External mic not showing up in drop down menu

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Re: External mic not showing up in drop down menu

Post by steve » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:09 pm

banditwpe wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:52 pm
 I have the notepad 12fx mixer
How is it connected to your computer?
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Re: External mic not showing up in drop down menu

Post by banditwpe » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:31 am

steve wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:09 pm
banditwpe wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:52 pm
 I have the notepad 12fx mixer
How is it connected to your computer?
with a usb
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Re: External mic not showing up in drop down menu

Post by steve » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:43 am

Check in the Windows Sound control panel and ensure that the USB mixer is not hidden and is enabled in both the Playback and Recording tabs.
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Re: External mic not showing up in drop down menu

Post by banditwpe » Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:46 am

steve wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:43 am
 Check in the Windows Sound control panel and ensure that the USB mixer is not hidden and is enabled in both the Playback and Recording tabs.
It shows up, it says driver unavailable then only sees it as a speaker
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Re: External mic not showing up in drop down menu

Post by steve » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:45 am

banditwpe wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:46 am
 it says driver unavailable then only sees it as a speaker
So we've found the problem.

Have you tried rebooting the computer?

Note that you cannot use Windows drivers and ASIO drivers at the same time. If you have ASIO drivers installed and then use any audio application that uses ASIO, that will block the Windows drivers.
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