When connecting a microphone to a personal computer, some difficulties may arise, for example, the microphone will be inactive or the system will not be able to detect it. In such cases, the cause of the problem may be any inaccuracy of actions during its installation.
Instructions
Step 1
Before you decide that the microphone is poor quality, you need to check almost everything, from the drivers to the sound card to the correct connection. The best place to start identifying your microphone is to test the active sound card in your system. Sometimes it happens that several audio devices are installed in the system unit. For example, an integrated sound card and a free-standing card.
Step 2
Click the Start menu and select Control Panel. In the window that opens, double-click on the "Sounds and Audio Devices" icon. In the window that appears, go to the "Audio" tab and check the availability of the choice of a sound processor in the "Sound playback" and "Sound recording" blocks. If there are two lines in both blocks, i.e. two different devices, you must choose the one you are going to use.
Step 3
If you know that you have two devices, but one of them is not displayed in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" applet, therefore, it is not active. To enable it, you must close all open windows and restart your computer. Press the Delete key at boot to enter BIOS settings. Find the setting of the controllers, among which you need to put the Enabled value for the Realtek or AC97 item. Press F10 to save and reboot.
Step 4
After the new device appears, use the drivers taken from the original disc. The hardware has been fully installed. Now connect the speakers (headphones) and the microphone to the audio board by inserting the plugs into the corresponding jacks of a certain color (for the microphone - pink, and for the speakers - green).
Step 5
Start the mixer, the icon for which can be found in the system tray panel. In the window that opens, go to the settings of the connected devices and check the performance of the speakers. To do this, turn them on, if this has not already been done, and click on the image of the speakers - the sound should appear in the corresponding speaker.
Step 6
Go to the recording settings tab and adjust the microphone recording volume by moving the slider to the left or right. It is also recommended to use the noise suppression and increased volume options (if available).
Step 7
To check the recording from the microphone, go to the "All Programs" section of the "Start" menu, in the "Standard" column find the "Entertainment" folder and click on "Sound Recorders". In the program window, click the "Record" button, start speaking into the microphone. After 60 seconds, recording will automatically stop, or you can stop it by pressing the "Stop" button.
Step 8
To listen to the recorded fragment, click the "Play" button. To save this fragment, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + S.
