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Logitech USB Microphone Problem

I have a usb logitech microphone and I'm trying to record myself singing along with music I have open in realplayer but the only audio that gets captured is my voice. The music that's playing in realplayer is not being recorded. I'm using windows sound recorder by the way. The music only gets recorded if I have my audio record settings set to my soundcard. But once I do this my voice will then not be recorded. I never had a problem with this when I had a headset microphone or one that just plugs into the audio input on the computer. But with my new  USB microphone, I cannot get it to record stimulaneously with  the music I have playing in realplayer. The USB microphone has to be set to it's driver "AK5370" in order to work.

Does anyone know how I can get the microphone to capture my voice along with my music I have playing in realplayer? Windows audio device manager seems to only allow for one capture device to be selected. Any help would be appreciated.

Logitech USB Microphone Problem

Reply #1 –
USB typically does not have any on-computer mixing abilities. If this can be made to work, it probably requires a multi-track recording program. One track will be set to capture the internal program, playing through your other soundcard, a second track will be set to capture the second audio device, the USB microphone. This may work well enough for short recordings but the two soundcards will not be synced together. They each have their own independent clock and what you are listening to via the other soundcard will not stay in time with the signal coming in from the microphone.

Logitech USB Microphone Problem

Reply #2 –
Quote from: AndyH-ha on
USB typically does not have any on-computer mixing abilities. If this can be made to work, it probably requires a multi-track recording program. One track will be set to capture the internal program, playing through your other soundcard, a second track will be set to capture the second audio device, the USB microphone. This may work well enough for short recordings but the two soundcards will not be synced together. They each have their own independent clock and what you are listening to via the other soundcard will not stay in time with the signal coming in from the microphone.


I just saw this post while looking up info on a USB mic I just picked up.....One way to overcome your problem is to use Audacity and record your music using your sound card as the source, then use the option in Preferences to "Play other tracks while recording a new one". It's on the Audio I/O tab, down at the bottom.

Just a thought...

Logitech USB Microphone Problem

Reply #3 –
NB you won't get good results here with the logitech. But you probably knew that already.

Logitech USB Microphone Problem

Reply #4 –
Quote from: CSMR on
NB you won't get good results here with the logitech. But you probably knew that already.


I just tested this with my logitech USB headset using ASIO4ALL drivers and the results are surprisingly good, especially given what they are intended for. I can get the latency under 3ms, plenty low syncing with other material, and the recordings are very clean. It's not studio quality by any means, but much better than i expected.

Not sure if Audacity supports ASIO but if so then it's worth trying. I tested it in Acid 6 and it worked great.

Logitech USB Microphone Problem

Reply #5 –
Yes, it is clean. But for singing, tone is important.