On board audio problems

>check the 20db boost box

My seems to only offer 1db boost

>adjust bass and treble

There grayed out

>Does this help?

No - except that with the boost box is un checked there is no more humming
being recoreded. Now there is no sound at being recorded as all.
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UPDATE

After some fooling around I pluged my Microphone into the "Line-IN" socket.

It (kind of) works.

If I select "line-in," and slide the control all the way up in Recording
Control, I can record. But unless I shout the recording is week.

I can also record if I select "mono mix" or "stereo mix" But, while I don't
have to shout as loud to get a recording, there is a backround buzz.

Also, when it come to hearing audio in general, I found that if I change the
"environment" setting in the Sound Effect manager in control panel I get
somewhat louder audio.

So, Now that I have something, is there a way to make it better?
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"Zentraleinheit" <Zentraleinheit@Cop{REMOVE}per.net> wrote in message
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> UPDATE
>
> After some fooling around I pluged my Microphone into the "Line-IN"
> socket.
>
> It (kind of) works.
>
> If I select "line-in," and slide the control all the way up in Recording
> Control, I can record. But unless I shout the recording is week.
>
> I can also record if I select "mono mix" or "stereo mix" But, while I
> don't
> have to shout as loud to get a recording, there is a backround buzz.
>
> Also, when it come to hearing audio in general, I found that if I change
> the
> "environment" setting in the Sound Effect manager in control panel I get
> somewhat louder audio.
>
> So, Now that I have something, is there a way to make it better?
>
>

What kind of microphone is it? Its not a "balanced" mic is it because that
would display the symptoms you get as you are plugging into an unbalanced
input.

Just a thought!
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>What kind of microphone is it?

It a Labtec AM-22.

>Its not a "balanced" mic is it because that would display the symptoms you
get as you are plugging into an unbalanced input.

I Have no idea- I'll have to look it up

I assume that by "unbalance input" you mean the "line-in" jack.

And BTW what is a "balance" mic?

I have never run into any recording problems on my old ISA 8-bit sound card.
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A balanced mic is a mic with an extra "earth" wire normally used in pro
recording

If its a cheap mic with just a 3.5mm jack on the end then its probably
unbalanced but if it has a quarter inch jack plug on it then it could be
wired "balanced" and would cause the problems you mention

If you have no other mic to test then you can use a pair of headphones to
test...just plug the headphones into the mic socket and talk into the
headset speakers

If it sounds a lot louder than your mic then its the mic thats the problem!

Have you tired using 3rd party recording software instead of windows stuff
to record?

Like cool edit pro now called adobe audition

or if not try acoustica.com and download the free trial of their "mp3 mixer"
software and try that

all the sockets on your soundcard are unbalanced!




"Zentraleinheit" <Zentraleinheit@Cop{REMOVE}per.net> wrote in message
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> >What kind of microphone is it?
>
> It a Labtec AM-22.
>
>>Its not a "balanced" mic is it because that would display the symptoms you
> get as you are plugging into an unbalanced input.
>
> I Have no idea- I'll have to look it up
>
> I assume that by "unbalance input" you mean the "line-in" jack.
>
> And BTW what is a "balance" mic?
>
> I have never run into any recording problems on my old ISA 8-bit sound
> card.
>
>
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>If its a cheap mic with just a 3.5mm jack on the end

Its Maybe just me, but, $9.99 is not cheap , but, it does have a 3.5mm
jack.

>If you have no other mic to test then you can use a pair of headphones to
test...

I can't find my headphones, but, I did plug the Mic into my laptop computer.

No problems - A got a full rich recording.

>Have you tired using 3rd party recording software instead of windows stuff
to record?

In place of Windows own "Sound Recorder" I have used the sound chip makers
(realtek) own recorder, and others from Willow Pond, Nero, and ACID.

They are all the same, unless the Mic is in the "Line-in" jack and that
"line-in" in checked in "recording control," I either get nothing or static.

Maybe I should try to get batteries for my speaker? For while week the
recording(s) made sound clear.

While in the past I did not need to have them powered to use them, maybe the
design of the MB's audio chip make a power speaker necessary.

And, if this is of any additional help, I find that nothing is listed as
being connected under the "connector sensing" tab of the AC97 Audio
Configuration Manager Application in Control Panel .

If I try to run "connection setting" by clicking on Start. I get a message
to "please stop other audio applications before starting." Then when I click
"OK" a other window called ALSNDMGR appears with the message "Initialzation
failed!"

I hope that you, or someone in cyberspace" can find an answer.
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>2. Reinstall the driver only by using device manager to look for the driver
on the disc

I did try somthing along those lines, but, the drivers will not install
without Realtec own audio player.

Plus, when I manually use device manager to point to every folder\file on
the CD. The reply each time was that "no drivers are present."

Also, In one last test, I made a recording to a Floppy and played in on my
laptop. Then I made a recording on my laptop and played it on the desktop.

The recording from the desktop (using line-in) was weak and strachy, but,
hearable.

The recording form the laptop was clear and somewhat stronger then its
desktop version.

However, in the end, I have given up.

Even downloading new drivers has not worked.

So, I am looking for a new sound card.

But, what ever happen to the "simple" ones?

All I need is Mic-in / Line-in /Line-Out / Speaker-out/ jacks and an
internal CD connector.

All this Bull about multi-channel/Digital/ audio does not interest me at
all.

As long as I can hear it - its OK by me.
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"Zentraleinheit" <Zentraleinheit@Cop{REMOVE}per.net> wrote in message
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> >2. Reinstall the driver only by using device manager to look for the
> >driver
> on the disc
>
> I did try somthing along those lines, but, the drivers will not install
> without Realtec own audio player.
>
> Plus, when I manually use device manager to point to every folder\file on
> the CD. The reply each time was that "no drivers are present."
>
> Also, In one last test, I made a recording to a Floppy and played in on my
> laptop. Then I made a recording on my laptop and played it on the desktop.
>
> The recording from the desktop (using line-in) was weak and strachy, but,
> hearable.
>
> The recording form the laptop was clear and somewhat stronger then its
> desktop version.
>
> However, in the end, I have given up.
>
> Even downloading new drivers has not worked.
>
> So, I am looking for a new sound card.
>
> But, what ever happen to the "simple" ones?
>
> All I need is Mic-in / Line-in /Line-Out / Speaker-out/ jacks and an
> internal CD connector.
>
> All this Bull about multi-channel/Digital/ audio does not interest me at
> all.
>
> As long as I can hear it - its OK by me.
>
>
>

I wonder if this would work.

Uninstall all drivers and software and then do a windows update and see if
the card is recognised and a driver provided?

Maybe you tried that?

A simple soundblaster card would be ideal for you......try and get a
soundblaster live .... a CT4810 or 4830 are both good cards and can be
picked up on ebay for peanuts. Its much better to have a seperate card
anyway as you are then using less sytem resources.

If you were in the uk I could have sent you one but I assume you are in usa
as you talked in $$$
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