Audigy 4 - Microphone Recording is

Hello everyone. I recently purchased and installed an Audigy 4 Pro. It is an awesome card, and everything is outstanding except for one major issue. As many of you know, the product comes with the 'Creative sound mixer'. In that mixer, on the extreme right, there is the recording option. It should be set to 'Line in /Mic'. When it is, the microphone works fine.
However, that option frequently changes itself on its own to either 'wave' or 'line 3'. When this happens, it is essentially as if my microphone was muted. It does this completely on its own. I have updated all drivers, all applicatoins, read the FAQ thread, and sent Creative an e-mail. I have yet to hear anything from creative that solves my problem or lets me know something I was not informed about prior.
Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions as to how I can get this resolved? Thank you to anyone in advance willing to assist.

Applications can change the recording source by themselves. Some games which expect the microphone to be plugged into the first microphone jack on the card will by default change the recording source to vanilla "mic."
There's currently no way to lock the recording source at the moment.

Similar Messages

Zen V Plus stuck in microphone/recording mode HE

HiMy brand new Zen V Plus is stuck in microphone/recording mode. I've tried holding the back button (which is what you're stupposed to do for more options) but then it just starts recording. AFter I end the recording, I'm back in microphone mode again and can't get out. I've already tried turning on/off and resetting - nothing hel
ps.
Please help if you can!ThanksDucky

I'm also having this problem and would have tremendous appreciation for anyone who could offer a solution. My Zen V Plus worked well for about three months before this problem arose, and I really enjoyed having it, so it's very dissapointing to me that it's not working anymore.
The behavior: as soon as the player is turned on, it goes into locked mode, regardless of the position of the lock toggle switch. If I toggle the lock switch, it either wakes up and then immediately goes back into locked mode or simply doesn't respond. If I'm lucky, I can get it to actually unlock by toggling the switch many times in a row, but then it will return to locked mode after a few seconds.
A few more details: I have tried doing a hard reset. I am not having any trouble syncing the player to my computer. Also, this problem creeped up slowly: it started just happening once in a while, but now it happens every time I use the player.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.

T60 soundmax built in microphone records all the time, again! Vista

When using Audacity 1.2.6 and source set to "stereo mix", the soundmax drivers are again constantly mixing the microphone into the streaming audio, or other sound playback, such as VLC playing an .mp3 file.
When using Audacity 1.3.13 there is no "stereo mix" option to choose from, and again microphone is always recording when recording streaming media or other sound playback.
Using microsoft update this last week, for some reason microsoft has removed the 2009 update which corrected this problem. Microsoft update says the 2007 drivers are now the latest soundmax drivers for my computer, and has changed them back.
I can't roll back or forward to the 2009 update. I did not do any manual changes, all updates from microsoft are set to automatic.
Audacity only uses the system drivers, this is not their programs fault, this is a driver fault between vista and soundmax
please fix ASAP as my compute is now useless to me until its fixed!
BTW turning on stereo mix from Vista did not fix the probem, the microphone records even under selecting the input to CD. If I mute the microphone, then there is no sound input under any input setting.

hey midnightvisions,
uninstall the current audio drivers that you have. let windows install its generic drivers.
then test with audacity and see if you're able to use it as how it should be.
later on, visit http://support.lenovo.com and update your audio drivers accordingly
WW Social Media
Important Note: If you need help, post your question in the forum, and include your system type, model number and OS. Do not post your serial number.
Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"!
Follow @LenovoForums on Twitter!
Have you checked out the Community Knowledgebase yet?!
How to send a private message? --> Check out this article.

I need to disable to microphone recording thing on imessage, sent recordings to people by accident twice now with near disastrous results!

How do I disable the microphone recording thing on imessage? Siri is not activated but still the icon for the microphone is there and twice I have sent recordings by mistake - NOT good!

Thank you. I just wanted to check I was not being totally dim, such a shame there is no way to disable it, I struggle with my dexterity and have somehow managed to push, hold, record and send things to two different people today, totally by accident but with unpleasant results!
Hopefully Apple will move/change this function so that it can be disabled. For sure I am not the only one who has made this mistake!
Thank you for your quick reply.
Gill

I'm on an language educational website that is powered by Adobe Flash. There is a feature on the site where you talk, and the website's microphone records you.

I'm on an language educational website that is powered by Adobe Flash. There is a feature on the site where you talk, and the website's microphone records you. Unfortunately, I get an "Adobe Flash Player Settings" module when opening it, and I'm unable to click the allow button-or anything on the screen. Help? Below is a screenshot.
This question was archived but I was having the same problem but was able to fine the solution.

