Thread: Mic stopped working!

I know exactly what killed mine..and new puppy.

But that probably not being your case...did you check your sound controls to make sure it isn't on mute on zero level volume/gain?

or
Check your mic pin and cable and make sure it wasn't bent or twisted accidentally

or

Are you on a Laptop? The built it microphone may be turned on and is overriding the external mic. You might need to check your BIOS and see if the Mic was turned on.

Hope that helps

Spanky

To narrow down where the problem is, see if you can find another mic to test with your computer, and also try your mic somewhere else and see if it works. That way, we can see whether it's a problem with the mic, the computer, or posibly both.

Hmm... ok, well that at least tells us that the mic's working fine, then. What kind of sound card are you using, and have you updated the drivers for it recently? Because if you haven't, go do it now.

What program were you using to burn the disks?

Also strangely enough, the mic volume that you see when you double click the volume icon in your taskbar is *not* the volume you're recording at, but rather the volume of your voice through the speakers when you speak into the mic. I actually have mine muted because I don't like to hear my own voice, and it records just fine. Here's how to get to the real recording volume if you haven't already done it:

Go to control panel -> sounds and audio devices -> audio tab and select volume under voice recording. Make sure mic is selected, of course, and turn up the volume if you need to. If that doesn't seem to work you can select Options -> advanced controls and hit the advanced button that appears under the microphone volume, and there should be a little check box that says mic boost or 20db boost.

See if that works.

Was this the first time you ave actually used it or is it old hat?