Questions tagged [microphone]
The microphone is a transducer that converts sound into electrical signals. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, tape recorders, hearing aids, concerts and in radio and television.
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MicroLab K310 headset. Mic not detected
Today I bought aforementioned headset and discovered that microphone on this headset is not being detected by anything. This headset got 1 3.5mm connector which I tried connecting to front panel (...
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How to record with an external microphone on my Lenovo G50-70 laptop
How can I record with an external microphone on my Lenovo G50-70 laptop? Normally most laptops have two jack in input, one for headset/ear piece and the other for a mic. This enables you connect a ...
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Record audio from Microphone and Computer/Speakers at same time?
The title basically says it all, this is what I have:
Windows 8.1 x64
Playback Devices:
Speakers(default):
Levels: Realtek HD audio output: 54 (There are no other sliders on this screen)
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Why is Windows Speech Recognition not working?
I've used Windows Speech Recognition in the past on my laptop - using the built-in microphone and also via the WO mic software which "makes" ones Android phone into a microphone. I've done a decent ...
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Why is mic audio not working one-way in Google Hangouts on Windows 7 and Chrome
I am using Google Hangouts via Chrome on Windows 7.
Video is working fine both ways, i.e. when in a hangout call, I am able to see the other person and they are able to see me. Audio was also working -...
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4-pin jack works on mac - with splitter it works on mac but not on windows
I have a problem with my mic on windows and I will be really gratefull if you could help me to solve it.
Some times ago I bought an AKG Q460, I'm using it with my smartphone and with my MBP, and it's ...
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Speech-to-noise ratio in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11+
The speech-to-noise ratio was changed to Pass/Fail in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 in the Audio Setup Wizard (Microphone Check).
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10:
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11:
Is there ...
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Speaker sound volume drops when microphone is active
Whenever the microphone is used by some application, the speaker volume drops about 50%.
Even if I open the sound device settings, the volume drops because the microphone will be activated.
I already ...
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Manually set the microphone volume in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Is it possible to manually set the microphone volume in Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Audio Setup Wizard automatically determines the supposedly best microphone volume (some ...
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How to decrease microphone buffer size
How do I decrease the microphone buffer size on a Windows 7 Home Premium machine (Sony Vaio notebook)? Sound card is "Realtek High Definition Audio".
EDIT: "When recording audio into your computer, ...
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Is this sort of an audio adapter splitter that I'm looking for?
I have ASUS N550JV laptop and it has one COMBO audio jack. I want to use my Logitech G230 audio headset which has two jacks, one for audio and one for microphone.
Searching the web, I realized I need ...
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record audio with builtin and external mic simultaneously
I want to record two channels of audio into Matlab on OSX, using the internal microphone and an external usb microphone at the same time.
Is this possible without any additional hardware?
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When microphone is activated, bluetooth headset speakers produce noise
I'm using an August EP 650, connected via Bluetooth dongle to my desktop PC running Windows 7.
The headphones work as intended. But as soon as I activate the microphone in windows settings (these ...
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Prevent applications from changing audio input gain
I have a USB mixer that is recognized by Windows as a USB microphone (as per the manufacturer's instructions). My microphone and other inputs are plugged into this mixer. Every once in a while when I ...
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Microphone produces humming noise
I have bought new headset and the headphones are working correctly, but if I connect the mic it produces low frequency humming noise. The microphone is connected using 3.5 jack. The noise is not white ...
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Desktop microphone causes subwoofer to vibrate
I have a cheap desktop microphone and some Klipsch Promedia speakers.
The microphone used to work with these speakers, but now when the microphone is on, it causes the subwoofer to vibrate, increasing ...
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Why is my microphone's volume level keep resetting?
For some reason the microphone volume level keeps setting itself back to 0 and i have no idea why. This has nothing to do with Skype or MSN Messenger and setting the communication tab to "Do Nothing" ...
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Jack probs with heaphones/earbuds
So I already asked this question, but I couldn't respond to the answers. I can't hear out of the left ear of any headphones/earbuds because I have to push the jack towards the Earth to hear out of it. ...
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How to echo microphone with certain delay on macbook
I want to play the input to my macbook pro's microphone through headphones/speakers after certain delay(5 seconds). I have been doing this on ubuntu for years, using a variation to the answers of this ...
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save alsamixer input source centos 6
I am not able to save the input source of my alsamixer. Every time I reboot the system the input source is set back to front mic. I want it to stay as rear mic.
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alsactl store
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Cannot enable host mic when connected via RDP
I am using a mac OS X 10.9.3 and I am remoting into a windows 8.1 machine using Microsoft Remote Desktop.
I need a microphone enabled on the windows 8.1 machine for some software to work properly. I ...
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How to switch off my internal mic?
I have bought a Sonicgear microphone. It gets recognized by my computer, but when I try to record using OneNote, sounds from my internal mic are only recorded. I have an HP Pavilion Laptop and it ...
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Re-routing audio into skype with a separate program on windows
Recently skype stopped working with my microphone (what I hear is sent, not what I say). It works fine in everything else, but skype doesn't work well with it and I use skype to communicate with a lot ...
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Front Audio/Mic Jack Panel Not working in Windows 8
My brother recently bought a locally assembled desktop PC. But since he bought the PC the audio and mic jacks in the front panel doesn't seem to work while the ones at the back works fine. Also the ...
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Many microphones in windows
I need to record from as many as 40 microphones simultaneously on a single Windows 7 PC. These microphones will be present as USB audio adapters connected to powered USB hubs (so limited power isn't ...