You go to the link below
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
1. Select Global Security Settings
2. Select Always ask
I then reopened Firefox and videos worked with a problem

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Recording Prob

I recently re-installed my audigy, and for some reason I cannot get any sound when I plug my guitar into the Line-In on the front. I check the recording/playback setting, and everything seems to be ok. I'm wondering if it might be a problem with the hardware. Any thoughts?

Dee,
If the card came supplied with the PC, then you may need to contact Dell to get specific drivers or applications for it.
Is the card working correctly now? Is it listed in Device Manager, with no error messages? What did you use to reinstall, was it a CD, or a driver? If it was just a basic driver pack, then it's likely that doesn't include any extra applications.
Cat

Problems with microphone/recording in Windows 7

Daughter has dyslexia. Learning program requires Windows. Added Parrell and Windows so I could run it. Has been working fine for 2 weeks and now the recording feature isn't working. I've tested on the Mac side - microphone works fine. Test on the Windows side; not working using Recording and play back. Suggestions?

ELKO,
Did you use the full three step way?
Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall?
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
Presuming CC(2014), you may try to restart the Creative Cloud application by quitting and relaunching it.

Microphone record, playback in AIR html js desktop app

hi,
I want to record, save and playback the microphone audio in an HTML/JS AIR desktop app.
I can't find any examples so my code is based on AS3.
But the app crashes almost right away when the SampleDataEvent handler function is called.
Should it be in a while loop sames as AS3?
$(function(){
    var mic;
    var soundBytes = new air.ByteArray();
    $("#btnRecord").click(function(){
        mic = air.Microphone.getMicrophone();
        mic.rate = 44;
        mic.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, sampleEvent);
    function sampleEvent(e){
        while (e.data.bytesAvailable) {
            var sample = e.data.readFloat();
            soundBytes.writeFloat(sample);
    $("#btnStop").click(function(){
        mic.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, sampleEvent);
        $("#txtActivity").val("");
    $("#btnPlay").click(function(){;
        for (var i = 0; i < 8192 && soundBytes.bytesAvailable > 0; i++) {
            var sample = soundBytes.readFloat();
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            //we write the data twice because there are 2 channels (stereo)
thanks,
Jeff.

this works on my macbook. But on my Windows 8.1 machine the audio gets played back twice as slow as normal.
Not a lower pitch, just twice as slow. Any idea why this is?
$(function(){
    var s;
    var sc;
    var nowRecording = false;
    var nowPlaying = false;
    var recordedBytes = new air.ByteArray();
//   air.SoundMixer.audioPlaybackMode = window.runtime.flash.media.AudioPlaybackMode.VOICE
    var mic = air.Microphone.getMicrophone();
    mic.rate = 44;
    mic.gain = 70;
    mic.setSilenceLevel(0);
    $("#btnRecord").click(function(){
        if (!nowRecording) {
            air.trace("recording");
            recordedBytes.clear();
            mic.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, getMicAudio);
            nowRecording = true;
            $(this).val("Click me to stop")
        else {
            air.trace("recording stopped");
            mic.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, getMicAudio);
            nowRecording = false;
            $(this).val("Click me to record")
    function getMicAudio(e){
        recordedBytes.writeBytes(e.data);
    $("#btnPlay").click(function(){
        if (!nowPlaying) {
            air.trace("playing");
            recordedBytes.position = 0;
s = new air.Sound();
            s.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, playAudio);
sc = new air.SoundChannel
            s.play();
           sc.addEventListener(air.Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, stopPlayback, false, 0, true);
            nowPlaying = true;
          // $(this).val("Click me to stop playing")
        else {
            sc.stop();
            stopPlayback();
    function stopPlayback(e){
        air.trace("playing stopped");
        s.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, playAudio);
        nowPlaying = false;
    function playAudio(e){
if(!recordedBytes.bytesAvailable > 0)
return;
        for (var i = 0; i < 8192; i++) {
            var sample = 0;
if(recordedBytes.bytesAvailable > 0) sample = recordedBytes.readFloat()
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);

Adobe air 3.6 Bug With Microphone recording

ok i just tested and i would like to know if i'm the only one.... Everything work fine in 3.5. As soon as i upgrade to 3.6... The microphone only record 1 time on 3-4. Totallly random. It doesn't record at all on IOS.
Somebody got the same problem ?
really sample to test just use the microphone and addEventListener(SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA,onSampledData);
it will work 1 time on 3-5. I need this fixed asap for my release for my apps.
sorry for double post i posted it first in multiscreen development by error.

