Make sure your Mic volume is cranked. U could try retesting your make and cranking the volume in thier.
If u use say a soundblaster card you might need to open its software and find the mic setting in it.
Other then that, I dont know.
I recorded hours via an external mic. on my Toshiba laptop. There is a setting under "sounds," etc, in control panel where the mic. has to be checked as "boost mic". Somehow, this setting got unchecked. I need to amplify the *.wav file in order to hear it. Does anyone know of a way of doing this outside of all the built-in settings in XP? I've tried them all, including using external speakers, to no avail. Thanks a lot.

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