Mic Help

GTghost

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My mic is recording/picking up my speaker audio. So the input is set on my speakers.

Anyone no how to set it so it record mic?
BTW im on Vista
 
I don't think I understand what you're asking.

Are you saying your microphone is picking up the audio from your speakers? That's...normal, isn't it? Unless you turn your speakers down or use a more directional microphone pointing more at what you want to record.
 
First thing First do you have the MIC jack pluged into the mic jack. Some people get confused sometimes
 
I don't think I understand what you're asking.

Are you saying your microphone is picking up the audio from your speakers? That's...normal, isn't it? Unless you turn your speakers down or use a more directional microphone pointing more at what you want to record.

the audio from speakers goes directly to mic input and it isnt recording my voicie
 
OK, I think I understand what you're saying. There's two elements here:

1. Hardware. Have you checked for what Spy1 said? Be sure your external mic is plugged into the mic port of your PC? If you aren't plugged directly into your PC, for example - plugged into your speakers - ensure the cables for that equipment is plugged in correctly...

2. If your hardware is plugged in all correctly, that leaves software. Since you're running Vista, you should have a little speaker in your icon tray. Right click on it, and you should three options, one of which is "recording devices."

Choose that, and you should see a window appear with the "Recording" tab active. Describe what has the green checkmark next to it....

If you double click on the device (with the green check mark) you will bring up its properties. The general tab should be active. In the middle of the window is "Jack Information." What's listed?
 
I think I know what he's talking about.
If he keys up to talk, people can hear what's coming out of his speakers through his microphone (not because of the speaker volume being too loud. this also can't be the case if you're using a headset) I think it might have to do something with the line-in volume. Try muting the line-in from the volume control panel and see if it fixes it.
 
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