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| larryinc64:
So I got my new laptop and I was testing to see if it improved Mic quality over my last PC, and it does, but my PC has a shared Headset port, and both mic and headphones (Or my external speaker) share a port. I was testing the Mic, and when I played it back, the audio played through the Microphone. I am completely confused by this, ad had no idea that was possible. I'm guessing the voice picked up was from my laptops built in mic, but I need my external ones to work as a mic. I don''t know how to fix it and Google has not given me any help, I'm recording in Audacity, and have Realtek driver stuff. Help? |
| taigr81m:
I'm trying to make sense out of your message. you have an external mic and an internal mic. you try to record [your voice] using the external mic but you only hear audio recorded from an internal mic. is that correct? I would make sure that the default recording device is correct in the control panel applet [Windows] or using the Realtek software. I have a laptop with RT card and RT has software for changing settings. I thought that a dialog box appears when connecting a mic using RT hardware. |
| larryinc64:
--- Quote from: taigr81m on July 07, 2013, 01:37:59 AM ---I'm trying to make sense out of your message. you have an external mic and an internal mic. you try to record [your voice] using the external mic but you only hear audio recorded from an internal mic. is that correct? I would make sure that the default recording device is correct in the control panel applet [Windows] or using the Realtek software. I have a laptop with RT card and RT has software for changing settings. I thought that a dialog box appears when connecting a mic using RT hardware. --- End quote --- My external mic is outputting sound. You can hear audio from the mic. My laptop only has 1 audio jack with a image of a headset next to it like the one in this image: Realtek thinks the mic is a speaker. |
| taigr81m:
yikes! I have two separate jacks for mic and headset, so that is a strange setup but Realtek is odd to me. I do know that Realtek seems to use their software to control all of the HD audio input/output/config I have my laptop now and I am looking at my RT setup. Whenever you connect an audio device to a laptop with RT hardware, a dialog box should appear which prompts a user to define the type of device that is being attached to the system. a mic, speakers, headset etc. it is almost as though RT uses one jack or two for everything and expects a user to tell the software what is the device. If you have a Windows 7 system, try right-clicking on the speaker icon by the clock. You should be able to access the RT software. Check to see if the mic is present in the software. Also, make sure that Windows is not trying to control the mic. Update RealTek drivers. My RT software has a recording tab that allows me to change settings for any mics I think that you are correct, RT software is seeing the mic as speakers. Software settings should allow you to change that device control. |
| taigr81m:
Check to see if you have the Realtek HD Audio Manager Software installed. I find mine in the Hardware and Sound category of the Control Panel (Win 7) |
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