I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

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sthutar
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I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

Post by sthutar » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:38 am

I have a regular Windows XP. I use a regular Phillips mic. I often to recordings using audacity for my band. This has been working before (about 3 months ago last time). I have made no changes to my pc, and have had this problem before. Can someone please help me???

...and yes, I have tried the stupid sound thingy at the bottom of the screen trying to unmute it. USELESS. I also tried running the test thingy, and it says i'm not missing anything, but it still doesn't work.

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Re: I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:25 am

sthutar wrote: .... I have made no changes to my pc....
Yes, but has Microsoft or your virus s/w provider downloaded updates to your PC?

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Re: I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

Post by sthutar » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:56 pm

Oh, yeah, I guess it does lol. I realized that we just got antivirus back on the comp, and it updated last night. Will that affact it?

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Re: I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

Post by waxcylinder » Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:38 am

sthutar wrote:...we just got antivirus back on the comp, and it updated last night. Will that affact it?
Quite possibly

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Re: I can't get my microphone to record any sound!!

Post by guitarman » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:09 pm

Hi WC, did you check your line in put volume to see if it's checked? tommy

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