feel it degrades the voice quality?? I am really surprised to know... Its pretty straight forward to upload song on eSnips and post the link on any web-site or here on HF. Harish, you might know something more about this!

And yess, Anwarbhai, bahut ho chuka bhai!! Koi Achhasa RafiSahab Ka Gana Gaaiye Na please!!! Kabse Khade Hain Aapke Intazaar Mein Aapki Aawaz Sunne Ke Liye, Aur Aap Hain Ke Bas Aankhein Churake Chale Jaate Ho!!

ohh, i forgot to answer sanjay's questions.

I don't think there is degradation in the quality on esnips. It's basically what you upload gets played.

I also don't see why Audacity shd not recognise the USB mic. I guess the problem is that Audacity is still pointing to the old mic source, and it has not yet been told of the existence of the new mic.

Sanjay, check the following
1. Under Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager, ensure that the mic is properly installed
2. Under Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio >Sound Recording, ensure you have selected the USB mic as the default sound recorder
3. Under Audacity "Preferences", check the first tab Audio I/O. Check that the correct device is selected for recording.

Harish

Gr888 Harish, I didn't even realise these!!

Sanjay, you said you record the song using ur USB mic and then import the track into audacity and mix it, right? How do you really align the tracks on the right beat?? you got my question, right? I want to know if I can mix the voice (which is already recorded) on the karaoke track??

Harish, do u have any idea?

Yes I didn't realise sanjay saying he records using some other software. Which means he needs to check only step 3 as the first 2 shd be correct.

@omkar, I guess, when he records, he gives the source as 'mic' instead of 'mixer'. So even when he plays the karaoke music on the background (using any software), only what goes through the mic gets recorded. He then simply 'drags and drops' the 2 files in audacity. Of course, he needs to 'time-shift' the second wave which he can do for the first line only, and the rest will automatically fall into place.

btw, i hope u guys use headphones while recording, else a part of the music u listen will also get fed into the mic, and clarity will be lost.

HK

I tried to do this by adding time-shift to the second wave, but it need to be perfect and its sometimes difficult to calculate the exact timeshift. Is there any other way, Sanjay? Please let us know.

Oh yes, Harish, I use headphones while recording otherwise it will be really bad bad bad recording. I am only worried for my current mic quality. Hope to resolve it in coming few months. Lets see how it goes!!!

I will be performin live for the first time in my life in a party this weekend there will be more than 100 people .......i am asked to take 20 minute to sing both Hindi and Farsi songs with key board guy ..........i have the idea of karaoke, but no idea of live music ........tried to refuse, but friends ask me then why on earth i am goin for professional music, and this is chance to start appearin....................i think i am not ready now .........any tip to handle the anxiety?

Dear Omkar,



Thank u so much for inspirational words, i think it does make difference in my mood...............The only reason that i feel nervous is because i don't think i mean to appear this soon..........it's only 5-6 months i am learning singing..........and i was expecting this happen within a year or two......isn't it too soon?...........about the keyboard guy, he himself will continue the show in terms of singing..........caoz i won't be singing mast songs for dance part of the show.......it'll be kind of break time from dancing part.........and i am to sing some slow and romantic songs............i dun know what am i gonna do?.......and he's not my Ustad to ask him set the music on key 5...i dun know if he's professional enough! .....so much anxiety for me

it's on NOv 11, i am so nervous that i am mixin up the date

Idol, nervousness is a good thing. so don't feel bad if u r nervous. Even the greatest of singers are nervous before a show!

Remember what will help you on stage is confidence. And confidence comes only from practice. So, basically there is only one mantra - practice, practice, practice! And practice doesn't mean singing only. It is singing AND listening. Do a lot of listening to the music you are going to sing.

Record the songs u r planing to sing and put it up here. we can give u song-specific feedback.

awww very sweet of u KR,



they asked me for 20 min performance............and that would be romantic songs both in Hindi and Farsi..........now,... i can practice from today and make the list..........what i fear is what if they request a specific song?...........mostly gals request to sing new songs, and i don't know how to sing ...................as soon as i make up the list -- maybe three songs, i guess?--- one hindi two farsi ....i will post my selected song here.........and plz do give comments so that i do not make myself embarassed infront of people.......it's too soon to perform now, i am only 5 mnth old student

Very good idea Idol U/L your recorded songs here and entertain us first, If you have the bottle to sing here at HF, then I promise you every where else will be a walk in the park

Lets listen to Idol sis, may be she is way advanced than anyone of us. So Idol we are all eagerly waiting for your song(s).
Sanjay

Thanks a lot Harish for the tip. The tip number 3 made the difference. In fact, I had already checked with the first two tips, but then I was expecting to see it (usb mic) as a choice in the recording option of Audacty (which did not appear, that is why I did not try further in Audacity). Anyway, now the things will get much easier. Thanks again.
Sanjay

IDOLbehenji, we are all waiting for ur feedback!! So best luck!!