[linux-audio-user] Microphone not working

[Chris Welsh]

Daniel James wrote:

>>Microphone 30 -16,000hz
>>2.2K Ohm
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>Could be the wrong impedance for your soundcard mic input. My mics are between 
>50-600 ohms, although I do use a mixer.  Do you know this mic works for sure? 
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>>So is there a way to increase the micropnones gain? with aumix settings
>>on full and shouting only pruduces a tiny amount of sound.
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>Bear in mind that using more gain on the soundcard input will probably cause 
>noise. Ideally you want the mic to have a fairly high level output so that 
>not much pre-amping is needed. This is where battery-powered condenser mics 
>come in handy.
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>Cheers
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>Daniel
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Yep. Got it going. Played with the alsamixer and it finally works. I 
will however go for a better mic soon


Thanks everyone for your help


Chris