KVR Audio

Phredderick · Post by **Phredderick** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:41 am

I've been put in the position where I have to record audio playing from my speakers to get some audio for a remix (If anyone could help me do this without a microphone, that would be a great help). I was happily recording away until I realized that there are magnets in my speakers that could be damaging to my microphone (Blue Yeti). Is this a reasonable concern, and if so, could the few minutes I spent doing this have hurt my microphone? Or, should I just make sure I keep it away from now on?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:42 am

Phredderick wrote:I've been put in the position where I have to record audio playing from my speakers to get some audio for a remix (If anyone could help me do this without a microphone, that would be a great help).

Can you explain why you have to record from your speakers.

Phredderick · Post by **Phredderick** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:52 am

I'm taking some spoken word from a video. I'm a newbie and it's the only way I could think of.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:17 am

No audio output on the video player?

Phredderick · Post by **Phredderick** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:29 am

Sorry, what do you mean by that?

egbert · Post by **egbert** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:21 am

If your video is in the form of a digital file - mpeg or avi etc - you can strip out the audio using a converter utility. There are plenty of free things like this online.

A magnet in a speaker won't damage your mic. Magnets don't annihilate each other.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:02 pm

If you are recording voice you should use headphones. Also put some distance between you and your computer so the mic doesn't pick up noise.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:11 pm

Phredderick wrote:I was happily recording away until I realized that there are magnets in my speakers that could be damaging to my microphone (Blue Yeti). Is this a reasonable concern

No, its not.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:22 pm

Phredderick wrote:Sorry, what do you mean by that?

When you said video, I thought you meant a video tape.

Magnets and Microphones