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I'm having problems with my mic, hopefully someone here can help me out
Unless I'm REALLY loud, nothing registers with it into the computer and I can't hear it. In volume control, I have the line-in, mic, and rear mic volumes max'd out so that's not it. All other volumes are up too. I didn't used to have this problem.
Any ideas?
Good news and bad news. The good news is that your mic, from what I would guess, is fine. Bad news, there could be multiple problems based on what you left as a description of the problem.
Solution #1
Double Click your sound icon.
>>
Under "Options" go to "Properties"
>>
Select "Recording" and hit OK.
Now, you wanna make sure your mic is selected as the recording input.
Solution #2
If thats not the problem, and you're using a pre-amp, look for a -20dB pad, or something along those lines that might be adding a noise buffer to your recording.
Solution #3
Then, if that still doesn't work, adjust the volumes on said pre-amp - concentrating more on the output than the input. Chances are, if your mic is fine, and your inputs are correct - that your pre-amp/mixer is either junk, or not set-up properly.
Other than that, I don't know what it might be.
But, I tried.
what is your set up..? let's start with that...
Based on what you said, you may have the mic cable plugged into the wrong port on the mixer. Sounds stupid but it happened to me.
I got the wrong type of Mic Cable, so I totally ignored the port saying "Microphone" on my mixer and plugged it in to another slot. I ended up with very very faint sound.
So yeah, make sure you've got the right cables and they're all in the right slots.