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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 01:36
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Hey, I just got a new mic today (my other one was terrible). I plugged it into my sound card, went into windows default sound recording program, and nothing went through. I don't know what to do...but I know I have it all hooked up right...

Torsten.

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 01:50
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Go to Volume Control, choose Record from the file menu or something, and then tick the Line In box or one of the other ones - I forget which one.

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 02:16
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Its already up more than half way.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 02:37
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does it need phantom power or a pre-amp?

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 07:06
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A what or what?

Please Explain more.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 09:23
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Is there an on switch attached to the mic. Seems like the easiest solution to me.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 11:57 Edited at: 29th Jun 2006 12:00
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Quote: "does it need phantom power or a pre-amp?"

phatom power is for some condenser mics, i doubt he will though because he sasys that he has plugged it into his sound card so i would guess its a 1/8th plug not an xlr jack needed for phatom (and yes i know you can use a stero 1/4 as a balanced output)

my best guess would be that it's impedence is too high for your soundcard, it would be nice to know what type of mic it is and who it is made by (i'm guesssing its a dynamic made by some small company for karoke)


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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 13:04
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Quote: "mic won't work"


Have you offered him a pay-rise?

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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 13:08
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lol

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Quote: "Have you offered him a pay-rise?"

the more worrying factor is the he refers to him as "my mic", oi oi what's happening there then


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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 16:52
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Quote: "it would be nice to know what type of mic it is and who it is made by (i'm guesssing its a dynamic made by some small company for karoke)"


agreed

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 18:06
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Ok, I don't know what model it is, but it is a Labtec. But the same thing happened with my old mic, not a singal sound would go through.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 20:29
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labtec make specific pc mics, so it should work with your computer, have you tried pluggin it in to an amp or a multimeter to check for a hardware fault? if not try it otherwise just make sure your mic is not muted and check that your mic is selected in the sound control panel thingy


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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 22:20
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Quote: "sound control panel thingy"

My sound card is selected in there, but there is no option to select a mic, only the card it runs through.

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Posted: 30th Jun 2006 00:37
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look for the windows recording source for your card and make sure its set to MIC and that the mic channel isnt muted, or that the gain isnt all the way down.

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Torsten Sorensen
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Quote: "look for the windows recording source for your card and make sure its set to MIC and that the mic channel isnt muted, or that the gain isnt all the way down."


How do I find that?

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right click the speaker icon in the system tray, then choose "Adjust Audio Properties". Then look thru the tabs and make sure the settings make sense

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 1st Jul 2006 02:19
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Hmm...everything looks fine..

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What kind of sound card do you have?

Maybe you should try a different recording program like Audacity, or maybe your mic isn't on.

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Torsten Sorensen
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Soundbalster SB Audigy 2 ZS

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