I have noticed a marked "tinny/echo" quality to my "published" recording that is not there in the *,wav files or in the recordings I do directly inot articulate. This tinny quality is there when I do the preview but not whne I do the audio editor. Of late I have been dong my recording in Audcity and importing the audio. The *.Wav files sound just great in quick time or winamp. Any Ideas ?
Hi Bill. By default, audio is produced at a fairly low bitrate to allow for smooth playback on slower internet connections or computers that don't have a lot of horsepower:
the problem was indeed the bit rate. I will work with or editors and web teanm to see what they think the "market" will bear in terms of Bit Rate. would it help any if I recorded at a lower bit rate ?
so I just saw your presentation about wav files. I have in the past been recording at 44.i khz and 32bit float in aducity but will change that to 16 bit from now on if you think that makes a difference
Hi Bill - if you increase your Quality settings in Presentations Options to 32 or 40kbps, you wont hear any of that tinny sound.
I still see folks recording at 44/32 but then exporting to 44/16 for Articulate. Nothing wrong with recording higher if that's your standard. It's an extra step to save down to 44/16 but that might not be an issue if you're batch exporting files.
I've always used 32kbps as my default Quality and it's noticeably better.
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BTW I noticed the same "Tinny" sound in many but not all of the mic demos on this site as well
Hi Bill. By default, audio is produced at a fairly low bitrate to allow for smooth playback on slower internet connections or computers that don't have a lot of horsepower:
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=278
I've had great success using the recommended techniques for improving audio here:
http://www.articulate.com/blog/articulate-101-how-to-make-the-most-of-your-recorded-audio/
the problem was indeed the bit rate. I will work with or editors and web teanm to see what they think the "market" will bear in terms of Bit Rate. would it help any if I recorded at a lower bit rate ?
so I just saw your presentation about wav files. I have in the past been recording at 44.i khz and 32bit float in aducity but will change that to 16 bit from now on if you think that makes a difference
Hi Bill - if you increase your Quality settings in Presentations Options to 32 or 40kbps, you wont hear any of that tinny sound.
I still see folks recording at 44/32 but then exporting to 44/16 for Articulate. Nothing wrong with recording higher if that's your standard. It's an extra step to save down to 44/16 but that might not be an issue if you're batch exporting files.
I've always used 32kbps as my default Quality and it's noticeably better.
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