However I get a heavy echo. Sounds like I am speaking in a large aircraft hanger with the PA turned all the way up. Especially strange because the micro is a so-called super cardioid.

Not picking up the computer fans however. So it must be working, maybe the echo effect is do to the level control being turned all the way up.

I will have to look at those slide show programs, but remember PowerPoint slides are more like opaque projector slides than photographic slides. The PowerPoint presentation I did was about basic exposure, 2/3’s of the slides were textual. The others were photos to illustrate a point most with arrows added to direct the viewer to what was being talked about.

The sound was short comments, for someone who was viewing the presentation on their own. Unfortunately, as I said I did not have the time to get it right, I was burning the CD’s at 6pm for the 7pm meeting. I did eventually find my box of adapters in a gym bag on the floor of the closet. What can I say, getting stuff put out of sight for that darn annual inspection of the apartment sometimes involves short cuts.

Mic wise all my microphones are quite a bit better than those USB mics, not to mention those plug into your laptop toy mics. If I wind up doing much in the way of computer voice recording I will want to get a serious studio type mic, sometimes you can get them on half off sale from the musicians supply outfits here in the states.

Re: the preamp issue I believe you’d be better off buying a mic that plugs directly to your PC and do the mixing in software.

Instead of using PP you may also want to consider a dedicated slide show editing program. The two most serious contenders are ProShow from http://www.photodex.com and Wings from http://www.avstumpfl.com/en The latter has a freeware version. It will allow creation of standalone .exe files, but not traditional autorun DVDs. However it does allow crossfading of soundtracks for example. Both programs have timeline-based editing interface which are fast and comprehensible to work with. Personally I like the Wings interface best, but use ProShow because the paid version is more bang for the bucks than the paid version of Wings.

But tastes differ. Hope you find a solution that suits you.

Of course, most folks will replace their watches before then. Not too many of us are like me, and wearing the same watch after almost 20 years. I am even thinking of buying a new replacement movement for the Benrus. Being a quartz watch I can get a new movement for $10 or so. I also understand that their are 10 year life batteries available, but no one stocks them because they of course make money replacing batteries every 2-3 years.

Should save you the trouble of both mechanical maintenance and battery shifts.

Thank you for the suggestion.

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I had later found a place in the USA that sold them but their listing is no longer there. Actually, you ought to be able to get the filters from anyplace that sells CISS hardware, although you may have to call them. They are real cheap, the postage is likely to be more than a couple of sets.

Furthermore, you can break them apart and clean the tiny plastic screen in them, but it is handy to have a spare set so you can simply swap them and keep printing, and clean the screens at your leisure.

Would you be able to give me the details of whoever sold you the filters, I have a similar problem. Any help much appreciated!