matthewb.eth
@matthewb
hot take: today's noise cancelling processing—whether via H1/H2 chips in airpods or apps like zoom or discord—is what make calls unintelligible. a moderate level of background noise is tolerable when it's a constant pattern, whereas noise cancelling often makes this pattern stochastic as it analyzes and responds in real time. the superior mic is actually your MBP (or MBA) despite its lack of aggressive noise cancelling, unless you're in an exceedingly loud environment that can actually drown you out.
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kingd.eth
@duaneking
I work on art and design projects that involve sound. Often, sound cancellation software negates my ability to hear remote sound demonstrations as mics attempt to cancel out the “error” that is the sound I want to hear.
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
exactly! often times when recording with any vaguely consumer or prosumer gear, the most time-consuming work is actually disabling all of the noise reduction, echo cancellation, etc. so that you actually have something to work with.
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