Click that and you’ll see the green check mark switch to the device you selected. If not already the default the “Set Default” button will un-grey itself. Select the device you would like to use by clicking on it. It’s important to set the device you would like to use as the default so the recorder automatically chooses it as it’s recording device. The default device the computer will use for all audio input is indicated by a green check mark. The blue arrows are pointing to the device’s hardware name, In this case “C-Media USB Audio Device” is my headset and “High Definition Audio Device” is my computer’s built-in sound card. In this screenshot the computer is showing me that I have both a USB Headset and a Microphone Array connected to the computer. This will open the “Windows Sound Properties” to the “Recording” Tab In the pop up dialouge box, click “Recording Devices” If you don’t see the “speaker” icon, click the arrow to the left of the task-bar icons, You should find the “speaker” icon hiding out in there. To get started, first right-click on the “speaker” icon in the task-bar next to the clock This guide will show you how set the default recording device and adjust the input volume to achieve the best sound when using any microphone (internal or external) with the Panopto Recorder in Windows 7.
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The built-in voice recording on Windows 10 will not do the trick. To improve the voice quality that’s picked up by your mic, and heard by your speakers, you can look for apps that are specifically built for recording/broadcasting audio. You’ve basically connected your mic to your speakers with nothing in between. This is because you’re not using any app to transmit the audio. Feedback from your mic may be picked up by your speakers and there won’t be any filtering out the background noise. It goes without saying that you may experience some distortion or interference, especially if the mic and speakers are in close proximity to each other. Any and all sound picked up by your mic will be output to your speakers. Here, enable the Listen to this device option. On the Properties window for the mic, go to the Listen tab. With the mic set as default, and selected in the list of Recording devices, click the Properties button at the bottom. The process for setting a default mic is the same as that for speakers right-click it and select Set as default from the context menu. Make sure that it is set as the default recording device before you proceed. Next, go to the Recording tab and select the mic you want to speak/broadcast from. To set the speakers as default, right-click them and select the Set as default device option. Here, select the speakers that you want to output sound to, and set them as default. On the Sounds window that opens, go to the Playback devices tab. The choice is yours.Ĭonnect the devices you want to use to broadcast sound and then right-click the speaker icon in the system tray. You can do this for a mic/speaker combo device like the built-in mic and speakers or you can mix and match, and use your built-in mic with external speakers, wired or Bluetooth.