> I'm recording some sound snippets from the PC, just using the mic input to > the ISD. listening to the sound from the speakers on the PC, it sounds > pretty clean. But, when the ISD records it and I play it back, it sounds > 'noisy' for lack of a better word. Now I know its not going to be stereo > quality, but perhaps its the input circuit that needs attention. I've > simply followed the app notes on the input to the chip and tried an audio > transformer and capacitor coupling but nothing seems to help alot. Anyone > else had some experiance with the ISD chips? Yes, that sounds about right - mushy. I found the best way round it was to use a PC audio program to introduce compression so that the sounds had more "power". The hash seems to be a characteristic that you have to live with. George Smith -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads