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[Galaxy S I9000 General] GwynBleidd:
Unfortunately the sound at Gary Moore concert was so unbelievably crappy and distorted that I didn't even try to shoot it on video. People who organized it must go shoot themselves.

Well, it's easy:

pcm.AndroidRecord_Microphone {
type hooks
slave.pcm {
type hw
card 0
device 0	# Must be of type "digital audio capture"
}
hooks.0 {
type ctl_elems
hook_args [
{name "MIC Path"	value 0}	# 0:Main Mic 1:Sub MIC
{name "MIC Gain" value 5,5}	# min:0 max:15
]
}
}

Presumably if you try and the config file is wrong, maximum you can get is no sound after reboot. Backup your original asound.conf and then just restore it if something goes wrong.

I wouldn't bet on it though, so remember it's still risky. I might give a shot myself later today or tomorrow.

P.S. Another thing I've noticed while extensively testing video recording at home with different volumes etc, is that the sound gets distorted mainly on low frequencies (try to record a video with SGS next to your subwoofer). If I play with the sound so it has less low frequencies the sound on camera is (almost) acceptable. So I'm not sure whether mic gain alone would solve this, worth a try though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
I'm going to try what you just posted later tonight.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
I tried it and my phone would hang on boot and Vibrate once ever three seconds.

Perhaps I made a mistake somewhere along the line.

A permissions issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Hmmm, and how did you have to fix it... master reset/flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
I renamed the original one to asound.backup, and using adb shell restored that file.

Adb shell worked even though it was stuck at the Galaxy S screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Hmmm, no experience with that :P

Dunno if I feel like experimenting with this when I might not be able to revert the changes... Perhaps when I'm planning on flashing a new version anyway.

Btw, I also saw an asound.conf file in the

/system/etc folder
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smudgy456:
i received this email from samsung in relation to this issue

Thank you for contacting Samsung Electronics.

Regarding your case, this is a mobile specification which cannot be altered as this is how it was designed.

The mic on the handset is sensitive and thus manages to pick up all different sounds around it.

Kindly note that there is no mic sensitivity setting onthe phone and that it does not need repair.

I hope this has been ofsome assistance to you. If you do have any

further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us quoting your 210-4084030

reference number.

Kind Regards,

Jasmine Bishop

Samsung Electronics UK

Customer Communication Centre

Tel.: 0845 726 7864 (All calls charged at Local Rate)

surely they cant insist that the mic is meant to perform as poorly as this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Lol, typical customer support reply. As if they ever have a clue...

Sure, it's meant to not perform at all. Really, the mic is total crap and utterly useless this way. Major turnoff of this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
It's real easy to put the old file back.

adb shell

su

busybox mount -o rw,remount /system/

cd /system/etc

rm asound.conf

cp asound.backup asound.conf

reboot

exit

exit
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Found the perfect answer..........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
That has nothing to do with the thread, even as a joke.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Goodness.... Where is your sense of humour :confused:

..and yes it does. It's saying you will get a better reception with the mic sensitivity if you use the two tin can operation.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smudgy456:
i replied directing them to this forum and they would see it was an ongoing issue with a lot of ppl experiencing the same problem. they replied saying that they werent responsible for what is written in forums so they werent interested...

they are responsible as they designed the phone lol

they then directed me to a repair centre to have it looked at by an engineer. going to drop it in and see if they agree there is an issue. maybe a batch of faulty mics was used or something.......i dont honestly believe they would have designed this phone to include an over sensitive mic. as someone else has said hd recording is pretty pointless now, for me anyway
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
This isn't about call quality. It's about recording quality.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
I give up....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Ugh, not responsible for what is written in a forum... If they hadn't produced a phone with this crappy mic there wouldn't be any complaints so they actually ARE responsible.

Nice to know they don't give a crap (what else is new). Also thinking about the service centre option, or just sending it in with a complain about the recording sound hoping they simply change the mic.

Please share if you have any news :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Hmmm, seems easy enough... Maybe I'll try some stuff this weekend.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
Bump.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hell_fire79:
Froyo Fixed it?

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that with JP6 Froyo this issue is fixed..

testing this evenig in a loud environment and I'll post the results then ...

do wish me a little bit luck ;-)

Update: tested it in a loud environment and seems to me like they built in a filter for noisy low frequenzies. Okay for me, so now audioquality improved a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
Seems to work better now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
Nice to see they seem to have fixed it - I recorded a couple of things with mine when I had it and the sound was horribly distorted.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hell_fire79:
just forget what i said, they fixed nothing at all. .. Sound is, when really loud recorded, still disturbed :-(

Hope, someone will find a working fix for this soon..

