Re: Microphone problems

Chris Morriss wrote:
> In message <3m9a68F15tgisU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Epetruk
> <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to use a hi-fi microphone to do some digital recording.
>> Basically, I want sound to go from the microphone to a hi-fi and
>> into the sound card of a computer. What I have done is to buy a
>> splitter to split the sound signal so that it can be directed to
>> both the sound card and the hi-fi. I have also got an adaptor to
>> plug one of the ends of the splitter into so that it will go into
>> the 'microphone-in' socket of sound card. Here's a picture of the
>> microphone, the splitter (circled in red) and the adaptor (in
>> yellow):
>>
>> http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0031a5vw.jpg
>>
>> Unfortunately, when I plug the adaptor into the sound card socket,
>> there's no input, i.e. a recording program (like Sound Recorder)
>> can't pick up any signal.
>>
>> Also, I find that after plugging the mic into the splitter and
>> plugging one plug of the splitter into the hi-fi and before
>> plugging the other plug of the splitter into the adaptor, I can hear
>> myself clearly from the speakers of the hi-fi. but afte plugging the
>> splitter, I can barely hear myself - it's almost as though the
>> adaptor is some sort of 'sucker of sound'.
>>
>> I'd appreciate it if anyone can tell me where I'm going wrong here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Akin
>>
>> aknak at aksoto dot idps dot co dot uk
>>
>>
> Why not feed the mic into the amp, and then take the tape-out from the
> amp into the sound card?

The hi-fi I use doesn't have an amp I can plug a mic into - the only sockets
I can plug the mic into are mic sockets at the front of the hi-fi.

Any other ideas?


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