I have the M1400 and I have been using it to rec

[ESouder]

I have the M1400 and I have been using it to record my class lectures but the recording quality is terrible. I have checked to make sure the microphone is turned up and I have checked to make sure the microphone is set to wide angle but still the recording quality is very low. In a small room at a table with about 8 people I can hardly hear the lecture--there is a hum (when the mic is turned up to high) and there are weird distortion noises. If I turn down the mic level to reduce the hum then I can barely hear what I could only slightly hear with the mic turned all the way up.

Does anyone know what the heck this is; is this normal; is this reparable?

I've got a tiny palm Tungsten T and the recording quality on that is like 10 times better. No lie.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Elliott

[Trev]

What program are you using to record the lectures? OneNote?

[ESouder]

Yep, OneNote.

-E

[rsp57]

Then try increasing the audio format quality under Tools/ Options/ Audio and Video/Format...

[Trev]

Exactly my notion.

[ChrisParis]

I found my audio recording to be OK in OneNote, except that I jot down a lot of notes while I am recording, so you constantly hear the stylus tapping the screen.

Anyone else notice this?

[ESouder]

Rsp57 Thanks a lot...that was it! I'm so comp-illeterate. I haven't tried it in class yet but I tested it out and I've got the stylus tapping sound that chris was talking about--music to my ears at this point..I'm such a dork.

thanks for all the help!

Elliott

[paulrr]

Hello,

The reason you are getting poor quality and hearing the pen taps is because when you select wide setting you are disabling the acoustics software such as:
- Array Processing or "beam focusing" feature which removes all sound outside the configured “audio cone�
- Noise Suppression removes background & ambient noise
- Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) prevents feedback of speaker output

Using a directional Mic. could help.

Paul