Re: problem recording sound: etch & creative audigy

[Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@yahoo.es>]

Len Berman wrote:

> I have a dual boot box.  etch & WinXP.  The MB is a
> Soyo KT333 Dragon Lite.  I am having trouble recording
> sound (in particular using Skype).  I disabled the
> onboard sound since I couldn't get that to work with
> either XP or etch.
> 
> I bought and installed a Creative Audigy SE.  This
> works fine in XP; however, in etch I can hear sound
> (speaker-test) but can't figure out how to configure
> the mike.
> 
> I really don't know where to start with this.  Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> --Len
Hi Len,
Have you tried using a mixer, for example alsamixer, to make sure that your
mike level is correct? Sometimes this is set to the minimum by default and
you have to change it yourself to get the mike to work properly.
Cheers,
Jonathan