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Is the supplied external mic of the H1xx better than the internal?

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Muse:
Today I made several test recordings and the ones I made with the internal microphone are quite a bit better than with the external. I used the iRiver firmware because I have the iRiver manual and I didn't know how to make recordings with the Rockbox firmware.

Does the Rockbox firmware make superior recordings or does it really make no difference?

I used 128 kb bitrate and 44khz sampling rate, and I think these are maximum. I also pushed the volume to the max with the setting at 20. I did this because I'm going to be recording a speaker from a ways away and she's going to be walking throughout a fairly large room occasionally and I won't be able to move the recorder or microphone. Thanks for your comments.

Llorean:
Rockbox's firmware offers a much wider variety of options in regard to recordings. Please, see the manual, and look in the software itself to see what options you have.

Muse:
I just went into Rockbox on my H140 and found it easy to configure the recording. I chose MP3, 128 kb, 44.1 khz, Internal Microphone, mono. I then went into the Recording item and a recording began, or so I thought (I saw the thermbar move everytime I said something). Maybe it wasn't actually recording, though, because I don't see any file created! I'm going to look in the manual. If you know the answer, please say, though.

BTW, can someone speak to that question of whether the internal mic is actually better than the external one supplied with the H1xx? Thanks.

Edit: I found out my problem. I hadn't started the recording by pressing the Rec button. Before I went and did that (just did a test 4 min. recording) I went and picked out a default save directory for recordings \RECORD.

Anyway, I'd still like to hear what anyone has to say about the internal vs. external mic.

AlexP:
If you use a decent external mic (perhaps with an external amp), it will sound *much* better than the internal.  Not only will the quality of the mic be better, but you won't get the sound of the hrd drive spinning on every buffer write.

Edit:  Sorry, I missed the word supplied.  In that case, I don't know I'm afraid, but I wouldn't rate eiter top of the quality stakes :)

Febs:
I haven't used the supplied mic in ages, but my recollection is that it is "better" only in that it will pick up less noise from the hard drive.  I wouldn't use either one for anything other than voice recording.  If you plan to record music, invest in a decent stereo mic.

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