How to Record a Lecture With a Wireless Microphone

by woodworker123 in Circuits > Audio

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How to Record a Lecture With a Wireless Microphone

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In this instructable I will show you how to record a lecture or speaker with a wireless microphone. If you have any questions please comment.

Materials

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You will need:
A wirless microphone and receiver (I used the cheap RadioShack wireless microphone because it is inexpencive in works well)
An audio cord that will plug into your microphone receiver with a 1/4" plug on the other end
A 1/4" to 3.5mm audio jack adapter
A computer to record with

Set Up

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The first thing you need to do is plug in the power cord for the receiver and turn it on
The second thing you need to do is plug in the audio cord into the output of the receiver
Then you need to plug the other end of the cord into the adapter
The fourth thing you need to do is plug the audio cord into the microphone imput of your computer or recording device
Finally turn on the microphone and record the lecture

For instructions on the basics of recording and editing in Audacity look at one of my other instructables:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-recording-and-editing-with-Audacity/

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