Alright, crazy:
I can ssh into the Mac, run the package script (adt cmomand), install the ipa, and the Mic doesn't work.
But if I sit at the Mac terminal (same user, same codebase, same machine), run the package script (adt command), install the ipa, and the Mic works!
Madness - is adt somehow sensitive to running headless? Is it getting confused as to whether the Mic is available on the host vs on the target?
BTW - I can't get the Mic working in Android under any circumstances...

Audigy 2NX Recording Issu

I am using the Audigy 2NX Sound Blaster to record voice recordings used for a training demo. I have tried recording and saving as both wav and Mp3. For some reason the recording sounds like there is small echo. To be more specific, it sounds like a PA system used in a huge auditorium, where there sounds to be a lot of 'background' noise. I have tried recording in different rooms, especially where there is little or no air movement, but no luck. Is there anything else I can try with the system? Thanks!

beezerdds wrote:
I am using the Audigy 2NX Sound Blaster to record voice recordings used for a training demo. I have tried recording and saving as both wav and Mp3. For some reason the recording sounds like there is small echo. To be more specific, it sounds like a PA system used in a huge auditorium, where there sounds to be a lot of 'background' noise. I have tried recording in different rooms, especially where there is little or no air movement, but no luck. Is there anything else I can try with the system? Thanks!
Is recording source set to "What U Hear"? Don't use this but set it by the source.
Also, check that EAX effects and CMSS are disabled (if NX has these features available).
If you can, switch to proper recording software which supports ASIO or Kernel Streaming device driver mode (IIRC, NX supports ASIO and if not then Asio4All is the way to go). Especially ASIO is good for recording work. There are plenty of these even as freeware.
jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on 02-06-200806:34 AM

FLASH CS3[AS3] – MICROPHONE – RECORD AND SAVE AS WAVE FILE

HI,
I need solution for this one.Can we record,play and save an audio using flash CS3 astion script.
It should be something like this:http://justflash.byethost12.com/microphone/microphone_recandsave1.html
I have searched for the soluiton but i found it in flash cs5.I need it in flash cs3.
Looking for the solution.
Thank You

Hello Jeff,
From the LabVIEW Help description:
Sound File Write Simple (Windows, Linux)
Writes data from an array of waveforms to a .wav file. This VI automatically opens, writes to, and closes the .wav file. Windows You must have DirectX 8.0 or later to use this VI. Linux You must have the Open Sound System (OSS) driver to use this VI.
So, the data input to Sound File Write Simple.vi is an array of waveforms. However, if you only have one waveform, you can build an array that contains only your single waveform using the Build Array VI. As described in the LabVIEW Help description:
Build Array
Concatenates multiple arrays or appends elements to an n-dimensional array. You also can use the Replace Array Subset function to modify an existing array.
So, for example, you could run your single waveform into the Build Array function and get an array of waveforms containing only your waveform. You could then wire this array of waveforms to the Sound File Write Simple.vi. This is shown in the image below.
Message Edited by Matt A on 06-28-2007 09:58 PM
Matt Anderson
Hardware Services Marketing Manager
National Instruments
Attachments:
Build Array.JPG ‏11 KB

HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC microphone recording not clear.

Dear Sir,
My PC microphone voice recording is not clear and voice quality is poor and hearing very little with high volume and auto sound noise hearing very high.
If I recording audio to PC and play back hearing sound very little with noises high.
Please help me how to solve this problem.
Product name: HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC
Product number: QJ542EA#ABV
Serial number: [Edited for Personal Information]
Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit Service Pack 1
Thank you

Hello Uttara,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand you are experiencing recording issues with your microphone. I will do my best to assist you! To start, please try all of the steps in this HP document: Resolving Microphone and Line-in Problems (Windows 7)
Please let me know your results. Thanks and have a great day!
Mario
I worked on behalf of HP.

Built-In Microphone records audio only from the Left speaker

I'm not sure if my settings are correctly set up, but whenever I record through Logic, it only picks up sound from the Left Speaker of my MacBook Pro.
When I try to make noise through the Right Speaker, Logic's sound levels do not respond.
Any ideas why this is happening? I don't plan on using the built-in Microphone for much longer, but it's all I currently have at this point. Thanks!

