Full Duplex Sound

feylya

I'm using a Dell 640M at the moment and I can't get full duplex sound, ie I can't hear what's coming from the microphone through the headphones. Anyone got any ideas cos I'm stumped

jcoote

have you got the microphone selected in the recording mixer properties?

feylya

Yup. I can record into Audicity fine and it plays back ok but I can't hear what I'm recording while I record

jcoote

have u the mic volume and/or speaker volume up enough?

i assume your recording guitar stuff yeah??

Anti

upgrade to a x-fi

Have you got the sound recording, and voice recording set as your primary input device ?

feylya

Yes to all of the above.

Anti

Maybe just maybe, its just not possible ?

jcoote

u don't have the mute selected under microphone do u??? (on the playback settings that is)

its possible alright i do it all of the time and i'm sure fey has in the past too

feylya

It should be possible. I can force playback through software in Audacity but the lag is ridiculous. Of course, to make things even more complicated, I'm no running XP although it didn't work under XP either

greglo23

right-click on the speaker icon in the taskbar and select adjust audio properties. select the voice tab and then test hardware. this should walk you through the setup.

jcoote

it can't be that ****ed up like its only a software setting if the hardware is working in audicity surely????


have u got the mic enabled to playback as well as record???

i know i said this already but its the setting that does it for me all the time???

feylya

Everything is set up as far as I can see

jcoote

has it ever worked with that sound card ????

unless there is a conflict in the device manager thats all i got bud

feylya

Nope, never worked. This is the first card I've come across in I don't know how many years that can't hear what's recording.

jcoote

thats a weird one alright and i know what its like not havin it..

i think anti was right... x-fi

feylya

Na, Toneport I think

jcoote

out x-fi more or less has a tone port built in that fits into a blank cd/dvd drive slot

http://ie.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=14065

feylya

*cough*

That's the Toneport

jcoote

i know its not that much different in fairness from what i can see and u get a sound card with a light up 'F' symbol on it

feylya

Can't see that X-fi fitting into a laptop though

jcoote

touche