Microphone problem..

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toodles

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Hey guys.

I'm having some problems with my microphone on my headset (Sennheiser PC151)

Gonna explain this as best as I can so please bare with me.

The microphone doesn't seem to pick up my voice (testing in Windows Sound Recorder) unless it's turned all the way up in Windows volume control, which means I can actually hear my voice coming through the speakers as I talk which I don't want. If I turn the sound down in Windows volume control, or mute the mic I can't hear my voice through the speakers but the microphone doesn't pick up my voice either.

Finally, I've tried using the microphone in sound test in options in Counter Strike Source but it's very strange. Whatever I say is picked up, although not very clearly and what I've said repeats over and over again in an infinite loop like it's crashed or something.

Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong here? I've tried the mic in both the front and back ports but it's the same. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my soundcard drivers (audio97, onboard) and also installing the latest drivers but it's not done any good. :(

Help, please.
 
That’s just the way windows is, all incoming sound (whether its from a CD, mp3 or mic) is played thought the speakers.

The reason that your mic doesn't work when you turn it off is that you turned it off.

The volume slider for mic is not the volume that microphone is played through your speakers, but the amplification of the incoming signal.

It’s like an electric guitar and an amp. The guitar sends a weak signal which the amp amplifies so that the signal is powerful enough to power the speakers. If you turn down the amp you cannot hear it as well, turn off or "mute" the amp and there is no sound at all.

I don't know why the sound has to be played through the speakers, but that’s just that way it is. It’s annoying but you are going to have to deal.
 
At least back in 98SE days I could just simply go to volume control and mute the mic, while having the volume turned all the way up. The mic would pick the sound alright, and sound recorder worked just fine, but nothing would be played thru the speakers (while recording)
 
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