you have to use Mic Source
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/tree/src/modules/alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input.conf.common however front panel seem not a defined name for input and you just have three capture switches instead of capture source control for selecting Mic, line and aux in virtualbox with enumulated AC97 codes, sound preference show micrphone1 ,microphone2 and the other AC97 inputs such as aux, video, CD and line in -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171435 Title: [AV200 - Xonar STX, recording] Microphone is not working on frontpanel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1171435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs