Need some help with acoustics!!!
I have :
laptop
speakers connect to laptop via headphone socket
microphone connected to laptop via mic socket
what I want to do is play some music from the laptop via the speakers - no problem so far - but also speak in to the microphone to amplify the voice.
no matter what I try I cannot get the speakers to pick up the mic - the speakers work fine, and the mic works [i think, but it is brand new, as I've managed to get the sound out of one speaker channel briefly but can't even replicate that now].
the microphone is mono, and I've tried a number of jack plugs - stereo in and out, mono in and out, mono in and out into a mono in stereo out, but can't get anything to work.
I'm now at the point where I think this may be software related rather than hardware???
Is there some sort of program I need to be running to get the voice into the speakers - the mic is recognised by windows......