Hi, I'm currently using a condenser microphone to record my playing, (microphone -> PC) but I can still hear hissy noise at the background.

Some people record their playing via an amp and a sound interface. Like this -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW6BbJk8Xgk&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Just wondering does it eliminate the background noise in this way? and what's the pros and cons?

I play the piano and the keyboard (Yamaha NP-30), I have a cable (Midi in/out USB ). The softwares I'm using are Audacity and Sonar X1 Le. I know Audacity doesn't support Midi, Sonar picks up the Midi device, but when I tried to play something, it didn't record :( I don't know what went wrong.

For those who record with Midi, how do you guys do it?

Thanks in advance

Hi, I'm currently using a condenser microphone to record my playing, (microphone -> PC) but I can still hear hissy noise at the background.

Some people record their playing via an amp and a sound interface. Like this -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW6BbJk8Xgk&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Just wondering does it eliminate the background noise in this way? and what's the pros and cons?

I play the piano and the keyboard (Yamaha NP-30), I have a cable (Midi in/out USB ). The softwares I'm using are Audacity and Sonar X1 Le. I know Audacity doesn't support Midi, Sonar picks up the Midi device, but when I tried to play something, it didn't record :( I don't know what went wrong.

For those who record with Midi, how do you guys do it?

Thanks in advance


Well, not knowing your setup, and the fact that it's a condenser mic, what you're probably hearing is background noise in the room. I'd get some sound blocks to eliminate background noise, or look into getting a shotgun microphone to focus the soundbox to your instrument.

If what you're hearing is more of a hiss or hum then it might be a bad ground in the audio equipment. There's two ways to fix that: one, buy better equipment to replace what you currently have, or two, get a filter to apply as a production byproduct.

However, since you're using an electric piano, you could probably do a line-in recording, and bypass the microphone altogether. This will, by far, sound the clearest.

Thank for the reply, I got it sorted out :)