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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......

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right... errr...

 

I'd suggest you need to find some sort of software as I'm pretty sure Windows doesn't come with anything that will allow 3 channel playback (2 from the stereo music track, 1 form your microphone)

 

A good free one is Audacity - but that depends on whether you want to be able to do this real time or if you are simply recording voice on top of the music.

 

Ultimately, you're trying to 'mix' three input channels into two output channels.

 

Have a look for some 'DJ' software... that is basically all they do.

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right... errr...

 

I'd suggest you need to find some sort of software as I'm pretty sure Windows doesn't come with anything that will allow 3 channel playback (2 from the stereo music track, 1 form your microphone)

 

A good free one is Audacity - but that depends on whether you want to be able to do this real time or if you are simply recording voice on top of the music.

 

Ultimately, you're trying to 'mix' three input channels into two output channels.

 

Have a look for some 'DJ' software... that is basically all they do.

 

Not bothered about having the music playing and speak at the same time, I'd even unplug the music lead and plug in the mic lead straight to the speakers, if that helped - it doesn't :(

 

It's for a pub quiz, so speak a bit, put some music on, turn off the music and speak a bit more...

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Hmmm, sounds like the input isn't routed to the output. (that sounds so wonderfully simple doesn't it?)

 

Is there anything in audio preferences, like the level of the mic being turned down/muted?

 

The other possibility is that Windows has no software that will allow direct plugging through of input to output - wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. It might be worth looking for Audacity and setting it up to 'monitor audio input' or something - that should mean you can hear the mic?

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