Help I cannot unmute microphone in Macbook?

I muted the built in microphone in my macbook via the midi settings app from utilities. However I can't seem to unmute it. There are three channels M, 1 and 2. Channel 1 and 2 are on but the M channel is grayed out. Do you guys have any idea what is going on? I have tried to record a video via photobooth but i hear no sound recorded.
Thanks in advance!

First, make sure that it is recognized in System Profiler.
Second, open the Audio MIDI application. On the column near the side click the microphone (input). Near the volumn adjustments, make sure that it is not on mute.

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