mic issues

[br549]

Okay I upgraded my sound card to creative sound blaster, My mic will not broadcast. So i went to my old sound card it was broadcasting with a mic, but it didn't work either. I read the issues about a bug, so i swithed to encoder 2 still the bars on the mixer did not move, so that tells me i'm not broadcasting. So i read about mic to get new ones, so i did. its 8 dollar regular mic, my old mic was broadcasting too. the new mic does well. Still the mixer does not resopnd and family and friends can't hear me. Any suggestions? thank you.

[Nick@ss]

did you set everything to encoder 2??

the output tab abd the encoder tab??

if they are not both changed then it will not work

[br549]

yes, everything is set to 2. still nothing.

[Nick@ss]

try and press open mixers on the dsp input tab and make sure the recording mixer is set to what u hear

[br549]

i checked all the hookups too all is where it should be,

[br549]

I did what you said and all looks well, but the bars do not move when i talk. i asked a friend to listen to me he said i sounded muffled.

[minievan]

This happened to myself when i switched to soundcard. Unless your talking try using winamp all the time- It gives amazing quality. Also try to not type when your are talking as the Mic/soundcard will pick this up easier. >

[br549]

I've been trying for over a week to get this mic to work, i've tried everything. I reformatted and redownloaded it all, Still i sound muffled and weak. I put in another new sound card too, can someone offer any other suggestions? i use windows 98 have 256 mem. i downloaded the newest version of winamp. The server is working fine, all can hear my songs, just when i switch to sound card, nobody can hardly hear me. it was working fine, as i said until i changed cards, i even went back to my old card, nothing. thank you.

[dotme]

I guess one simple test would be the built-in Windows "Sound Recorder" - record a 10 second something, and play it back. If it's muffled there, then you're down to either bad card, or levels on the input.

My recording input is set to "Stereo Mix" and then I use the regular Volume Control sliders to mix wave and microphone inputs. You're probably tried all that, but in case you haven't...

[br549]

Well i did what you said and it is muffled, Is there a way to fix this? i bought 2 new sounds cards over the past week, one was a creative sound blaster, the other is a generic, from a computer store here. Do you think all cards are bad?

[dotme]

Wow - well I think it's unlikely that both would be bad, especially with the same symptoms. And you've swapped microphones already, and if the same thing happens - it almost has to be down to your sound settings.

Sorry if you've already done this, but I'll post what I would try in your position.

1) Double-Click speaker icon next to clock in Windows
2) Click "Options"... Click "Properties"
3) Select "Adjust volume for Recording"
4) In the window below, make sure the following are checked:
-Stereo Mix
-Line In
-Microphone
5) Click "OK"
6) Move sliders on all visible levels to 60% or so
7) Click box next to SELECT on "Stereo Mix" slider.
8) If you have an "Advanced" button under the Microphone slider, click it - If you have an option there for "Mic Boost" then make sure it is checked, then close the Advanced window
9) Click the "X" to close the Recording controls property.

Now you're back at the desktop - Double-click the speaker again. Go to "Options" - "Properties"

Make sure in the Playback options that you have checked:
- Volume
- Wave
- Line In
- Microphone

Then click "OK"

Now you're back at the playback mixer, boost Volume, Wave, Line In and Microphone volume sliders to max. Make sure "Mute" isn't checked on any of those four. Close.

Repeat your test with the Sound Recorder. See if it's any better. If not, physically unplug your microphone from the "Mic" jack on the sound card and plug it into "Line In" and do another test with Sound Recorder.

Hope this makes sense, and if you haven't tried it, maybe it will fix it.

[br549]

Okay,
Got it!! I nver would of thought of this, the slot it was in, in my motherboard must have issues, I changed slots, now i have mic sound. I never would of gussed it because I've always used that slot for sound. I called the comouter store where I bought the sound card from and he told me to give it a try. so i have plenty of sound cards now and my mic back. after a week, thank you for all your comments, and help

[dotme]

Cool - glad you got it working!

[lau2604]

I have Windows XP-SP2, Sound Blaster Live and I cannot see any Stereo Mix option as described above. Instead I have an option "What you hear"... Another problem is that I cannot check more than one one select box. I try to fix problem with microphone - I can stream music without any problem at 40kbps and 22kHZ stereo but when I switch to soundcard I am heard as speaking very fast by listeners then my settings change to 24/22 mono instead. What should I do?

[Nick@ss]

there is no stereo mix on creative cards but a witch called "what you hear" this is the one to use

ig you are streaming very fast to listeners please make sure that you are not using output 1 and encoder 1 on the shoutcast dsp and make sure you set it all up on 2

also make sure that any intros are the same bitrate of your stream as that can also cause issues like you mention

[lau2604]

Thank you nick@ss - my problem is gone!!! I have done exactly as you described and right now works great!!! Anyway - I have one more question: is it possible to broadcast short video clips using Winamp and Shoutcast? If this is possible what I should do and what listeners should do to receive not only music but also video? I have tried it before but my friends could only hear music without any video.