Guess what i think... maybe it's not fixed, because it is some weird copy protection, so that we could not record high definition cinema or concert... :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
That would suck.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SexyIceCream:
..you wouldn't beat Apple when it comes to copy protection, and the iphone 4 has fantastic audio recording :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
I'll be bumping this for the next two years, or until someone figures it out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mike.sw:
or you guys can come and add a bounty request for a fix on the dev forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806195&page=5
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
Hopefully that can fix this issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mattbladen:
Hi All

I had same problem in the uk. people could not hear me.

Took the phone back and got it replaced, 2nd phone was fine. but was on same firmware. So I have no idea what it was
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Has anyone tryed one of these "iphone" external microphone:

cheap ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Microphone...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item5adbe730f2

Chill pills (custs more but is it worth the extra?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chill-Pill-RapC...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item19bd75592e

Or a condenser mic like this one (doesn't have the same "pinout" on the jack, could it causes some kind of bad short?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chill-Pill-RapC...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item19bd75592e
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
This is about another issue... About the mic being way too sensitive and thus unusable in many cases (mainly concerts) because the sound becomes one big noise...

@t1mman: Nice one, gonna order one and try it out :)

Although I also consider switching to the Desire HD...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SexyIceCream:
any luck with the iphone external mics? =p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Someone can probably confirm this but the jack in iPhone are a little smaller than 1/8'' so it wouldn't work... I have yet to confirm the statement :|

Also, I've ordered the TV-Out cable and I will test the Mic this way (pluging a mic in the Video out when the video out is disabled should make it) and post a link when done. This should give us an idea if external mic would fix the issue with High output issue.

But, in a way, I've tried recording on high output area (concert most likely) with many device and you will get distortion on any "standard" microphone.

Edit:

Seems it's the same pinout as per

http://pinoutsguide.com/HeadsetsHeadphones/blackberry_9700_headset_pinout.shtml

So it "should" work, but again, I don't think thoses particular microphone would stand in an high input
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SexyIceCream:
sigh =( i just wanted to record abit of taylor swift for her concert in feb...apparantly only mobile phones are allowed as recording devices =p HD anyone? =0 would be disappointing with great video and lousy audio =/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
That's probably the reason why they admit only cellphones, because they know perfectly well the sound can't be good with the original mic.

Just wait on my test and you'll probably have a way to record it with nice sound!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SexyIceCream:
thank you...my fanboy fantasies are now resting on you xD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] anonymusneo:
ima guitar player too , and i find it anoying not being able to capture guitar vid.. any how i suggest u dont use a phone's mic to record..

get a recording interface

google usb guitar interface

or firewire guitar interface

u gona find lot of goodies

i just brought a fast track mk2 .meh love's it..

XD but for concerts i would love to see my phone capturing nice sound :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
GREAT NEWS!!

I found a nice adapter in a kit made for Philips' portable DVD adapter, just like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVDP01-Video-audio-cable/dp/B000HSCLBG

(bought it for 2.99$can at a local electronic superstore)

On my first test, I can conclude that the Video Out from this adapter can be used to plug an external microphone! Yay!

I'm gonna upload some video tomorow and we can hear the difference! So, depending on the microphone used, you'll get pretty descent sound at concert and such!

*** Please note that future experiment will be posted on the thread started on the accesories.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SexyIceCream:
hooray! xD so you'll be starting a new thread then? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
It's already started on the Accesories Section, called "external Mic" if I recall correctly
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mdkboom:
bump! Still crossing fingers for a software solution..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chad_Petree:
maybe an update from samsung? hahaha we should keep on dreaming
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Take a look at my other post, I've updated with links of recorded audio.

If you plan to record high volume environnement, this is probably the solution for it! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MikeyMike01:
So, does your tests indicate that it's a software problem, or a crappy microphone?

The latter wouldn't surprise me given how awful everything else is.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Go into Accesories, you can see / hear everything in there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hemlock_0:
Found temporary solution to gain problem!

Hello all,

The microphone sensitivity issue had me as close to returning this phone as possible without actually doing it, so there was no giving up on a solution.

I modified the asound.conf file in the logical way, but the result was the same boot lockup with endless, pulsing vibrations that others have encountered. I may try to mess with that file again at a later date.

I talked to Samsung, and they confirmed that there is no mention of the microphone in the Rogers 2.2 firmware changelog (and AT&T 2.2 users have an earlier version that clearly doesn't solve the mic problem in question).

The good news is that for those who want to record sound with *much* less distortion, there's a free app called "Virtual Recorder" (by andro iX) in the market. It includes a limiter that made a *huge* difference for me. With stock recording apps, singing into the phone caused distortion when barely over a whisper. With "Virtual Recorder, it's not a problem. :)

-A
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafalense:
Try Tapemachine, you will totally discard Virtual Recorder :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KM00:
I got a captivate and I have the same issue with the sound been so distorted during recording loud events, I recorded a concert the other day and sound was just "noise".

any dev can think of anything clever to do?

