microphone

[HerDaddy]

okay, does anyone know how to record from their microphone that comes with the computer? I know to go to "sound recorder" and can seem to record, but when i try and playback...can't hear it...what am i doing wrong?

[Jo_Polniaczek]

Are the speakers on? Sorry, I just had to ask.. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Madness]

Maybe the microphone is plugged in the wrong spot on the tower in the back. That happened to me too. Try that and see if that helps. If not that, maybe the volume might be low.

Good luck. Let me know if any of that works.

[This message has been edited by Madness (edited 06-03-2001).]

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by HerDaddy:
okay, does anyone know how to record from their microphone that comes with the computer? I know to go to "sound recorder" and can seem to record, but when i try and playback...can't hear it...what am i doing wrong?

This is going to sound really weird and I don't know if I can explain it fully. But I have a similar problem on my computer, and my roommate (who is a computer science major) told me that on some sound cards, you have to go in manually and change the settings from "record" to "play" and that maybe that was my problem.

So like if you didn't do that, when you thought you were recording in fact you weren't even recording anything.

I'm sorry I can't really explain it better than that. I have never taken the time to really see if that was my problem or to fix it or anything, so I don't know much more about it.

I would recommend reading about it in your soundcard's manual, if you know where it is, or searching for an online FAQ or troubleshooting thing at your soundcard's maufacturer's web site.