James,
Again, thanks for the response! I guess what Tokuda said about the mono Mic in the left speaker settles that. I was just confused, because when I used Sound Forge on my Windows partition, it would always pick up sound from both speakers (I think?). I could be wrong on that one too though.
As for goals, my long term goal is to produce Club/Dance music & some serious Vocal work with Logic. Only thing is I have no basis or ground knowledge of music. For instance, I don't even know how to play the piano, or read music for that matter. Sad, I know...but it is a work in progress. And the only Microphone I use is built-in and my voice overs always sound so bland & one-dimensional. No dynamics or great effects to them, like Tpayne, BSpears, or Madonna vocals. Not sure where I should start, maybe take some basic music theory courses at the local community college, grab an internship at a radio station, & then further my education @ SAE, or Berklee College of Music to learn more advanced editing techniques.
In the meantime, I have been producing Cheer, Dance, & Aerobic music for the past 5 years. It first started as a hobby, and then transformed into its own little business, and now I do hundreds of mixes for Cheerleaders & All Star programs all over the place! It came so natural to me though...Laying beats over songs, then adding my own creative touch to make it my own. I've been using Acid, which is GREAT for what I do, but isn't going to get me much further than that. That being said, I finally made the decision to move up to Logic, not only to broaden my musical horizons, but to hopefully continue making Cheer music with it as well.
Since Acid is PC only, I still do work on my desktop PC and have been slowly weaning myself from it. The Logic learning curve is extremely difficult (for me at least) and it's taken a lot of getting used to some things like NOT being able to cross-fade my loops. Very, very annoying. Nonetheless, I know I have to make the switch to Mac if I'm really serious about making it anywhere in this biz.
Anyway, I can totally email you one of my mixes (if you're interested). I would post a link here, but I gather most of the musicians on here wouldn't really appreciate it as much as I do, haha. Oh and by the way, thanks for taking the time to listen & help me out here. It means a lot man!

SB Audigy LS recording probl

Hi, using Sound Forge and Cubase softwares for music creation, I've got two problems I couldn't solve:
First, when I use Sound Forge and try to record sounds via the option "what you hear" of my sound card (well, it's "ce que vous entendez" in French, anyway) in order to record sounds going through Windows directly, like passages of movies, etc, I have a very annoying echo I can't remove. I checked all parameters, all audio effects are disabled. The volume switches of my sound card are all high so I thought about interference, but even when I lower them, including the record switch, it's just the same thing, I've got this echo, only during the recording, 'coz once I stop recording, sound becomes normal again. And obviously, when I listen to what I've just recorded, I have this echo.
Secondly, when I use Sound Forge or Cubase and I want to record voice via microphone, the volume is very low, even though the mic volume switch of my sound card is the highest, I can shout in the mic, the dB does not reach the yellow level.
All used to work well, I didn't change my audio configuration, I even installed the most recent driver on this website, but nothing changed. A friend told me it might be because I've got many softwares installed on my hard dri've (I got a partition: software HD, 3.5 Go available on 30 Go; data HD, 5.5 Go available on 30 Go). I still got some place left, so I doubt it might be this.
Does anyone have a clue? I'll be waiting for your kind help!!

I stumbled across this post while searching for a fix for my SoundBlaster Li've!. Basically everything worked fine under Win98. I upgraded to WinXP and the card appeared to be installed with no conflicts but I had no sound and I couldn't set a default playback device in "Sounds and Devices" because they were greyed out. I ran the Creative Diagnostic test and the Hardware test passed but all the driver tests failed.
I fixed this problem by going to
Start > Control Panel > Administrati've Services > Services
Locate "Windows Audio" and make sure the service is started. If the service is not started right-click and select properties. Change the startup type to automatic and click start.
Hope this helps anyone who stumbles across this post while looking for fixes.

Rate of disk space usage during microphone recording

hi all,
I have to record a speech/presentation next week to mix into a podcast i'll be putting together. the talk is about 30 minutes long. about how much free disk space do you estimate i'll need?
a couple of potentially useful details:
- i'll be recording using garageband to record the audio track on a 1.33Ghz 60GB Pbook running Tiger, 1GB DDR SDRAM
- the mic i plan to use is the Logitech Desktop USB microphone, unless you folks advise otherwise
thanks in advance!

None of the equipment changes anything, the only deciding factor is that you're using GB which records 44.1KB/Sec for a mono recording.
Let's see if I can get the math right...
44.1K * 60 seconds * 30 minutes = approx 79380KB = 77.519MB
I think that soudns about right.
Something else to remember:
http://www.thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#recordlength

Audigy 4 - Microphone Recording is

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for