Hi! Every one who has a Z1C, I got problem that my Z1C's External Speaker is Mono! Only Left Channel can be Heard!
First of all, I think the Right Channel is broken! To test it, I download this mp3 file, the sound start from left then go to right, you can find it here:
address: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1dDf4QK5 Pass: ibwa
if it tell you input a pass, then input the pass above!
Then, Sure! It's Mono! The External Speaker broadcasts all sound of both Channel!
And some more I should tell you is that, I root my Z1C following the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634196
Is there something wrong? Or the Z1C's External Speaker is just MONO?
It's mono. I was dissapointed too
The other side is a microphone AFAIK.
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bimbar said:
The other side is a microphone AFAIK.
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Oh, my ...
Sony's Genius Design!
If you use Poweramp you can set the sound outpout to mono so you here both channels on the speaker
There isn't any single-speaker phone out there currently that isn't mono, AFAIK, so I'm not sure what you were expecting. Even iPhone is mono, and has a microphone under the other speaker grill ... you'll need to look at dual speaker options like HTC One or Xperia Z2 if you really need stereo on loudspeaker.
Also questions should go in the Q&A forum - read the stickies.
Played a game and thougt my speaker broke, after i realize that my finger cover the hole speaker
u make me feel like sony cheated us with the big grill.
zapp_prefect said:
Hi! Every one who has a Z1C, I got problem that my Z1C's External Speaker is Mono! Only Left Channel can be Heard!
First of all, I think the Right Channel is broken! To test it, I download this mp3 file, the sound start from left then go to right, you can find it here:
address: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1dDf4QK5 Pass: ibwa
if it tell you input a pass, then input the pass above!
Then, Sure! It's Mono! The External Speaker broadcasts all sound of both Channel!
And some more I should tell you is that, I root my Z1C following the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634196
Is there something wrong? Or the Z1C's External Speaker is just MONO?
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In your phone, your speakers are max 12cm from eachother. In order to perceive the true stereo effect, your ears should be like 12 cm away from the phone. Additionally, sound quality from speakers of this size can never be anything better than incredibly bad, so honestly: why bother?
You want stereo? Use a headset. You want stereo and quality? Use a decent headset.
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Does anybody know of an external microphone or and adapter that will allow an external microphone to be connected to the USB jack on the Dash? I need to do some recordings of some meetings, and the VITO Audionotes program is ideal for this. However, the internal microphone on the Dash produces fairly tinny sounding recordings. I really need something with a little better quality.
TIA,
dow
have you tried raising the "MIC auto gain" & lowering the "VAS" ???
raising the auto gain and lower the VAS will produced better results !
MIC auto gain --->>> increase microphone sensitivity & makes sound recording louder
VAS --->>> setting level high/low for when recording should start so that you won't have gaps ( avoid silence gaps with VAS "Voice Activation System")
you can also select the recording quality to high for higher bitrates ...
hopes that helps !!
Thanks for the response. Yes, I've tried that, and the voice quality is still tinny. Additionally, it tends to clip louder or sharper sounds. However, I can plug in the headset and record through that mic, and it's much better. What I'd like to find is an external microphone like what's on my headset, but without the earbuds.
Thoughts?
really ??
I find mine is loud enough to spared
hmmm .... ever thought about the jogger volume got accidentally turned down when the recording are being played back ??
... ( I did that once )
for clarity I do agreed with you in getting external mic ... but for loudness ... I find it's quite capable.
another thing is ... voice/music playback tends to be better when listening through headphones anyway ... not the device's regular external speaker ...
UnicornKaz said:
really ??
I find mine is loud enough to spared
hmmm .... ever thought about the jogger volume got accidentally turned down when the recording are being played back ??
... ( I did that once )
for clarity I do agreed with you in getting external mic ... but for loudness ... I find it's quite capable.
another thing is ... voice/music playback tends to be better when listening through headphones anyway ... not the device's regular external speaker ...
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Oh yeah, it's plenty loud, but in this case, clarity is the prime objective. I'll be attending a week-long music workshop next month, and a large part of what I'll be learning has to do with learning by ear, making it necessary to record the classes and sessions. AudioNotes is a great mp3 recording program, and I used it last year with great results on the SDA that I had then. The Dash, however, must have been built with the bargain-basement microphones. Because of this, music recorded live, even in a classroom situation is not acceptable for study use, since the sound quality is so degraded when using the internal mic. After the classes, I'll be transferring the mp3 files to my laptop to be archived for future practice.
Clear as mud?
A quick search on Google and sample videos on YouTube reveal that the G3 is capable of and should record video with stereo sound, and yet I was disappointed to find out that my new G3 D855 does not record stereo sound in video no matter what I try.
