Micrphone and Applications

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Hello,

I have installed gentoo but i have this problem:

I connect the microphone and I try it, I can hear my own voice, but this does not work with any application like skype, sound recorder etc.
The microphone is ok it works well with my other Computer (has windows). Dont know what happen, what do you think?

thanks in advance
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curtis119 · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

Do you have all the applications set to use your sound system? ie. if you use ALSA do you have all the applications set to use ALSA as well?

Do the applications see the mic but just can't get any sound from it or do they not see the mic at all?

Did you try using the mic boost? There are sometimes other mic related settings that can affect it in the mixer, it depends on which sound card you have. I suggest emergeing aumix and seeing if there is a "hidden" mic setting that your normal mixer isn't seeing.
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bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Thanks,

As I said, the mic works, I can listen to my own voice when I speak,

How do I configure applications to "see" the mic??
or
How to get all the applications set to use ALSA?

thanks
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ElSenorPantelone · n00b Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 72

Run alsamixer in console, and if you don't have it, emerge alsa-utils. Go into the playback "tab" and mute mic. Go into the capture tab, I think f4 and hit space on Mic and space on capture until L R Captur is red under both Mic and Capture. make sure you turn up the volume using the up arrows.

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

How do I live the alsamixer saving changes

thanks!!
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glitch13 · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

ElSenorPantelone:

I would just like to thank you for writing the first howto (all 3 sentences) that helped me get my mic working for the first time after using Linux for over 5 years.

lorebett · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:31 am Post subject:

pivertd · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:06 am Post subject:

Hello,

Please check that the "Full Duplex" is activated in your kde sound settings.
On my kde it's : (french version):
Centre de configuration KDE -> Son et multimédia -> Système de son -> Matériel -> Full Duplex.

Regards,

lorebett · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

right! With Full Duplex it's working now!

it's quite strange since in Debian this wasn't necessary...

thanks a lot!

Jvb · n00b Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 14

Hello, first of all, thanks a lot. My microphone is working now and I can record sound in krec. However, my skype can't take any voice from me.
Here is what I did:
I enabled the full duplex thing.
I did the alsamixer settings, but I had also to disable the "IEC958" in the capture tab in order to get my microphone working in krec.
I have an Asus AN8-SLI deluxe motherboard, just for record.
Does anyone know why skype isn't recording any sound while krec is ?
Thanks a lot.
Regards

alistair · Retired Dev Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 869

hey guys.

Ive been trying to get my mic to work from the above info and have been using arecord -D plughw:0,0 RecTest.wav
and aplay RecTest.wav to test it. At the moment I am getting sound recorded but it is echoing.

Would anyone know of how to stop the echoing. Im using a headset and have a NFORCE4 motherboard with onboard audio (intel0x8)

Thanks
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__g_blade · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject:

hi

have the same problem..

can hear my own voice in my ear-speakers... but when i want to record with krec or call echo123@skype (1.3.0.30-r1) mic doesn't record..

alsamixer mic playback muted, capture set to LRCapture and volume up...

kde control - audio - set to full duplex

still problem
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Coltie · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

To avoid the echo, it "should" be enough to mute the monitor ( a setting with a mic under alsamixer with my intel 8x0)
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Macrex · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

Hi folks! As it was previously said, the problem comes from using kmix. Using alsamixer as described by ElSenorPantelone solved the mic issue in skype for me.

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

Hmmm I try to use alsamixer, but in Cature-Mode under "Mic" and "Capture" is a red written L R CAPTURE. I CAN'T put the volume up at "Mic"... I can do this at "Capture". Mic is working (I hear my voice over the speakers), but Skype and Krec are not using the mic.

mrazvan · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

dave_deu · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

Thanks from me too! I think some default setting was at fault in making alsa not work.

gestah · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 40

leosgb · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:17 am Post subject:

Hi guys,

Thanks for the tip! My krec records perfect now, I dont have the echo when I speak and I get to use skype :)

BUT, I cant edit my wav files in audacity. I dont get any sound. I need to edit the audio tracks using audacity.

Does any of you know what might be wrong? What kind of info would help to find a solution?

Thank you all again.

Moebius · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:42 am Post subject: