Need Help on Microphone Input for Laptop

[ALAN E NORTH]

Mark,

As for 'juicing' up the power by connecting two mini-1.5 volt batteries in series to get 3 volts, it looks easy enough to do, and while I might try it for a nose clipper or something similar, I would be reluctant to try this on a microphone.

While I am not an engineer, I do know enough about electricity to understand that excessive voltage can quickly burn out any device. I've done that often enough with things like light bulbs. I don't know if the mic is so sensitive that the extra 1.5 vots might burn it out-but I don't think I want to try. Do you know anybody who has done it ?

How do I 'open' version 3.40 ? The manual tells me it is included, but I can't find any way to 'open' it. I would think it would have to be installed separately, but the installation program doesn't give me any option to do that.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by ALAN E NORTH

How do I 'open' version 3.40 ? The manual tells me it is included, but I can't find any way to 'open' it. I would think it would have to be installed separately, but the installation program doesn't give me any option to do that.

In the directory c:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster There is a File called Hoster34.exe. That is how you open it. I right clicked and made a shortcut on the desktop for quick access.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by ALAN E NORTH

Mark,

As for 'juicing' up the power by connecting two mini-1.5 volt batteries in series to get 3 volts, it looks easy enough to do, and while I might try it for a nose clipper or something similar, I would be reluctant to try this on a microphone.

Now would be the perfect time to try it. It's still under warranty and it is not a critical operations item.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by marklwood

just have a suggestion about " still under warranty"..you would just be able to exchanged the mic, you wont get your money back..( at least in Florida " Guitar Center " ) i had a mic that i didnt like, i only had it for a few hours and i tried to return it and they wont take it back, due to "health safety reasons"..either i get the same mic or buy something that i like and pay extra...

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by billyo

due to "health safety reasons"..either i get the same mic or buy something that i like and pay extra...

You were just using this for your voice weren't you? Any other uses are not approved, nor advised

[billyo]

Originally Posted by marklwood

yup..and the other uses maybe you can tell me about it

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by billyo

yup..and the other uses maybe you can tell me about it

"no sir" I said, "that is a latex windscreen used for waterproofing"

[ALAN E NORTH]

Mark,

Don't know why I couldn't find 3.4 last night; I am very familiar with DOS file structure snce I wrote many of my accounting programs in Microsoft Basic which runs under DOS (a long time before Windows). Maybe it was just my bleary eyes at 3 AM in the morning.

I loaded 3.4 and retarded the sound a whole .5 seconds and now everything is in sync.

I will not take a chance on 'super-volting' the mic. It may not even be necessary since I found something else that works fairly well.

A while back I bought a little 'amplifier' from Radio Shack that runs on two
AA batteries. I used it to boost the ouput of my DVD player when watchng movies on airplanes. It worked well, but after the first try, I found out that I still needed noise reduction earphones.

I put the amplifier on the input side of the Soundblaster card and nothing worked; apparently, the mic needs to have its' output run through the card.

I then put the amplifier on the output side of the Soundblaster and I think this setup could be used to break your eardrums if you wanted to.

The drawback is that it also amplifies the music output from the laptop.

I didn't try adjusting the sound from Hoster; that might be a way to adjust the music output from the laptop relative to the voice output from the mic. . I'll have to try that next.

At any rate, I can now put this thing to bed.

Thanx again to you and to all the other guys who had suggestions.