I am also not able to record stereo sound on its own, any app that claims to be able to record stereo sound does not do that. ("Sound & Voice Recorder" by NLL, for example)
I am running official LG firmware (v21a) and I have rooted it in an attempt to modify /etc/media_profiles.xml to fix the problem, to no avail. I have also tried custom camera apps such as XCam LG, but that didn't help either.
Thanks for any help troubleshooting this.
Even thought its capable in my opinion yes it has 2 mics but 1 is for noise cancelling technicly u cant record stereo without 2 mics again in my opinion u need both a left and right channel. It might be stereo quality but tru stereo should need two mics for 2 diffrent reffrence points on sound i may horribly wrong and someone please correct me if im wrong
The mics are placed at two different points - one at the bottom of the phone next to the headphone jack, and the other is on the top of the phone next to the IR blaster. In this video you can see that there are separate L and R channels and you can hear the direction of the sounds that were recorded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrVcgr3Ps8
See everyone every told me that the top mic was only for noise canceling
https://m.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2bvciq/weird_bug_i_found_after_watching_a_video_that_i/
I tried this same thing to so thats the mono sound in videos
I guess this could be a possible solution:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/732125509/ss07-high-quality-stereo-microphone-for-android
This might not be as much of an issue for most people as it is for me, but I've noticed that my Mi Max isn't recording stereo audio when filming video or when using audio recording apps.
I've attached screenshots form Sony's Audio Recorder showing the microphone test function. You can see on my old Meizu the levels are different for the top and bottom microphones, whereas on the Xiaomi both microphones are being combined into a mono track (both levels are the same).
If possible, it would be great if someone could confirm that this is the same for their device too. I've attached a link to the Sony Audio Recorder on the Play Store. The mic test function is in the settings menu.
I'm using a Hydrogen 32GB/3GB with the latest unrooted/unmodified global ROM. 8.1.6.0
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.androidapp.audiorecorder
Yep same. It has a mono speaker so it's normal that it has a mono recorder.
RedFox12 said:
Yep same. It has a mono speaker so it's normal that it has a mono recorder.
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Hi RedFox. Thanks for confirming that. It's true that the handset has a mono speaker, but the phone has two microphones, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Like most modern handsets it uses both microphones to record audio when filming video. When the phone is held in landscape one microphone (usually the top) records on the left and the other (usually the bottom) on the right. The issue is that it mixes both left and right channels into one mono track. That is actually pretty uncommon, as most handsets keep the stereo separation to give you a more immersive experience when watching on a laptop or listening on headphones.
Maybe it's an issue they'll fix with a future update. Who knows! Thanks again for checking it out! :good:
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Hi RedFox. Thanks for confirming that. It's true that the handset has a mono speaker, but the phone has two microphones, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Like most modern handsets it uses both microphones to record audio when filming video. When the phone is held in landscape one microphone (usually the top) records on the left and the other (usually the bottom) on the right. The issue is that it mixes both left and right channels into one mono track. That is actually pretty uncommon, as most handsets keep the stereo separation to give you a more immersive experience when watching on a laptop or listening on headphones.
Maybe it's an issue they'll fix with a future update. Who knows! Thanks again for checking it out! :good:
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Thanks for this! Hope that lineage os will fix this eventually
hi MikusP, my mi max also having this issue, not only the mi max series device, most of the all Mi mobiles are in the same problem, because this is not a mobile hardware problem, its depends on the (OS) software, by the software only we could rectify this problem, these process has to rectify done through only mi xiome manufacture, the manufacture also know this problem, most of the people didn't like stereo recording, even though many people they dont know about this problem we could not modify this problem. and also one more problem is FM radio not play in stereo mode, i checked in most of the mi series, these also can modified only by (OS).
stock 7.0, Version: V52120g, unlocked bootloader but I haven't done anything yet (no TWRP, etc). I swear it used to work but today it doesn't. I don't use this daily so perhaps I'm insane.
I've tried speaker/channel test tool and both R and L channels come from the right speaker so I get all the sound but only from the 1 speaker. Headphones are fine. I've toggled the Accessibility -> Hearing-> Audio Type -> Mono / Stereo but it didn't fix it.
The fact both channels are coming from the 1 right speaker makes me think its software/firmware related.
Thoughts?
Thanks for any feedback.
Unfortunately the speaker grill on the left side is just for cosmetics. It's only 1 speaker on the right side so it's just mono speaker not stereo speakers.
As long as you're getting sound, your tablet's working fine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hello. Does anyone know how to defeat the problem with stereo? I record video but stereo is not felt. In the media info writes 2 channels of stereo but there is no sound on it. Tried to close the microphone one at a time, so the top one writes a bit silly, and the bottom one is normal but there is no stereo. How to be? Firmware 9.2.2.0
I understand the stereo does not work for us?