Please help - I have an HP p6347 desktop machine. Two days ago an audio input into the machine either by download or by microphone recording, only plays out of the left speakers and not out of both left and right. Likewise on my stereo headphones. All other audio previously loaded on the machine via download or external microphone play back fine. Spent 3 hours with tech support downloading original drivers with no success. Can I install another sound card or what? Thanks

Make sure you have the microphone checked as a recording device in the Auido Sound Properties. Click Start/Control Panel and look for Sound or Audio and look through it to make sure the Microphone is selected as a recording device, that the volume is up and that the microphone is not muted.

You can also click the megaphone at the bottom right near the time to get to the Audio Sound properties.

There might be a way of testing the recording device by clicking Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/Sound Recorder.

If all fails try downloading and reinstalling the Audio Drivers.
Get onlineand got to www.google.com In the google search box type: "CompaqSupport" or "HP Support" (without the quotes and put your manufacturer name before Support). Look for downloads and drivers. Enter your model number and operatingsystem when requested. Download and install the Audio drivers.

The only way I can see doing this is to use a recording program on your computer. Plug in a microphone to your audio input and make that the active audio input. For Windows 7, click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound. Then select Manage Audio Devices. Set your microphone up near the speaker of the answering machine.

Launch the recording software and start a recording session (set the sampling rate), then press Play on the answering machine. Record all the messages until past the one you want to keep. Then use the editing features in the software to delete the early segments.

Audacity is one of the recording software programs that I use but most of my recording is from a cassette tape. I'm using line in and not the microphone.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Try to go into your control panel, Audio, then select the microphone as input. Should work now, try into the sound recorder. start menu, all programs, accesoiries, entertainement, sound recorder. Have a nice day. Cren

The issue could be due to incorrect audio settings.
I recommend you to follow the steps in the below link:
http://notebook-solutions.blogspot.com/2009/06/microphone-of-my-laptop-does-not-work.html
Also try reinstalling or updating the microphone drivers to isolate the issue.

first check if you have the right drivers on your computer for your audio, if you have audio like mine go to realtek audio manager it should be right beside the clock, then click on the top right corner it says device advanced settings it opens another box that gives you options for recording like tie up same type of input jacks, ie. line-in or microphone,as an input device. and it has another one separate all input jacks as independent input devices you could try one of those if you have realtek audio manager theres other options to that might help and if you dont have that go to recording devices and see if your mic is working properly and if its set to default device

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525. I used Skype ages ago and returned to it a couple of days ago. No one could hear me. I researched for 20 hours, downloading drivers, checking EVERY setting possible and NOW have got the ANSWER. The wires in the Microphone Array are fatigued. My microphone works perfectly when I tilt my lcd screen half way down. Go to Webcam Manager, Tools, Audio controls, the microphone has 2 bars which go green when you talk into it. Tilt your screen and watch the bars go up and down. Not the answer you probably wanted but as long as you skype with your screen half tilted everything is good to go

I have written a guide on How to convert Records and Tapes to CD. I have found that when someone asks me a question like yours here is what I tell them. Go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Download the program Audacity. It is a completely free program. It works great for many audio applications. It does not have spware or adware or anything like that attached to it. In fact many studios use this program. Click on the Download Audacity 1.2.6 link to download the program. Install the program and open the main window. In the middle of the window you will see a field that is labeled Microphone. If the field is not set to Microphone then change it by clicking on the drop down menu. There are two slider controls to the left and right of the small microphone icon. Click on the sliders and set them at about 1/2. These 2 controls are your microphone input level and your Audacity main volume control. Now simply click on the round red record button. Talk into your microphone. If your mic is recording you should see recorded sound waves in the middle of the window. Click on the square stop button and then click on the rewind button. Next click on the green play button. Make sure your computer speakers are turned up. If this doesn't work your sound card may not have recording capabilities or you may have your mic plugged into the wrong connection on your tower. You can move the mic to a different connection and try recording again. Just don't plug into your speaker connection this could damage the microphone. You can check to see if your sound card has recording capabilities by competing the following On your desktop click on start - control panel - sound, speech, and audio devices then click on sound and audio devices. When the small Sound and Audio Device Window opens, click on the audio tab. Under the title sound recording, you should have a sound card listed in that field. For example my card is a SoundMaxDigital Audio. The field is right next to the small microphone icon. If there is no card listed you can buy a cheap one online or even at Wal - Mart. They are very easy to install. You just find an empty slot on *********** board and your computer should recognize the card.

Take Windows 7 OS as an example, here I'll show you how to record music from YouTube with sound Recorder program.

1. Open Sound Recorder by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Sound Recorder, and then, in the list of results, click Sound Recorder.
2. Play the music or radio you want to capture, and click start recording.
3. To stop recording audio, click Stop Recording.

Note: Make sure you have audio input devices like Microphone.
This method is absolutely free but you have to play with speaker and use microphone, and it's very difficult to control the quality of the audio you capture.

Here are some more tools as well as methods to help you record audio from YouTube.
http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/recording-music-from-youtube.html

its on the back on mine but if you dont have one you could get a usb mic

the mic you mention is a dynamic mic, and needs a mic preamp to get decent levels for most computer sound inputs