Microphone issues - new here

r2d2 · 01-17-2006, 05:22 PM

Friends-

Here is the problem. I do karaoke singing and have a decent karaoke mixer. Today I tried to do karaoke singing on the PC, with my good karaoke mic (unidirectional mic, from Radio Shack). This mic has 1/4" connector, so, I use an adapter which connects this mic into the PC's pink microphone port. The adapter has a 1/4" female port on one side (where the mic goes), the other end has the skinny connecter, that connects into the pink Mic port of the sound card of the PC. when I speak into the mic, it doesn't work (I don't hear anything in my headphone, nothing records either).

However, when I use my cheap $10 Labtek mic (that I used to use for voice chat), which doesn't require the 1/4" adapter (as i's connector is already the skinny one that goes directly into the sound card's Mic input), IT WORKS (I can hear my voice, and it records too). But, because it's a basic microphone, lots of background noise, even my breathing noise gets recorded as well.

I want to be able to use a regular vocal mic. How do I do that?

Thanks,

ghost · 01-17-2006, 05:43 PM

try going to control panel > sound and audio devices. Then click on the voice tab at the top. then click on TEST HARDWARE..., if that dont work it`s probably a hardware fault.

01-17-2006, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
r2d2 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Microphone issues - new here - Need Help Friends- Here is the problem. I do karaoke singing and have a decent karaoke mixer. Today I tried to do karaoke singing on the PC, with my good karaoke mic (unidirectional mic, from Radio Shack). This mic has 1/4" connector, so, I use an adapter which connects this mic into the PC's pink microphone port. The adapter has a 1/4" female port on one side (where the mic goes), the other end has the skinny connecter, that connects into the pink Mic port of the sound card of the PC. when I speak into the mic, it doesn't work (I don't hear anything in my headphone, nothing records either). However, when I use my cheap $10 Labtek mic (that I used to use for voice chat), which doesn't require the 1/4" adapter (as i's connector is already the skinny one that goes directly into the sound card's Mic input), IT WORKS (I can hear my voice, and it records too). But, because it's a basic microphone, lots of background noise, even my breathing noise gets recorded as well. I want to be able to use a regular vocal mic. How do I do that? Thanks, __________________ AMD 64 X2 4200+ 250 gig HD 1 gig RAM Realtek 97 sound ATI 256mb video Media Center Edition

01-17-2006, 05:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,960	try going to control panel > sound and audio devices. Then click on the voice tab at the top. then click on TEST HARDWARE..., if that dont work it`s probably a hardware fault. __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling

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