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>I am experimenting with using my MZ-RH910 to record telephone
>interviews for use in radio features. I purchased a small telephone
>line adapter from a spy supply store here in Toronto and it seems to
>work pretty well. it seems to just have a telephone type plug on one
>end and a mini-stereo jack on the other -- but the guy at the store
>told me it actually had some electronics built into the mini-stereo
>jack end.
>
>anyway, after trying it with all sorts of combinations -- with
>different telephones, with the Internet connected and disconnected,
>with the USB to PC data cable connnected and disconnected (that seemed
>to cause an enormous amount of static) here's what I"ve found. (I've
>also learned to try to get the interview subject to use a fixed line
>phone and not a cell or speaker phone.)
>
>Using the Line In plug gives me the cleanest recording but very low
>levels. (So I have to use the amplify effect in Audacity when I am
>editing) and my voice is recorded at a much higher level.
>
>Using the Mic In plg the levels are more balanced but the sound
>quality is worse -- far too much static.
>
>Question: what is the difference between the Line In and the Mic In
>plug that I would be getting such radically different results, each
>with their advantages? are they adapted for a different type of signal
>or something? which should I be using for this application?
>
>any suggestions for getting better results?
The difference between line in and mic in is sensitivity. Line in expects
a
higher input level. When using the mic in, you say you hear static, but
I'm
assuming what you hear is distortion. Somewhere in your unit's menu there
will be an option to adjust input levels, or to set the mic sensitivity to
low. Hope this helps.
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