Microphone Problem? Maybe im just not doing something right...

mtbaird

i have my mic plugged into the Red input on my sound card but i cant get any recordings made. I can hear myself when i talk into the mic and when i blow into it, but when i try to make a recording with sound recorder, when talking, the green bars dont change and nothing is recorded.

Also when i got into Counterstrike and go into mic test, i press test microphone and get back noises that im not making. like whoosh whoosh whoosh really loud, even when i dont touch the microphone at all.


Anyone know whats up? I really dont wanna have to go back to Creative's drivers.

mtbaird

UPDATE

ok now i can record stuff with sound recorder

but i still get a hella lot of distortion when trying to test the mic in CS

dj_stick

in the record window mute the wave fader

mtbaird

k, in CS i still get distortion but people can hear me in game, wierd i know.

thanks man

dj_stick

if you get distortion, try reducing the volume of the mic, or turning off the boost