Not truely technical so lock after I get thisa answered.

I went out and bought a mic, and I can record but the damn volume is so low you cannot hear it.... Whats up?...

 

If you're using a computer/laptop it's possible that you might have the option of automatic gain adjustment. If this is true, it will turn the volume down on the mic when the input gets louder... Just my $.02

 

All I have on the comp in the garage is the stupid recorder that comes with Win 2k I have tried everything.. I can max my Aiwa 400 watt sterio and its barely audiable...

 

Did you turn up the mic volume in the mixer?

 

Maxxed

 

you need a new soundcard........

 

That could very possibly be true... Does the computer playback audio at normal volumes?

 

I got it recording normally, but the recordings just sound like crap so...

 

when my metal band was recording our demo, we were using a multi-tracking program on my PC...............well, one of our guitars or something was up too high and blew the soundcard...............so now on my soundcard, my mic input doesnt work right............sounds like what happened to yours

 

No my sound card is fine. The only reason that the comp even has it is so that it can relay music to my sterio in the garage. I got it recording, but I was also recording in an enclosed space, with very poor acutics. It is ok when idling, but when I rev the recording gets static. Really doe snot matter, as the comp is now refusing to see that the CD rom is a Burner, and the comp in the house has a bad A: drive...