Unable to record/capture sound using a microphone
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Jul 19 21:44:32 UTC 2004
On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 16:27, Frans Coppens wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 22:01, Jeff Vian wrote:
>
> > Does the dynamic mic work plugged into the back?
>
> Ehm, what's a dynamic Mic? I'm sorry. I'm kind of a noob on Mic's ;)
>
mic == microphone; You were the one that said dynamic mic and ceramic
mic. I assume you know what you are referring to.
You said the ceramic works on the back but the dynamic does not work on
the front. I was trying to rule out the different connection points as
the issue.
> > Is the cabling properly connected between the front and back?
>
> There is no front. It's an Audigy 2 Dell (Bulk) card. Bit I'm sure it's
> connected properly.
>
You said front and back. I assume here you also know what that meant,
To me it means front of the case and back of the case (on the sound card
directly).
> > There are more issues possible than just the mic.
>
> Could be. I don't know at this point. Tried to use it in Windows but a
> had to speak very loudly to make myself hearable to the person at the
> other end of the line. My guess is the mic is'n sensitive enough, so I'm
> thinking about buying a new one.
It certainly can be a mismatch between the mic and the card.
Sensitivity is not likely the issue (unless the mic is extremely old)
but impedance mismatch can be a major factor.
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