One of the features that is missing in Fascinate is noise cancelling to improve call quality.
Fascinate does have two microphones, one on the bottom and one on the side of the phone.
Do you think it will be hard to have noise cancelling on Fascinate?
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Is there an app that provides noise reduction/cancellation using the mic array?
Just curious, as I am taking a taking a flight soon, and deciding between headphones. Theoretically, the phone's dual microphone array could be used for noise reduction/cancellation through the headphones, but I have not come across an app that actually does this. Should I just invest in some quality noise cancellation headphones, or is there a software solution?
For example, I know with the Sony Z series laptops they offer noise reduction through the headphones using software and the laptop's mic.
Use In-Ear headphones as they attenuate a lot of noise. Go to Head-Fi.org and you will find a lot of infomation there.
I've used Rehearsal Assistant on my old phone to record performances during rehearsal, but they were always distorted because the mic is overloaded.
i bought the Razr because the sound quality on audio recordings on youtube seemed much clearer and useful for me to rehears with.
i can choose the 'concert' audio setting when i'm using the stock camcorder app, but it seems like other apps don't have access to this setting, and my Rehearsal Assistant is still getting overloaded.
are there Apps that can take advantage of these sound settings? or is there a way to default to the 'concert' setting?
any info would be appreciated.
An overloaded microphone can't be fixed with settings. That's a mechanical failure. These mics are very small and work well at volumes below around 96db.
The settings will adjust themselves using software AGC. The distortion you're hearing is due to the mic diaphragm slamming into the magnet.
Best bet: try to find some mylar sheet plastic, cut it into 2cm x 1cm rectangles. Tape them in layers over the microphone hole until the mic is no longer overloaded. Try two sheets: my son did that at a concert and the quality was what I'd expect for a cheap microphone, but not distorted. That was an iPhone. I have no idea what the SPL rating on the two mics is, or which is "better".
You can use other materials, but mylar seems to be stiff enough to preserve the hi-hat/cymbals while cutting the pressure of the sound waves hitting the mic transducer.
Has anyone seen any tweaks for modifying the noise cancellation on the Z2? Since the processing is all done in SW on the phone, there must be (hopefully) some way of tweaking it. Just wondering if it possible to up the gain on the cancellation waveform being fed back to the earbuds to try and be more effective at cancelling some of the louder noises coming in. All though the noise cancelling is definitely noticeable, and not bad, it could definitely be better.
Thanks,
-Hans
Hans.physics said:
Has anyone seen any tweaks for modifying the noise cancellation on the Z2? Since the processing is all done in SW on the phone, there must be (hopefully) some way of tweaking it. Just wondering if it possible to up the gain on the cancellation waveform being fed back to the earbuds to try and be more effective at cancelling some of the louder noises coming in. All though the noise cancelling is definitely noticeable, and not bad, it could definitely be better.
Thanks,
-Hans
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few avaliable but all you have to do is find the files in your /system/
have you tried stereo speaker mod+headphones boost by okolos or perhaps look at the files in his mod
anyway the way the noise canceling work in these headphones are alot different
instead of blocking sound they counteract sound
One of the things that has kept me on the Evo 3D is simply the call quality. The internal speaker is excellent and the internal microphone has excellent pickup with minimal noise. In fact, a few times I had issues with making audio recordings on my computer, I used my Evo 3D to record and the quality was great!
HOWEVER....
When using a headset with a microphone, it is a different story. I have used a number of ear buds with microphones and still the recorded audio quality is noticeably inferior to the internal microphone. What really brought this to my attention was a recent experiment that I did.
I have a set of the newer styled Apple EarPods. Yes, the sound quality from the drivers is rather average, but... when I use the microphone on an iPod and make an audio recording, the microphone records very decent audio quality. I then used the same EarPods on my HTC Evo 3D to record and... there's a lot of background noise, as if there's absolutely no noise cancellation. When I had a call with someone where I switched between my usual earbuds and the Apple EarPods, the latter sounded flatter and more distant, but in both cases using the internal microphone resulted in much better sound. FWIW, I also adjusted the position of the microphone, from lying near my chest to held right up to my mouth.
So my question is this: Is there a known microphone quality issue with the headset jacks on the HTC Evo 3D?
I have 2 Evo 3D phones and conducted the same experiment on both with practically identical results, so I don't think there's a QC issue with the phones. Either the headset jack circuitry has a design problem creating sub par performance OR... do internal microphones always best headset microphones on cellphones?
Thanks....
Hello,
Has anyone experienced any issues with the upper earphone speaker, the sound is bad compared to any other mobile phones.
I have manually tested receiver with the *#808#(Oxygen's built in testing app) and it sounds just OK, but when calling someone, the person on the other side sounds just BAD.
I wonder if this is a network, oxygen OS issue or did I just get a bad upper speaker?
I don't know if this is related but I also have issues with both the mic and the speaker. When I call people they sound quite tinny, and to them there's a slight echo when I speak along with a tinny sound too.
I've seen on the Oneplus forums that's there might be a fix for this and it has to do with the noise cancellation feature, but no one seems 100% sure as to how to fix. There are two fixes going round with mixed results for everyone.
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definitely bad quality ear piece speakers.
We can increase the volume by editing mixer_paths.xml but that highlights the quality problem even more...
I guess we are slowly starting to realize why oneplus is selling phones at amazing price.
the nickname of this phone should be "jerky" and not onyx.