Hi all. I'm hoping someone can help me or point me in the right direction. I'm looking for inexpensive recording hardware.
I do most of the AV stuff at my church and it was recently brought to my attention that the MP3 recordings of the sermons are very poor quality. I never actually listen to any of the recordings until now and i would agree, they are horrible. A majority of the problem is the hissing/whining sound that i assume is from using the onboard line in jack on the computer. We had a AV company come in and do all the wiring, speakers, amps, and mixer so I don't think it would be any of that equipment. The sound is great inside the church and on the personal listening devices we have, which again brings me back to the sound card.
after some research i learned that it might be best to use an external sound card to eliminate that hissing sound. do you think i can get away with a $20 cassette to mp3 type converter or should i spend the $100-$150 to get a decent external interface?