How to disable built-in mic - laptop

[nzausrec]

Hi,
I need some help to disable the built-in mic in the laptop.
The laptop and board is a brand new Turion64*2 processor with 1 gb ram. Has Realtek sound card similar to AC97.
I've got it so I can get a live line through the external mic line in but have the annoying built-in mic going through the record as well.
It's bad also because it's a shared connection with the built-in going through the left channel and the external going through the right.
I'm using Cubase. On Cubase I think there is a port choice on the Device Drivers setup? I would have thought I could choose a seperate port for the line in. I had no real result yet with that.

Anyone who has had this problem pls let me know a fix.

Many thanks.

 

[fishkarma]

right click on the desktop then go to the very bottom i think its preferences or something (the thing to change your desktop pic) then go to audio or sound or whatever its called in the tabs there will be 2 meters at the bottom play around there and youll find what you need im sorry to not be of much help im on a mac but i had to disable the mic on a friends laptop
sorry

 

[nzausrec]

aaah, workin' on it.
While I'm working on your advice I am still open to suggestions about disabling the specific built-in mic driver in the audio drivers.

 

[danny.guitar]

I don't have any experience with laptops.

You said the built in mic goes to one channel and the RealTek or whatever goes to another?

In your DAW, set the input of the track to whatever channel is the RealTek and record a mono track from that.

You will want to consider getting a firewire interface or something though and just disable the entire onboard sound all together.

 

[nzausrec]

"In your DAW, set the input of the track to whatever channel is the RealTek and record a mono track from that."

I guess then flick to stereo output while in Cubase ...
What or where is the DAW btw?

"You will want to consider getting a firewire interface...."

After spending thousands to get this far it's terrible thinking about even more expenditure. I just wish manafacturers could make things people can use. I hope in the end I can solve this without spending more.

Also, who the heck uses a built-in mic for recordings? It's like, "Use your cellphone to capture your guitar just like Joe Satriani."
Better they just make soundcards and if people want to record various incidents in their portable life, let them buy a small clip-in mic.

 

[timthetortoise]

Most people don't buy laptops or PCs for recording... if you wanted one already set up for it, you probably should have gone to a seller who specializes in it.

 

[nzausrec]

The whole point about it is home recording for a hobbie. And, it's not always possible to know all products, techniques and prices beforehand. So piecemeal learning and that doesn't include buying from a shop dealer for pre-built 4000+ dollar for processors, firewires, and mixers. I did fine with my PC input and preamp. I think the laptop should do what I need.
It's not a sole music use laptop. I use it for multimedia classroom presentations, too. On that point, having a firewire box sticking out is another bane. Wires everywhere.

 

[timthetortoise]

After spending thousands to get this far it's terrible thinking about even more expenditure. I just wish manafacturers could make things people can use. I hope in the end I can solve this without spending more.

That statement makes it seem like you were expecting it to be able to handle more than low quality applications, which is why I said what I did.

 

[danny.guitar]

"In your DAW, set the input of the track to whatever channel is the RealTek and record a mono track from that."

I guess then flick to stereo output while in Cubase ...
What or where is the DAW btw?

DAW = Digital Audio Workstation, in your case, I guess it's Cubase. It's your recording software.

I've never used Cubase, but I'm sure it has a place where you can set the input of the track to Left, Right, or Stereo. You'd pick either left or right, whichever one is the good one.

"You will want to consider getting a firewire interface...."

After spending thousands to get this far it's terrible thinking about even more expenditure. I just wish manafacturers could make things people can use. I hope in the end I can solve this without spending more.

That's cool, it just makes things a lot easier if you have an interface meant for recording purposes. A normal soundcard will work fine. I used a SoundBlaster for years and got results that I and a lot of other people thought were good. Upgrading to the M-Audio one did make a pretty big difference in clarity/noise but a normal soundcard will work.

Also, who the heck uses a built-in mic for recordings?

It's probably there for PC phone calls or online voice chat or something. So you can talk hands free. Other than that it's useless for recording. Unless you want an extremely 'lo-fi'/telephone effect or something.

Which might actually sound cool for some stuff.