Thanks. The worst thing is now it crckles so badly, no one can understand me no matter how the vollume is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:59 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: microphone inquirey My guess is that you do have two microphone settings, one for the microphone jack in your sound card and another for the microphone that is built into the computer. Every application, such as your screen-reader, windows Media Player, Winamp, if installed, Realplayer, if installed, etc. all have separate volume adjustments in the Vista Windows volume control. I hope someone who is familiar with the vista volume control will carry the discussion further. You said you have worked with the volume levels over and over but you didn't indicate whether you successfully changed the recording level. I probably won't make any more comments, or very few because I haven't worked with the Vista volume control and I don't know if I have anything further that would be constructive to contribute. I hope my comments help generate useful discussion. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerri" <shalom75@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:12 PM
Over and over. I also seem to have two microphones in there, it's maddening. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:46 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: microphone inquirey Have you tried adjusting the Microphone volume level in Windows volune control? You may have the level set much too high which will result in severe distortion in recordings. If you need to know how to work with the Windows volume control, ask here. I can't help with the Vista volume control. The interface is not the same as the interface used in XP or earlier. Knowing how to work with the Windows volume control is essential for anyone who is recording using Windows. When a problem like this occurs, uninstalling and reinstalling devices or drivers should not be attempted until you make sure you are using appropriate volume settings. If experimenting with volume control settings doesn't solve the problem, I'd suggest getting an inexpensive external microphone.. You don't need a microphone that requires drivers or any kind of installation. Radio shack makes a clip on microphone that provides good speech results and costs about sixteen or eighteen dollars. You can clip it onto something like a shirt collar but I just hold it. I wouldn't be surprised if it sounds better than the microphone built into your pc even if that microphone was recording properly. the microphone I am discussing is not a USB microphone. You simply plug it into the microphone jack of the sound card, set the Windows volume control to record from the microphone source and adjust the microphone volume. this microphone doesn't produce professional quality sound but the sound is fine for general use. Radio shcak has a good return policy and if you don't like the microphone, you probably have two weeks to return it. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerri" <shalom75@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:08 PMHello, all. I have a Toshiba satellite running windows vista home premium. this lap top has a built in microphone but when I talk into it and play back, whatever I've recorded sounds distorted as though the microphone were blown. All the items in the control panel concerning this microphone show that it is in good working order. Also I tried installing the drivers and reinstalling them. Please help if possible.