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Use Microphone and Headphones on a splitter
I bought this thing:
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/3-5mm-1-male-to-2-female-earphone-headphone/157719473.html
From a shop.My laptop have only a jack port and i don't have Headphones with ...
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Headset – sound, but no microphone – sound & microphone good on other computer
Headset – sound, but no microphone – sound & microphone good on other computer
I plugged in a Logitech G230, and I got sound.
I could not get my microphone to work.
I tested the headset on ...
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Sharing "mapping" an audio device or mic to another PC.
I was wondering if it is possible to map an audio device or mic (3.5mm audio jack or USB) to another computer, sort of like you can with a drive or a printer?
My scenario: I have a security software ...
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How to use headphones with mic on a computer that has separate inputs
I have Bose Q15 headphones that have a microphone. When I plug them in my iPhone or in my Macbook the mic works fine.
My PC has separate inputs for audio and mic. I purchased a Startech MUYHSFmm mm ...
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Why is my Headset playing through my Mic
I dont know why. But my headset sounds are playing through my mic.
Aka, if someone talks to me, they can hear them selves.
And game audio is playing through too.
Now, the first thing, is maybe the ...
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How to balance speakers using a microphone?
I am sure in a past version of windows I was able to balance the left and right speaker by using a microphone. However, in windows 8 I do not see this feature in the sound control panel.
It may have ...
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Microphone echos in Skype on Logitech G430 Headset
My Logitech G430 Headset has just randomly started echoing in Skype. I don't have any other voice chat software, so I don't know if it's just Skype.
When I select Listen to this device in the Sound ...
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How would I play input from the mic through speaker while a key is pressed?
I like to play games with my headphones on, and it feels really weird to not hear myself when I speak. The V key is what I use to transmit, so is there an AutoHotkey script or other program to listen ...
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Realtek HD Audio ignores mic input
I'm servicing a fresh install of Windows XP (yes, really!) with an on-board Realtek ALC888 HD Audio chipset. The trouble is that I get no sound input from the mic.
The mic is connected to the front ...
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Combine two headphone-microphone splitters?
I want to connect a game console's audio output to my computer's audio input using a 3.5-mm headphone-microphone splitter. The output will be connected to the input (microphone) on the splitter. I'm ...
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Voice Activation Microphone
I wondered if any of you knew any ways to activate your microphone on a specific level of volume, so that it will disable if the volume is lower than X.
If any of you have TeamSpeak, it's built in ...
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Realtek HD Audio Manager doesn't detect microphone
For some reason, a couple weeks ago, Realtek HD Audio Manager stopped giving me the "Microphone" option when I plug in an audio device.
This is what it shows when I plug a microphone in:
It doesn't ...
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How can I find out which processes on my computer are accessing the microphone?
After reading this interesting Lifehacker post and reading the comments on the page, one person was wondering if it would be possible to use the Physical Device Object Names of other hardware such as ...
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Is there a way to stream certain sounds through my mic?
So for example, if I wanted to stream music from youtube through my headset to the people in my skype call, is there any way I can do that?
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No microphones working on desktop
I have a laptop with Ubuntu on it and a desktop with Windows 7 on it. I always used my laptop for my microphone needs and stuff, until I moved my desktop into another room and kept the laptop in ...
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Windows 7/Bluetooth Headset : Microphone has disappeared
Windows 7/64 using Skype with H800 Logitech Headset. I can still hear through the headset but the microphone does not work and as far as Windows is concerned the H800 no longer has a microphone.
This ...
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What is Stereo Mix supposed to be used for in Windows?
I have added Stereo Mix to my recording devices on my laptop running Windows 7 after I have installed the driver for my soundcard (the sound was working until then with the driver from Microsoft, but ...
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Soundcard with realtime microphone monitoring
I have a soundcard (Audigy 2ZS), which is very old and very poorly supported in modern Windows OSes, but this sound card has very important feature - when I use microphone, I can hear my own voice ...
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Disable microphone for certain program
I don't want that certain program use my microphone. This isn't configuration in app to do it. Program use mic anyways.
So I wonder how to disable mic for it in windows? Any ideas? I use Windows 8.
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How to enable remote microphone on remote desktop
I just directly connect my thin client (with embedded OS) to a remote machine (Windows 7) via RDP.
The problem is, once I try to test the audio via Skype, it seems that the audio/microphone of the ...
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Boost microphone volume on windows vista over max [duplicate]
I quite literally made an account on here to post this question. I've already tried the standard settings such as the slider that boosts your volume by 30% and I've maxed ALL the mic controls on both ...
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Realtek doesn't recognize 4pin headset
I have a headset with a 4-pin 3.5mm jack that I would like to use on my desktop at work. The front panel has two 3.5mm jacks. One with just the headset icon and the other with the headset and the ...
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Audio not playing from speakers
I'm having a rather strange problem where sound won't play from my speakers. If I insert something into the microphone jack, and remove it, I get about half a second of audio playing. At times, it ...
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Stream windows audio over network and send back mic sound
I am a little lost as to how I go about implementing this kind of setup...
We use SIP Softphones in our office, I would like to be able to, from another computer on the network, listen into the call ...
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Skype can't hear me [closed]
This is driving me crazy. My friends can't hear my voice when I make a call using Skype. Here's the scenario:
Windows Sound Recorder correctly records my voice and I can hear my voice when I playback ...