If you go back to the Recording tab, select Microphone and click on Configure, the Speech Recognition dialog will appear. There are many other options, including DVD quality, which you can use if you have a high-quality microphone. By default, itвЂ™s set to 1 channel, 16 bit and 44100 Hz, which is CD quality. On the Advanced tab, you can change the default format for the audio.

On the Levels tab, you can adjust the sensitivity of the microphone depending on your needs. Click the Apply button and any sound picked up by your mic should play through your speakers in real time. If you have multiple playback devices, you can choose from the dropdown list. By default, itвЂ™s set to your default playback device, which will normally be your headphones or speakers. Obviously, this will work much better if you are using headphones, so that the sound from the speakers doesnвЂ™t feed back into the microphone.Д¬heck the Listen to this device box and select the device you want to play the audio back through. So as you talk into the microphone, the sound will be played in real time to your speakers. This is a cool feature whereby you can play the sound that is being recorded by your microphone directly to your speakers. The more interesting feature is on the Listen tab. On the General tab, you get some basic information about the device and you can choose to disable it here if you like. If you select the microphone and click on Properties, youвЂ™ll be able to adjust quite a few settings.

Playback microphone through speakers