Microphone in/out

Hello,
I must be have a bad day, because i cannot find the procedure to make my microphone working (!)
I use the "Sound Blaster X-Fi Plutonium" with the extension box inside.
Can anyone help me with the appropriated procedure to use a microphone ?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Jean

Select What-U-Hear as the recording source in the mixer.
briansandy wrote:
I want to use my microphone for amplification of a li've music source. How do I get sound out of the speakers simultaneous with input from a microphone? I can see that feedback could be a problem, but the microphone has a long lead.

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I do not have your exact computer model or sound driver, but I can tell you what I did that fixed my microphone issues almost instantly for my G780!
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If you have this program, this is probably what is causing all the sporadic quality changes.
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I do not have your exact computer model or sound driver, but I can tell you what I did that fixed my microphone issues almost instantly for my G780!
My microphone also cut out during voip calls (such as Skype, G+ hangouts, etc) but my audio when using any type of recording software was fine!
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What happens is that every time I start up anything that can use the microphone (so, when I start a call, or when I check the microphone settings), it works for a brief moment, but, in a matter of seconds, just flatlines.
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I assume you are speaking about the internal microphone which is part of the webcam.
Did you try external microphone?
Does the same issue appear using such external mic?
I think it would be useful to know that because in such case we would know if its hardware or software (setting) related issue.
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Control panel -> sound -> recording tab -> mic (right click properties)
In new window (mic properties) you will find some more tabs like Levels, Enhancements, Advanced
In Levels tab you could change the Microphone boost.
In Enhancements tab you can disable all effects as well you could enable the noise suppression and acoustic echo cancelation
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If this is the wrong forum to post this question I would be grateful if a moderator could move it and then let me know.

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Doesnt work in verntrilo or css.
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Skype not recognising microphone or vice versa??

Hi, I can't get my microphone to work with Skype on my HP DX2300 Desktop PC. Windows XP PRO.
I have started using Skype, but so far only for texting. I have connected the microphone to the appropriate socket (microphone symbol on front of PC case). The Skype "Echo Sound Test Service" effectively tells me the microphone is not working or being recognised.
The microphone is working in that I can hear what I say into microphone coming out of PC speakers. However when I go to the Skype “Check your sound works” and click on check microphone the sound is no longer heard and there is nothing shown on the green bar (to indicate volume – if it worked).
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I have rebooted (more than once!) to check if that will wake it up somehow, but no!
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Thanks to everyone for all the advice.
The skype tools / options / audio settings / microphone only had one in drop down menu - Realtek HD audio input, same as on the windows settings. So that looks logical and OK.
HOWEVER I have played around again and I now have it working. I think I found yet another place where audio / mic settings are under control panel / sounds and audio devices / audio tab then sound recording. I say "I think" because I tried so many mute / unmute and volume settings I am not really sure which wasn't correct. It seems really ridiculous how many places can affect microphone performance!
Incidentally someone on a different forum also suggested trying a USB mic, but another person said don't use one of them as they are rubbish. I don't know, just passing on their comment.
Anyway thanks again all for your help
Cheers
Rogerthedodger

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Isnt line in just a fancy word for a plug that looks like headphones?
No. The term "line in" refers to the signal level the input can accept. It has nothing to do with the type of socket/plug.
I just checked what Line in is and i do have a line in spot in my mac. So why would i need to buy the IMic?
Because you need a microphone-level input, which can accept the lower level of signal that a microphone puts out, and again, no Mac has had a microphone-level input in years. Line level is a much stronger signal.
So you need:
- a microphone that puts out a line-level signal. There are a few, but not many.
or
- a USB microphone
or
- an audio device that can accept a microphone-level signal. The Griffin iMic is one, but there are others.
Regards.

Satellite P300-1CE - Microphone doesn't work after Windows 7 installation

Hi everyone.
At the beginning I'm sorry for my bad english so I will say shortly.
A few days ago I removed a few programs, and I installed the new operating system Windows 7. All over it I had to download new drivers of the camera, because they didn't work. After downloading drivers of the camera, the camera became operative (YEAH!), but later I worked out that for me a built-in microphone was out of order. What can be of it with cause and what driver to download and why microphone don't work?
I can't speak with friends on skype ;( Help me. I hope you know what I say.

Hello
Did you really install all drivers after Windows 7 installation? Maybe you have forgotton something and so it doesnt work.
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Undo removed Microphone and Speakers devices from ...

I had my audio skype options set to chose from the list of devices in order of the priority I've set. Recently I had some problems with my microphone (sorted out as it was a hardware problem) and I wanted to have a look at the options again. I noticed that no matter what I was dooing (eg plugging or unplugging my headphones from the IO jacks) the same options was chosen by skype :
-Microphone (Raltek High Definition Audio)
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And all the rest was shaded gray.
I thought I can remove them and the next time I open skype it will detect again the devices. But this was not the case ! How can I have all the devices back there ?.
Now, the input and output is sorted by raltek I guess, but I cannot figure out exactly how can I controll these. When I plug the headphones, it is taken as IO and when I unplug them the build in IO are taken.
I want the ability to have my headphones plugged (and other devices, eg third party webcam), and choose whenever I want to take the microphone input from my build in laptop or from headphones or from my third party web cam and so on. How can I achieve this?

Hi Amanda,
Try the following.
Download the IDT Audio installer on the link below and save it to your Downloads folder.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp52501-53000/sp52658.exe
When done, open windows Control Panel, open Device Manager and open up Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Right click the IDT device and select Uninstall - you should also get a prompt to remove the current driver, tick the box to allow this and then proceed with the uninstall.
When complete, shut down the notebook, unplug the AC Adapter and then remove the battery. Hold down the Power button for 30 seconds. Re-insert the battery and plug in the AC Adapter.
Tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to launch the Start-up Menu and then select f10 to enter the bios menu. Press f5 to load the defaults ( this is sometimes f9, but the menu at the bottom will show the correct key ), use the arrow keys to select 'Yes' and hit enter. Press f10 to save the setting and again use the arrow keys to select 'Yes' and hit enter.
Let Windows fully load - it will automatically load an audio driver, but just let this complete. Then open your Downloads folder, right click on the IDT installer and select 'Run as Administrator' to start the installation. When this has completed, right click the speaker icon in the Taskbar and select Playback Devices. Left click 'Speakers and Headphones' once to highlight it and then click the Set Default button - check if you now have audio.
Regards,
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