Freakin' Microphone

[Guest]

Okay, I bought a vocal/instrumental mike for my computer. I had to get a converter to switch from the quater-inch end to a smaller headset size to fit in the soundcard in the back. The mike is brand new, and of high-quality (it better be anyway, with the price I paid for it). Anyway, I set the mike up in the appropriate port and did everything that I could do to make it work. And yet the dumb thing still won't pick up, I have to scream in the mike just to get a wee-little sound to register. The microphone wizard tells me it is "too-soft" yet I have the volume at max. I probably wouldn't be as annoyed at the situation, but when it works fine on a 3-4 year old soundcard in my families Presario there obviously is a real problem since my computer is brand new with the Sound Audigy 2 soundcard in it. I hope I am an idiot and that new sound cards won't pick up the type of mike I am using, but it seems hard to believe that a newer soundcard wouldn't.

 

[Nick Burns]

Okay, I bought a vocal/instrumental mike for my computer. I had to get a

converter to switch from the quater-inch end to a smaller headset size to
fit in the soundcard in the back. The mike is brand new, and of high-quality
(it better be anyway, with the price I paid for it). Anyway, I set the mike
up in the appropriate port and did everything that I could do to make it
work. And yet the dumb thing still won't pick up, I have to scream in the
mike just to get a wee-little sound to register. The microphone wizard tells
me it is "too-soft" yet I have the volume at max. I probably wouldn't be as
annoyed at the situation, but when it works fine on a 3-4 year old soundcard
in my families Presario there obviously is a real problem since my computer
is brand new with the Sound Audigy 2 soundcard in it. I hope I am an idiot
and that new sound cards won't pick up the type of mike I am using, but it
seems hard to believe that a newer soundcard wouldn't.

Do you have the record gain slider up..? (not the mic volume slider).? Also
their is a option to boost the mic gain with a check in the box.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

It is probably the mike. There are several types of mics (condenser,
dynamic, etc). Your new expensive mic just might not be compatible with the
soundcard. Try using a regular mic designed for computer use and see if it
works OK.

--
Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"

Okay, I bought a vocal/instrumental mike for my computer. I had to get a

converter to switch from the quater-inch end to a smaller headset size to
fit in the soundcard in the back. The mike is brand new, and of high-quality
(it better be anyway, with the price I paid for it). Anyway, I set the mike
up in the appropriate port and did everything that I could do to make it
work. And yet the dumb thing still won't pick up, I have to scream in the
mike just to get a wee-little sound to register. The microphone wizard tells
me it is "too-soft" yet I have the volume at max. I probably wouldn't be as
annoyed at the situation, but when it works fine on a 3-4 year old soundcard
in my families Presario there obviously is a real problem since my computer
is brand new with the Sound Audigy 2 soundcard in it. I hope I am an idiot
and that new sound cards won't pick up the type of mike I am using, but it
seems hard to believe that a newer soundcard wouldn't.

 

[Quaoar]

Okay, I bought a vocal/instrumental mike for my computer. I had to
get a converter to switch from the quater-inch end to a smaller
headset size to fit in the soundcard in the back. The mike is brand
new, and of high-quality (it better be anyway, with the price I paid
for it). Anyway, I set the mike up in the appropriate port and did
everything that I could do to make it work. And yet the dumb thing
still won't pick up, I have to scream in the mike just to get a
wee-little sound to register. The microphone wizard tells me it is
"too-soft" yet I have the volume at max. I probably wouldn't be as
annoyed at the situation, but when it works fine on a 3-4 year old
soundcard in my families Presario there obviously is a real problem
since my computer is brand new with the Sound Audigy 2 soundcard in
it. I hope I am an idiot and that new sound cards won't pick up the
type of mike I am using, but it seems hard to believe that a newer
soundcard wouldn't.

In sound properties uncheck the -20dB setting if it is set. Try a cheap
computer microphone, many can be had for just a few $$. If that works,
then there is a high resistance or impedance in the instrumental mic
that makes it incompatible with the computer input.

Q

 

[Frank]

Okay, I bought a vocal/instrumental mike for my computer. I had to

get a converter to switch from the quater-inch end to a smaller
headset size to fit in the soundcard in the back. The mike is brand
new, and of high-quality (it better be anyway, with the price I paid
for it). Anyway, I set the mike up in the appropriate port and did
everything that I could do to make it work. And yet the dumb thing
still won't pick up, I have to scream in the mike just to get a
wee-little sound to register. The microphone wizard tells me it is
"too-soft" yet I have the volume at max. I probably wouldn't be as
annoyed at the situation, but when it works fine on a 3-4 year old
soundcard in my families Presario there obviously is a real problem
since my computer is brand new with the Sound Audigy 2 soundcard in
it. I hope I am an idiot and that new sound cards won't pick up the
type of mike I am using, but it seems hard to believe that a newer
soundcard wouldn't.

Did you try to run the Creative Diagnostic tool?????

 

[Guest]

Try downloading and installing the latest version of DirectX 9.0b. That did it for me
Bob