On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 18:28 Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2020, Mike C. wrote: > > > When you record, can you monitor the mic input in alsamixer such that you > > can watch some gui mic volume input bar respond to your voice? Just to > see > > if the meter is only moving a lil' bit or if it's spiking. Not very > > scientific, but something I would check. > > Mike, > > I use pulse which overlays alsa. There's a tool called pavumeter but I've > not seen it do anything when I speak into the microphone. On the other > hand, > pavucontrol's input devices tab shows sound from the mic like a VU meter > would, but the input needs to be at the maximum for the input tracking to > reach half-way up the scale. > > I'm going to ask on LQ tomorrow morning. Next weekend I'll shut down the > desktop and install the new sound card I bought (along with a couple of > other hardware upgrades.) > You have said earlier that the microphone is connected by USB to your computer. That USB connection is the audio card for the microphone. No matter what you other card you add to your PC, the microphone will still work through the build in USB sound card. > Thanks, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
