re: Microphone

re: Microphone

[Daron Ryan]

 Hello Gustavo,

Thanks responding but I don't understand how this will help. This 
program appears merely to record sound. It sounds as though it is just a 
high level program. I need my microphone to work with VOIP, that is my 
purpose. My microphone has not worked with Ekiga, Audicity or other 
programs I have tried. I don't understand how this will help. I was 
hoping to find out where to find drivers or how to adjust the OS.

Regards,
Daron.


Gustavo Chain wrote:
 > El Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:45:51 +0930
 > Daron Ryan <daron.ryan@gmail.com> escribió:
 >
 >   
 >> Hello Conway,
 >>
 >> I am using audacity to test the microphone. I will check the tab
 >> function on the alsa mixer, I haven't tried that. Thanks for that.
 >>
 >> Regards,
 >> Daron.
 >> Conway S. Smith wrote:
 >>  > On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:32 +0930
 >>  > Daron Ryan <daron.ryan@gmail.com> wrote:
 >>  >  
 >>  >> Hi,
 >>  >>
 >>  >> I have recently purchased a microphone / headset but can not get
 >>  >> the microphone to work. The system is dual boot and the
 >>  >> microphone works under windows but not Linux. Here some of the
 >>  >> details of the system
 >>  >>
 >>  >> Distribution:                                Fedora 64bit
 >>  >> Audio card:                                 Intel 82801H (ICH8
 >>  >> Family) ALSA driver version:                 1.0.14.
 >>  >>
 >>  >> I have tried adjusting microphone up to maximum volume using
 >>  >> alsamixer (I assume maximum volume means maximum sensitivity).
 >>  >> This only causes a hiss when microphone input is played back out
 >>  >> again with no sign of my voice. What else can I try?
 >>  >>
 >>  >> Regards,
 >>  >> Daron.
 >>  >>
 >>  >>    
 >>  >
 >>  > What program are you using to test the microphone?  Several
 >>  > applications still use the older OSS instead of the newer ALSA
 >>  > interface, especially for microphones.  ALSA includes OSS
 >>  > compatibility, but the mixer levels are somewhat separate.  Try
 >>  > using an OSS mixer program, like rexima or aumix, as well as
 >>  > alsamixer, and make sure that both the OSS & ALSA mixers are set
 >>  > to record from the microphone & the capture level isn't 0.  Also
 >>  > note that in alsamixer there are separate playback & capture
 >>  > levels for the microphone, as indicated in the "View:" line
 >>  > towards the top: pressing tab should cycle them.
 >>  >
 >>  > Good luck,
 >>  > Conway S. Smith
 >>  >  
 >>
 >>
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 >
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 >
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Microphone

[Daron Ryan]

Hi,

I have recently purchased a microphone / headset but can not get the 
microphone to work. The system is dual boot and the microphone works 
under windows but not Linux. Here some of the details of the system

Distribution:                                Fedora 64bit
Audio card:                                 Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family)
ALSA driver version:                 1.0.14.

I have tried adjusting microphone up to maximum volume using alsamixer 
(I assume maximum volume means maximum sensitivity). This only causes a 
hiss when microphone input is played back out again with no sign of my 
voice. What else can I try?

Regards,
Daron.

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Re: Microphone

[Conway S. Smith]

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:32 +0930
Daron Ryan <daron.ryan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have recently purchased a microphone / headset but can not get the 
> microphone to work. The system is dual boot and the microphone works 
> under windows but not Linux. Here some of the details of the system
> 
> Distribution:                                Fedora 64bit
> Audio card:                                 Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family)
> ALSA driver version:                 1.0.14.
> 
> I have tried adjusting microphone up to maximum volume using
> alsamixer (I assume maximum volume means maximum sensitivity). This
> only causes a hiss when microphone input is played back out again
> with no sign of my voice. What else can I try?
> 
> Regards,
> Daron.
> 

What program are you using to test the microphone?  Several
applications still use the older OSS instead of the newer ALSA
interface, especially for microphones.  ALSA includes OSS
compatibility, but the mixer levels are somewhat separate.  Try using
an OSS mixer program, like rexima or aumix, as well as alsamixer, and
make sure that both the OSS & ALSA mixers are set to record from the
microphone & the capture level isn't 0.  Also note that in alsamixer
there are separate playback & capture levels for the microphone, as
indicated in the "View:" line towards the top: pressing tab should
cycle them.

Good luck,
Conway S. Smith

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