On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:34:53 -0400
Silvan <dmmcintyr@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 13 June 2004 06:29 pm, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > I've been attempting to plus an inexpensive mic into my computer, to
> > start recording sounds clips.
>
> > My speakers are plugged into the connector, which leaves 2
> > connectors to try.
>
> On most recent things it will be the red hole.
Thanks.. That's what I thought. But with nothing appearing to work, I
wasn't sure.
> > I've been using sound-recorder, which dutifully records nothing when
> > I plug the mic into either hole/connector.
>
> Sounds like a mixer problem. Mixers under ALSA can be a real bear to
> figure out. I'm not familiar with yours, so I can't be directly
> helpful.
I've been using aumix & kmix. selecting the different sources.
> With mine (SB Live!) I have to set the "Capture Source" to "Mic" and
> then activate and crank up the "AC97 Capture" slider to capture
> anything from my microphone.
>
> The only mixer I've found where I can actually accomplish this
> consistently is something called KAMix, which we don't even have for
> Debian. I've tried everything, and nothing else presents the controls
> I need in a way that lets me control all of them. It's really quite a
> horrible mess.
>
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