[Electronics-talk] computer microphone

[Sean Paul]

Does the mic have a port for plugging in headphones or something? It 
shouldn't cut the sound of your computer out just by plugging it in unless 
it has some way of plugging in headphones to it in which case the mic is 
acting as a secondary sound card. Changing the output device settings should 
have no efect on a mic, that is an input device. Unless as in the case of a 
mic with a headphone settup on it will as again, it's acting as a secondary 
sound card. I had this issue when hooking up my Audio Technica ATR-2100 to 
my computer as this mic has an audio output jack on it which was taking over 
my sound card.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:53
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] computer microphone


> you have to change your output device in the audio manager so it 
> recognizes
> the mic
> Denise
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Lauren Merryfield 
> <lauren1 at catliness.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I bought a microphone for my computer that plugs into the usb port but
>> when I plug it in, jaws says "a new device has been detected" or 
>> whatever,
>> and then the sound goes out.  I wonder why I wouldn't still have Jaws
>> speaking through my speakers.  Is there a certain kind of mic I should 
>> get
>> that won't cut out the sound through my speakers?  Do I have to have any
>> kind of drivers or whatever for the mic to work?  I've never hooked up a
>> mic to my computer before, so this is all new to me.
>> Thanks
>> Lauren
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