Reply to: Background hiss on Skype

[xoggoth]

Doesn't everybody have a suction phone thingy attached to an amp? Must spend hours a day holding a phone to your ear if not. If I have to listen to Holst's Four Seasons yet again I'd rather do summit else while I'm listening.

PS They work great as cable detectors too. So does a cheap 1970s am radio although I expect only me and Zeitghost have one of those.

[xoggoth]

A non-flat-screen monitor (etc) can cause hiss in an audio lead if too close

RC is right but actually a modern TFT screen does as well. If you have one of those suction pad phone pickups attached to an amp put it a few inches from the screen, it hisses like crazy.

PS Just tried it, actually it's more a high pitch whine.

PPS No actually, it depends where you put, some areas more like a mains buzz, some bits whine, some bits hiss, loudness varies a lot too. My screen is a little orchestra!

[Jason Mitchell]

If the 3.5mm jack where you plugin the headset is spoilt you do get a disturbance in the background.

[palmgeo]

Have you tried other mic?

[norrahe]

So, have you sorted out your ChatRoulette issues yet?


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Nope.

[RichardCranium]

So, have you sorted out your ChatRoulette issues yet?


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[norrahe]

Get a Mac.

Get thee behind me satan, how dare you utter such filth

[DimPrawn]

Get a Mac.

[RichardCranium]

The headset is just as bad as the external mic which is odd

Did any of my random suggestions help? Is it interference?

[norrahe]

Use an external headset with a mic.

You can ones that work well enough from Staples for about £6.

The problems with using just an external mic is that you have to play around with it being the right distance from your mouth. With a headset it's just a case of lowering or upping the mic volume.

The headset is just as bad as the external mic which is odd

[SueEllen]

Use an external headset with a mic.

You can ones that work well enough from Staples for about £6.

The problems with using just an external mic is that you have to play around with it being the right distance from your mouth. With a headset it's just a case of lowering or upping the mic volume.

[norrahe]

Does the hiss go away if you mute the mic?

Will try that tomorrow and see if it works

[ee61re]

Does the hiss go away if you mute the mic?

[norrahe]

No hiss on any of the machines here when using Skype, it's actually better than my landline. Could it fan noise?

Could be, though one of us is using the in built mic and the other is using a logitec headset.

Both are sony vaio laptops. The sounds seems to be the same from both, the suggestion of fan does sound the most probable.

[Cliphead]

No hiss on any of the machines here when using Skype, it's actually better than my landline. Could it fan noise?