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Audio Problems, XLR to 3.5mm MIC constantly on, FL not recognising MIC
Good Morning, thanks for being here for me to at least ask some questions about sound problems I'm experiencing. I have spent literally hours trying to find answers under my own steam!
Basically, my first problem lies with the fact I am using an 'Audio Technica XM1' microphone, plugged straight into my RealTek High Definition Audio card; into the pink MIC point at the back of my PC. Now the problems I have are:
- The sound is constantly on, i.e. if I tap the microphone it always comes through my speakers, which are Creative 2.1, plugged into the same sound card.
- The microphone is really quiet, this maybe to do with the amount of voltage coming back from the 3.3mm jack on my sound card to power the MIC. I have raised the booster level but that induces a LOT of hiss, which is no good for me as I want to use the MIC to record audio in Fruity Loops (I have posted on the Image Line forum also but questions of such a basic level as this don't seem to get answered!
I have been into the sound settings a lot of experimented with different combinations of settings. I also have a Logitech 9000 web cam which I use for Skype but this is a USB device, it may be interfering with the sound card?
Lastly, and this is something more pertinent to Fruity Loops 9, but maybe a problem with how I have set my sound on Windows 7. Is that when I try to record live audio it's not picking up my MIC at all, as far as the programme's concerned I don't have a MIC when in fact I have two. IS this the problem? Is there a way to have the Logitech 9000 specifically used for Skype and nothing else and a way to have the Audio Technica MIC specifically used for recording audio in a quasi-studio environment?
Thanks for reading and thanks for any input.