I love the phone, so disapointed with this issues :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oferfg4a:
it is so amateurish for samsung to have so bad mic...

I'm very disappointed.... galaxy s is so expensive with so many bugs!

I love the phone but it looks like they started to sell it without really test it.

I tried to contact samsung about that with no answer...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
My godd... listen to you people! Recording live event or load stuff won't give good result even with standalone recorder. Don't think a phone will be better than a standalone camcorder...

Next time you're at a concert, try to look around and check what they are using to record the event.... expensive cardoid microphones... Don't think you'd get good result with a tiny microphone with a 1/16" opening.

And stop blaming samsung for this, ALL DEVICES HAVE THIS ISSUE...

You can get better result with some threshold and some settings, but at a cost: you can't setup recording of live event on the same maners of using it as a phone (voice).

If you want to try an external microphone, go into the "accessories" section of this forum, you'll get the tryouts I did (and results I had).

Bottom line, you'll need a better microphone to record loud environement with any devices...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KM00:
This is not true, I had a friend recording the same concert next to me with his iphone 4 and the sound was just fine :mad:

so if the Iphone can record a concert with good sound why cann't I?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lettro:
NOT a microphone problem!

Now I have read the whole thread about this issue, and also tried some things by myself.

I am 100% sure that it is NOT a microphone problem.

I have made excellent quality (for being a phone mic, of course) recordings with an application called Tapemachine. Unfortunately I can't upload any examples from my phone (yet, but maybe in a nearby future), so you must take me for my word here. EDIT: Files are now uploaded in a .zip-file, see below!

Since I've got this quality (44100Hz) I think we once and for all can decide that we should focus on fixing the software rather than searching for external mics.

It would be nice if anyone at Samsung could fix this, so my hope is that someone who knows how to put it right can send an mail to the right person.

That person should talk to the creator of Tapemachine, and find an permanent solution for the phone in a future update.

I KNOW it can be done, since the Tapemachine is working so well with an amazing quality.

If you have any doubts, please feel free to try Tapemachine for yourself. There is a free version (1 min. limit). I am sure you'll get the same "Wow!"-feeling as I got.

Sorry for my bad English, I hope you all understand what I'm saying here.

I'm also sorry for this long reply/input...

Now let's fix this! Either by ourselves, our with help from the ones who made this in the first place. We can all make mistakes, and that is ok if we can stand up and say "Sorry!" and fix it.

Take care all, and a merry christmas to you all!

/Markus from Sweden
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MRRich:
i seriously hope it will fix....

if u want i can give an help for it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafalense:
News from Supercurio, finally

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9680770&postcount=177
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maskarellet:
Yes,but for that we need to wait for sources as supercurio said. Can't wait either,jeje
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mugi4all:
On my Galaxy i9000 JPY, bad voice quality is being received on the other side of the line.

The voice sounds quite tinny. I’ve been testing sound recording with Voice Recorder – bad quality similar to a tinny sound on a phone call. On TapeMachine Lite – very good sound quality while recording with more than 16000 bps, average sound quality between 11000 and 16000 bps and bad sound quality at 8000 bps. Recording at 8000 bps comes close enough to the bandwidth of a GSM network, though. The problems I’ve observed don’t sound like the higher frequencies are being suppressed while recording with lower bandwidth. Instead the spectrum left – the lower frequencies – seem to be "missing". The higher frequencies are being significantly distorted.

While recording a bass-heavy music with TapeMachine Lite (32000 bps), the bass part ca hardly be heard.

I’m wondering whether the phone/mic has some issues with lower frequencies.

Is it more likely to be software or a hardware issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Purpc:
Answer from Samsung

hi

Last day i contact Samsung Portugal telling about bad sound of my micro during calls and asking if is an adjustment or the pad had to go for service repair, they answer :

Go to service repair .
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dagrim1:
Which, combined with the 'please wait for the next firmware', is one of the default answers by people who have no clue...

But using a software called TapeMachine it IS possible to record decent audio meaning it's (at least partly) a software issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] etsme:
I have had this problem too, but people are saying I sound like I'm under water... not good!

did you get a resolve ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] diehard2222:
use tapemachine guys. increases the quality of the mic recording 10 fold.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Grashoper:
That has no effect on the background issues, and horrible sound quality during a call tho.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fallout33:
I have also a lot of people complaining about the bad microphone quality of my I9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Voodoo control will fix that

http://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.controlapp
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fallout33:
Sounds good.

(I'm already using it for quite a while.)

