Hi Everyone!

I do the transcription for Inthissign.  First, thank you for recording these talks and sermons.  We are working on transcripts for you now and I need to ask a favor of all of you who record.  I'm having a real problem with some of the audios.  I can't hear the priest because there is so much noise around the mic at times.  

The recorders pick up every sound in the room.  The closer a noise is to the recorder the louder it is when I listen.  When the recorder is far from the priest, it's hard to hear him even when the audience is pretty quiet.  Some of the priests drop their voice at the end of a sentence and I can't hear what they say.  

Also, I'm getting children's voices louder than the priest's and they are drowning out the priest.  Crying babies are especially painful to my ears.  I have to listen over and over to try to catch what the priest says and I get replays of the cries.  My ears are ringing.  There is no way to turn down the volume and still hear anything of what the priest is saying.

Can you please try to get the recorders closer to the priest?  And if you have a crying baby or a talkative child, could you please not sit right by the mic?  I know you want to hear what the priest says while your child is making noise and I understand but if it is possible, can you please sit perhaps on the other side of the room away from the mic so that I can hear better?  I'm having to put in a lot of (inaudible) because of children crying.  It also happens if someone has a bad cough.  It really hurts my ears and I can't hear what the priest is saying.  I hate putting in (inaudible).  Sometimes it is something he is trying to stress.  I use professional-grade noise-canceling headphones but I still can't hear.

Thanks for your help!

nipr