Hmmm.........maybe try placing it a bit further away. If you can get a nice clean, non-overdriven recording, I may be able to clean it up and boost some frequencies. That's the only thing I don't like about mini-disk recorders! There's no way to digitally transfer to a pc. I bought one thinking I could. I ended up selling it. And for some reason, Sony will not add that function to it's software.