Windows 7

[donagel]

I have a platinum fatality card with the front I/o bay and I am having all sort of difficulty getting my Mic to work after I installed Win7.

In terms of just hearing the mic, I can hear its playback in both entertainment mode and audio create mode, but not game mode.  As soon as I choose game mode I get nothing but silence.  I have not tested using the back ports, though I guess I should have before writing this ;-).

Second, and possibly related, I cannot get BF2 to recognize my mic in any mode.  I think this has to do with the odd way Line in 2/mic in 2 are handled..or rather not handled.  While Win 7 see line/mic 2.  The creative software does not, or at least I only see line-in.  I used to use Muvixer, but this apparently does not work in win 7.

Any help would be appreciated........

[jmacguire]

Your line in or mic in on the I/O bay should show up as line in or Mic in -2.  These will not show up as just generic since you obviously have front I/O bay and rear of the sound card jacks.  You do have to change your recording source in your mixer before entering the game in Creative control panel, as well as your windows recording properties.  change it first in the Windows Recording properties, and then make sure it matches in your Creative Audigy control panel.  Do a recording test first using Windows sound recorder.  Battlefield 2 may be similar to Call of Duty.  I talked to the game developers' studio and they had said that their respective games primarily look for the mic on the back of the card and have no provisions for looking for other mic ports that may be avaiilable.  This also causes wrinkles with Ventrilo.  Mapping your "default recording device" in the Windows Control Panel, and then the Creative Control Panel is cruciial.  On my system for example, I use my X-Fi Titanium with my cooler master front panel jacks.  But if I run the game once with the headset and mic plugged in to the front jacks, play the game and exit, and then unplug the headphones and mic, the back jack becomes the default again immediately.  In my control panel, when my mic is plugged in it says, "Microphone FP".  When I unplug it, it only lists "microphone" as a choice.  Also with my card I have to set the Flexijack in the back of the card to microphone and not "line in".