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Subject:OT: Echo Mia help needed. Posted by: MyST Date:2/2/2003 7:11:17 AM OK, need some help. I tried recording from my mic to add some commentary to my video, but I wasn't getting any sound. I checked to make sure my Windows parameters had the Mia as the playback and recording device. The weird part is when I checked the Windows mixer, I can't even select anything for recording. When I select the recording option, their isn't anything listed. No CD, no microphone, no wave, nothing. So far the guys at Echo only suggested I try physically changing the card to a different slot, which I've done. They also said the Mia needs a pre-amp for the mic(something the salesman neglected to mention at the time). When I open Sound Forge and try to record, I don't get anything apart from a SLIGHT meter change(on the left channel, I'm plugged into input 1) when I tap the mic. OK, that might be due to a pre-amp being needed, but it doesn't explain the lack of recording options in the Windows mixer. I can't afford to buy a pre-amp just to find out it was the Mia that's defective. I've made sure to select the Mia as the playback device and recording device in SF, so that's not it. If I can get this resolved, I'd also like your opinion on using a UB802 mixer from Behringer as a pre-amp for the mic. Money is a HUGE issue right now, so please understand I'm trying to get the most bang for the (Mastercard) buck! Windows XP Home Edition Echo Mia with latest 6.05 driver CAD 22 microphone Thanks M
Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed. Reply by: drbam Date:2/2/2003 9:19:32 AM You definitely need a mic pre and if money is a big issue then the UB802 should work fine. None of the Echo 24 bit cards have a way to adjust recording input. This must come from a mic pre or mixer. If you bought your Mia new, its doubtful (altho possible) that it would be defective. Echo's stuff is extremely well made and sounds wonderful. Good luck. drbam
Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed. Reply by: Iacobus Date:2/2/2003 9:41:43 AM As Byron mentioned, you will indeed need a preamp for the mic, and the UB802 should fit the bill nicely. You will probably have to go into the Mia's software mixer itself to adjust mixer settings such as those for recording input. I know that I cannot adjust my Audiophile 2496's mixer settings in the default Windows mixer (it's practically blank as well); I must do it in the Audiophile's own mixer panel, which is installed in both the Control Panel and in the Systray. I imagine Echo did the same thing for the Mia. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed. Reply by: dkistner Date:2/2/2003 12:32:58 PM One thing it took me a while to "get" when I got my Echo Mia card is that the Mia's console takes over control of pretty much everything. Media Jukebox's volume sliders are locked to full volume, as are the Windows Volume things. I haven't tried to do any recording with my Mia, but if there's a workaround to the problem, I expect part of the secret lies in controlling what you're doing through Mia's console. Diane

Subject:OT: Echo Mia help needed.

Posted by: MyST

Date:2/2/2003 7:11:17 AM

OK, need some help.
I tried recording from my mic to add some commentary to my video, but I wasn't getting any sound. I checked to make sure my Windows parameters had the Mia as the playback and recording device. The weird part is when I checked the Windows mixer, I can't even select anything for recording. When I select the recording option, their isn't anything listed. No CD, no microphone, no wave, nothing.
So far the guys at Echo only suggested I try physically changing the card to a different slot, which I've done. They also said the Mia needs a pre-amp for the mic(something the salesman neglected to mention at the time). When I open Sound Forge and try to record, I don't get anything apart from a SLIGHT meter change(on the left channel, I'm plugged into input 1) when I tap the mic. OK, that might be due to a pre-amp being needed, but it doesn't explain the lack of recording options in the Windows mixer. I can't afford to buy a pre-amp just to find out it was the Mia that's defective.
I've made sure to select the Mia as the playback device and recording device in SF, so that's not it.
If I can get this resolved, I'd also like your opinion on using a UB802 mixer from Behringer as a pre-amp for the mic. Money is a HUGE issue right now, so please understand I'm trying to get the most bang for the (Mastercard) buck!

Windows XP Home Edition
Echo Mia with latest 6.05 driver
CAD 22 microphone

Thanks

M

Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed.

Reply by: drbam

Date:2/2/2003 9:19:32 AM

You definitely need a mic pre and if money is a big issue then the UB802 should work fine. None of the Echo 24 bit cards have a way to adjust recording input. This must come from a mic pre or mixer. If you bought your Mia new, its doubtful (altho possible) that it would be defective. Echo's stuff is extremely well made and sounds wonderful.

Good luck.

drbam

Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed.

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/2/2003 9:41:43 AM

As Byron mentioned, you will indeed need a preamp for the mic, and the UB802 should fit the bill nicely.

You will probably have to go into the Mia's software mixer itself to adjust mixer settings such as those for recording input. I know that I cannot adjust my Audiophile 2496's mixer settings in the default Windows mixer (it's practically blank as well); I must do it in the Audiophile's own mixer panel, which is installed in both the Control Panel and in the Systray. I imagine Echo did the same thing for the Mia.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: OT: Echo Mia help needed.

Reply by: dkistner

Date:2/2/2003 12:32:58 PM

One thing it took me a while to "get" when I got my Echo Mia card is that the Mia's console takes over control of pretty much everything. Media Jukebox's volume sliders are locked to full volume, as are the Windows Volume things. I haven't tried to do any recording with my Mia, but if there's a workaround to the problem, I expect part of the secret lies in controlling what you're doing through Mia's console.

Diane