Can you post the link to the posting where this planned improvement was mentioned?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SKeijmel:
You know what the fun thing is in the 2.3.2 beta the sound recording works fine during videos it no longer distrorts it just turn the volume down when things gets real loud so it still sounds fine so no more clipping :D cant w8 for a new stable 2.3 beta / release version

here is testing proof see as how it turn it down when i hold it near the speaker

[youtube]3W2d5b-NT7E[/youtube]
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betoNL:
Subscribing....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
2.3.3 + full camera hack with audio 192/44

well i was trying to record a rock concert and audio was ekhem crappy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafalense:
Welcome to SGS mic gain issue, ginger users :)

There isn't voodoo sound app yet for gingerbread, but Supercurio is on it

Tapemachine & Audiboost 2 could be your temporary solution ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
yo!

when source? :)

tested?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafalense:
Take a look e.g. here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896826
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
isnt that related to froyo only? to front mic?

audioboost in descripcion says 4 froyo eclair

tapmachine looks like awesome tool (mp3 flac ogg - thats amazing) but my guess it would be also eclair froyo compatibilie

my guess is if the fix would be so easy we would have curiosound or that korean guy from galaxy tunner playing around with jvk...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafalense:
Audioboost & tapemachine work on JVK

Easy? what do you really mean when you say easy? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
what do you mean by working?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] invario:
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G and noticed these issues. Before anyone says anything STUPID about how we're not supposed to be able to record concerts, I direct your attention to these youtube videos I made while driving in my car.

This one I took last year when I first put in my exhaust and was attempting to illustrate droning of the new exhaust. I recorded it using my Canon digital camera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-MRIQ8DLhE

Audio is pretty clear.

This one I recorded a few weeks ago using my GS4G. The exhaust is actually QUIETER in person now with the addition of a muffler on my car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wxyYzosLE

Listen to how horrible that distortion sounds even though the car is actually quieter! And it's not just from the exhaust itself, but even in my own voice sometimes you hear it clip.

And no, my car is NOT that loud, nowhere near as loud as the GS4G makes it sound like in the video.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Superbeeblaze:
yes im desperately wanting to make some vids of my little blazer, its a cammed small block and IS loud but i can stand 20 feet away from it idling and its solid CRUCHING noise like someone is just rubbing the mic its soo distorted. Unacceptable. Went to a truck show also and took alot of good video footage but almost not one bit of the audio was usable. UGH.

thanks for those of you who are looking in to this, i hope we get a good faily easy fix here soon.

oh and not one of my friends i know that have this phone sound CLEAR while driving in their cars and talking. its ALWAYS distorted, and were not talking very loud cars either!! I dont even bother answering calls when driving anymore. Never had this problem with any other phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Superbeeblaze:
any updates?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] invario:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806195

Try that. There are two versions of the Voodoo sound settings. One that is integrated into your kernel that will require a kernel flash...

And another that you can download off the market place for about $2-3. It's been getting a lot of positive feedback so it should be worth the $2 if you don't want to bother flashing the kernel, or if there's no precompiled kernel available for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stephenjason89:
thanks ... good job ;D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jellygoos:
I stumbled across this post, looking for a way to fix the distorted sound issue while recording videos in loud environments.

I am still on Froyo (rooted) but am actually considering upgrading to Gingerbread, BUT:

a) Can somebody confirm that this issue is fixed (or at least better) with Voodoo Sound Control (commercial version from the market)? I am talking about Mic Distortion while shooting videos, not Sound Quality when playing music.

b) If I buy the App now and upgrade to Gingerbread later, do I have to pay again?

I suppose buying the app changes some settings to the phone (maybe the kernel, since there is a way to get this by flashing the supercurio kernel), thus a new ROM will first take away these settings, right?

Thanks for your answers!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maartenlaeven:
You don't need commercial version... Voodoo control with kenel that supports voodoo sound will do. And yes this also solves recording
[Galaxy S I9000 General] invario:
Some people don't want to flash a kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jellygoos:
Thanks for the answers. I am actually looking into both options, the commercial App (I don't mind paying for good work) and flashing the custom Kernel without Ext4 Lagfix. To help with my decision I would like to know:

a) Would I loose VoodooControl Plus (commercial), once I flash a new ROM and I have to buy it again?

b) I read there's no Custom voodoo Kernel for GB yet, but Supercurio is at it. Would the VoodooControl Plus work with the stock GB Kernel / CF-Rooted Stock Kernel?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DMD9:
a) I flashed to stock JVB without losing any of the stuff on my phone, but I didn't do a wipe or a factory reset, besides you can always back up your apps (Titanium Backup etc.,.)

b) Voodoo Control Plus works perfect with JVB :)