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Microphone playback through speakers
While screwing with some settings to get my mic to work, I've inadvertently made it so that whenever my mic is spoken into, it plays back through my speakers. This causes a huge problem when I use teamspeak or ventrillo. It causes major feedback - if my mic is transmitting it plays every sound back that my computer is currently making.
IE: If i'm in a game and I'm getting bombed or whatever - well if I was holding down the mic transmit button, it will relay all that game noise through for everyone else to hear.
Basicall I'm sure there's some simple setting to change this, it never used to do this, any ideas?
Thanks much!
IE: If i'm in a game and I'm getting bombed or whatever - well if I was holding down the mic transmit button, it will relay all that game noise through for everyone else to hear.
Basicall I'm sure there's some simple setting to change this, it never used to do this, any ideas?
Thanks much!
In the task icons box down by the task menu near the clock, right click on volume icon, and select Open volume control. Select Options, and then properties. Under Adjust volume for, click in recording, and then ok. This will then open the recording control. Make sure there is no tick in "Wave Out Mix" as this is through the speaker. Put the tick in the Microphone box and then close the recording control box. Hopefully you should now be ok.
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When I follow your steps, and open the recording control, I don't have a "Wave Out Mix" section. I do see Mono Mix, Stereo Mix, Aux, CD Player, Line In, Microphone, Phone Line. The check mark was in the box for Stereo Mix, I moved it over to Microphone. However this didn't make a difference. But it seems like you're really on the right track, do you have another suggestion please? :)
just mute the Microphone that you see. or turn it down.
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Well when that happens then I can't speak through the mic which is my whole purpose in having it.
I'm not following you:
"While screwing with some settings to get my mic to work"
and
"it never used to do this"
Don't seem to go together.
If the MIC didn't work before then of course it didn't used to do this.
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"While screwing with some settings to get my mic to work"
and
"it never used to do this"
Don't seem to go together.
If the MIC didn't work before then of course it didn't used to do this.
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Did you use another mike before? normally it always reprodus-ces the sound input, but different models are available, with a different input selectivity pattern, or anti feedback characteristics.
double click on your sound icon in the bottom right, make sure you have the option for your microphone there. Click file then advanced settings. Then click the advanced buttom under your microphone volume sliding bar. Make sure there are no boxes ticked under the other options section.
This should fix it a treat!
Dave from GWN
This should fix it a treat!
Dave from GWN
ASKER
PC BONEZ - you said:
I'm not following you:
"While screwing with some settings to get my mic to work"
and
"it never used to do this"
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I should have explained that I recently reformatted and reloaded Win XP Pro on. So it never used to to this before the reload. The reload went smooth. My mic however is being weird.
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adi_vladut - I will try those steps when I get home today, thank you.
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nobus - This is the same mic I've always used.
I'm not following you:
"While screwing with some settings to get my mic to work"
and
"it never used to do this"
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I should have explained that I recently reformatted and reloaded Win XP Pro on. So it never used to to this before the reload. The reload went smooth. My mic however is being weird.
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adi_vladut - I will try those steps when I get home today, thank you.
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nobus - This is the same mic I've always used.
i agree with pc bonez here : you never told us you reloaded Xp. that is a new discussion, unless it worked normally?
When you reloaded XP pro did you reinstall the service pack and did you go to Windows Update and reinstall all the updates?
You may have had a patch on you previous installation that is not present on your clean install of XP.
The patch may not be to XP directly. It may be to media player or something else.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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You may have had a patch on you previous installation that is not present on your clean install of XP.
The patch may not be to XP directly. It may be to media player or something else.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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