Microphone/Audacity/Recording Problem

King Kulla · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 4:52 pm

Hmm.....well, i got a new microphone with headphones. More like headphonies. They don't work when I try to record something.

I plugged everything in correctly. I have all the volume controls configured as well. I can hear sounds through the headset, but audacity won't record what i yell into the mic. Help pl0x?

Adbot · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 4:52 pm

Chris · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 4:59 pm

They're plugged into the microphone plug, right, not the headphones jack on the speakers? Well, in Audacity, right next to the microphone volume, click the dropdown menu and make sure it's set to "Microphone." That's all I can help with.

King Kulla · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:01 pm

Its into the computer headphones spot, not the speaker headphones spot, so yes i did that right. And it is set to "microphone" with the volume all the way up. So i still don't know.

Chris · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:02 pm

Hook them into the microphone plug on the computer.

King Kulla · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:05 pm

They are, i said that...hmm i still cant figure it out. I can play music thru the headphones, but the mic doesn't want to work..

Jeff · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:15 pm

Did a driver come with it, did the computer detected the new audio device?

Adbot · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:15 pm

Chris · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:18 pm

You said you plugged them into the computer HEADPHONES plug, I said the MICROPHONE plug.

King Kulla · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:18 pm

a driver...i don't think so. It just came with a thing to change the volume on the headset wire. And i don't think the computer did acknowledge it...funny.

Jeff · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:20 pm

Try going to your control panel's hardware monitor and check for that audio device if it is on or not.
Did you plug the red plug, it's often red...

Chris · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:20 pm

I never needed a driver when I got a new microphone.

Jeff · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:21 pm

Usually the computer searches itself. Sometimes it doesn't detect, sso you got to like activiate it.
If it finds the hardware and doesn't get the driver, it'll show a question mark in the hardware monitor.

King Kulla · **Posted:** August 30th, 2005, 5:38 pm

I couldn't find what the hardware was called.

HippyWarlock · **Posted:** September 2nd, 2005, 11:24 am

Have u tried the h-phone - mic unit on another item - say stereo etc and does it work also what sort of mic is it? As some types are not compatible with pc soundcards.

Also u do have mic boost on yeh?

bluefire312 · **Posted:** September 8th, 2005, 2:57 pm

Yea, there should have been something to instal extra harware onto your computer. Microsoft Updates and Hardware Installation in control pannel should be able to make the software thereselves, as i found out with my scanner about a month ago. If its an older model computer (less than millenium editon or 2000) like the Windows 98 (my dear old computer) it probably wolnt have the advanced hardware on it.

bluefire312 · **Posted:** September 8th, 2005, 3:01 pm

hmm.... It'd be odd if it was a newer microphone and an older computer, they both usually dont mix...... But a new computer will always be ready to install hardware that was previously instalable on an old computer. It's hard to say without actually a computer jock like me to see it. My wireless mouse did the same thing the first day i got it....PROUD MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP OFFICE EDITON USER!