Don't have a mic at home? Don't worry, your headphones can do the job! These days pretty much everyone has at least one or two pairs of headphones laying around. Now, here is a fantastic way to turn your headphones into a mic that most people hardly know about. Just fallow the four simple steps below.
- Connect your headphone jack into the pink jacket of the sound card.
- Now open any sound recorder software and start recording.
- Now take the headphone and put it near your mouth; make sure to speak loudly.
- You will notice the sound recorder, picking up your voice!
Well there you have it. This simple tip took less than 30 seconds to achieve. This trick will not give you perfect result like a real mic does, so don't use it as your primary mic to call people on Skype.
Side note: I wonder if more expensive headphones achieve better quality to picking up your voice. If anyone tries this tip on a good pair of headphones make sure to leave a comment on how well it picked up your voice.
Thanks for the tip:)
I actually tried this and I have to say that it worked perfectly. I didn't really have expensive headphones, so I really don't know how much better the sound quality can get.
I'm not trying to be an ass, but I really thought that was common knowledge. The walkie-talkie is a good example of it.
It's really because speakers and microphones are very similar to each other. The microphone is basically a silent speaker, so that's why it works. However even if you try it on a $40,000 set of speakers it still won't produce any good sound since the speaker is forced to work in reverse. You'll always loose some of the hi-end.
Thanks for the info Pundan:)
Don't worry you didn't sound like an ass, lol