ASUS P4t-533C onboard audio pc recording sound mic

[wingmanx]

I have an ASUS P4T533-C and I'm trying to do some audio recording with it.

Right now I have no sound card and am just using the onboard audio with a basic PC microphone in the mic input.

However the recording sounds horrible. I realize I'm not using a sound card or a good mic but from what I understood the onboard audio for this motherboard is at least passable.

I've had the Intel audio controller and recently installed the Avance AC '97 driver, but it didn't seem to make much of a difference quality wise. It did change around a few audio options, for instance I noticed advanced options were changed a little bit.

The reason I ask is I've recorded on a Dell motherboard onboard audio before (Digital audio driver i think?) and it sounded MUCH better than this onboard recording.

I plan to buy a soundcard but why is this recording so much worse than the Dell onboard.

Something missing here or does this sound really suck that bad?

[GZsound]

Sounds to me like you have answered you own question. You realize you aren't using a good sound card or a good microphone. Uh, that would explain the not good sound..

[wingmanx]

I realize I'm not using a sound card or a good mic but from what I understood the onboard audio for this motherboard is at least passable.

The reason I ask is I've recorded on a Dell motherboard onboard audio before (Digital audio driver i think?) and it sounded MUCH better than this onboard recording.

I mean not only did it sound MUCH better, it sounded like a sound card basically. And I used the same mic, so that's controlled for.

Is this just a difference in the motherboard audio? Or am I using a wrong driver or something.

[Nick Driver]

Uhhhh.... you did check the basic things like make sure you're recording in 16 bits with at least 44.1KHz sample rate? Most modern stock mobo's embedded audio interfaces will at least give passable quality. I have the P4T533's predecessor, the P4T-E mobo and while it's on-board audio is certainly nothing to write home about, it still records and plays fairly decently, but then I tried mine with a pretty good condensor mic too.

[wingmanx]

I'm pretty sure I have checked for 16 bit/44.1 khz sample rate. But anyways, how would YOU do this?
that's what i hear, that most modern mobos onboard audio have passable quality while nothing to write home about. and specifically ive heard the p4t533 is more decent than others.

maybe i'll try with a nicer condensor mic but i used this crappy mic on a dell as well and that recording sounded just leaps and bounds better.