Cannot record from a microphone

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<polinaskulski@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm trying to connect a vocal microphone to my computer
> ( I've got SI 7078 sound card and win XP) and I'm not able to record
> anything. I tried 'Speech recognition', 'Sound Recorder ' with no luck
> I tried the same mic on Win 2000 on another computer and it works .The
> only weird thing I noticed that there is no 'Microphone' option under
> 'Recording' in 'Volume Control'
> (only 'Hall','Pub' etc..)
> but there is a 'Microphone' option in 'Others-Recording Device' .Does
> it mean anything? Any ideas?
> Thanks
>

to start with you need to make sure you have the recording option set to
microphone. So in this other recording devices select microphone.

Are you using a particular type of microphone. A condensor that requires
phantom power or anything like that?


Rob

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You need a mic preamp or a mixer

On 31 Mar 2005 23:56:23 -0800, polinaskulski@aol.com wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm using a SiS 7018 sound card and Sony F-V420 microphone.
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
>Rob Beech wrote:
>> <polinaskulski@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1112284458.473638.238730@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm trying to connect a vocal microphone to my computer
>> > ( I've got SI 7078 sound card and win XP) and I'm not able to
>record
>> > anything. I tried 'Speech recognition', 'Sound Recorder ' with no
>luck
>> > I tried the same mic on Win 2000 on another computer and it works
>.The
>> > only weird thing I noticed that there is no 'Microphone' option
>under
>> > 'Recording' in 'Volume Control'
>> > (only 'Hall','Pub' etc..)
>> > but there is a 'Microphone' option in 'Others-Recording Device'
>.Does
>> > it mean anything? Any ideas?
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>> to start with you need to make sure you have the recording option set
>to
>> microphone. So in this other recording devices select microphone.
>>
>> Are you using a particular type of microphone. A condensor that
>requires
>> phantom power or anything like that?
>>
>>
>> Rob

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<polinaskulski@aol.com> wrote in message
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> but why does it work on win 2000?

There have been significant changes to the OS sound subsystem from
Win2k to WinXP. Some but not all XP *upgrades* were retrofitted to
Win2K.

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On 1 Apr 2005 03:50:46 -0800, polinaskulski@aol.com wrote:

>but why does it work on win 2000?

Maybe there is different hardware on that computer.

Al

>
>playon wrote:
>> You need a mic preamp or a mixer
>>
>> On 31 Mar 2005 23:56:23 -0800, polinaskulski@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >I'm using a SiS 7018 sound card and Sony F-V420 microphone.
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Rob Beech wrote:
>> >> <polinaskulski@aol.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1112284458.473638.238730@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I'm trying to connect a vocal microphone to my computer
>> >> > ( I've got SI 7078 sound card and win XP) and I'm not able to
>> >record
>> >> > anything. I tried 'Speech recognition', 'Sound Recorder ' with
>no
>> >luck
>> >> > I tried the same mic on Win 2000 on another computer and it
>works
>> >.The
>> >> > only weird thing I noticed that there is no 'Microphone' option
>> >under
>> >> > 'Recording' in 'Volume Control'
>> >> > (only 'Hall','Pub' etc..)
>> >> > but there is a 'Microphone' option in 'Others-Recording Device'
>> >.Does
>> >> > it mean anything? Any ideas?
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> to start with you need to make sure you have the recording option
>set
>> >to
>> >> microphone. So in this other recording devices select microphone.
>> >>
>> >> Are you using a particular type of microphone. A condensor that
>> >requires
>> >> phantom power or anything like that?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Rob