Solved Bought wrong microphone for recording lectures, will this adapter work?

[EHoskinson]

Aren't the adaptors being suggested use this very "standard"? From previous posts supremekizzle used a combo headset/mic from his PS4 and olimjj used a peanut microphone from his original iPod, and the Surface recorded correctly. Looks like Microsoft conformed their connector to this configuration.

 

[supremekizzle]

Wish I was updating to say I was successful, alas, I wasn't. I bought this little guy from radio shack.

The good news is my SP3 at least now recognizes that there is a mic pplugged in.

However, when I go into onenote and start recording and then play back, I can't hear my voice. There is some sound, almost like putting your ear to a seashell, but that's it. No voice. I've tried various recording quality levels from within onenote, but nothing seems to work. Any more ideas @sharpcolorado? At least there's progress. The SP3 now recognizes the mic and there is some sound, however un-usefull. Thanks

 

[sharpuser]

Check your microphone level in the Recording tab of the sound system.

 

[supremekizzle]

Check your microphone level in the Recording tab of the sound system.

Volume=100 level=+10db Ive tried different levels....no go

 

[sharpuser]

That mic is way too high impedance.

 

[supremekizzle]

That mic is way too high impedance.

What does that mean? Any way to fix?

 

[sharpuser]

Well, you either ask the lecturer you are trying to record to come up to your microphone and shout the lecture into it, or you get different microphone with lower resistance (impedance).

That is, if you've tried this already:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en...rs/sound-volume-and-speakers#Adjustmicrophone

 

[supremekizzle]

Well, you either ask the lecturer you are trying to record to come up to your microphone and shout the lecture into it, or you get different microphone with lower resistance (impedance).

That is, if you've tried this already:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en...rs/sound-volume-and-speakers#Adjustmicrophone

damn. So high impedance=less sensitive? How does dB level factor in?

 

[sharpuser]

Yes - high impedance sort of means, impedes highest frequencies (white/background noise), and impedes amplitude (volume). Best for lapel uses, or near the speaker.

Could you try it on a PC or notebook computer somewhere? I'm wondering if your Surface Pro 3 does have a problem with level settings.

 

[supremekizzle]

Yes - high impedance sort of means, impedes highest frequencies (white/background noise), and impedes amplitude (volume). Best for lapel uses, or near the speaker.

Could you try it on a PC or notebook computer somewhere? I'm wondering if your Surface Pro 3 does have a problem with level settings.

At work currently. Will try it on my Asus Zenbook Prime when I get home.

 

[sharpuser]

Okay. Let us know. We'll work through this.

 

[olimjj]

@supremekizzle I remember that I had to remove the mike to playback and hear the file. Just a thought.