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Where you connect a microphone to a computer depends on the connector the microphone utilizes. Generally speaking, there are two types of connectors used with microphones: the mini-plug and USB. Both types can connect to nearly any computer as most machines (including some laptops and Chromebooks) have both.

The sections below have images and descriptions that help you determine which type of connector your microphone uses. Once you've figured that out, follow the instructions on how to get it connected to your computer.

Run Windows Troubleshooter. Windows Troubleshooter is a tool that is designed to diagnose.

USB microphone

First, locate any available USB port and plug the microphone into it. They are found on the front, back, or sides of desktop, laptop, and all-in-one computers. Once connected, the computer should automatically detect the microphone and install the drivers for it. After the software is installed, you can verify the microphone is ready for use by accessing the sound settings and looking through the options.

What if the mic isn't detected automatically?

First, if you're plugging a USB microphone into the top or front of a desktop, try connecting it to the back. Some cases require the additional wiring to 'activate' secondary USB ports, the ones not connected directly to the motherboard.

If the computer still does not detect your microphone and you've installed the software, you may need to download the drivers yourself. Fortunately, we have pages with these instructions, which are listed below:

Mini-plug microphone

Many microphones utilize a mini-plug connector, similar to that which you would find on your mobile phone, tablet, or iPod. On a desktop computer, the microphone jack is often on the back and identified by the pink color, as shown in the image. However, microphone jacks may also be on the top or front of the computer case.

Many laptop computers and Chromebooks have a microphone built into them. If not, the microphone jack is usually on the front edge, or near the front left or right side.

What if the mic isn't detected automatically?

If the computer does not automatically detect your microphone and install the software, you may need to download the drivers yourself. Fortunately, we have pages with these instructions, which are listed below:

How to see if the microphone is detected

Press the Windows key, type Control Panel in the Windows search bar, and press Enter.

Or, open the Windows 10 Start menu, and choose Windows System > Control Panel.

In the Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound.

Under Sound, click Manage audio devices.

At the top of the window, click the Recording tab. If you have an internal or external microphone, it's displayed in the middle section.

If you have more than one input device, you can switch to another by selecting it, and then clicking the button and then the button.

Tip

If you have more than one input device, you can switch to another by selecting it, and then clicking the button and then the button. Furthermore, you can select the microphone in this list and click the Properties button to change microphone settings, including the volume level for recording.

Additional information

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Starting with Windows 10, release 1703, a USB Audio 2.0 driver is shipped with Windows. It is designed to support the USB Audio 2.0 device class. The driver is a WaveRT audio port class miniport. For more information about the USB Audio 2.0 device class, see https://www.usb.org/documents?search=&type%5B0%5D=55&items_per_page=50.

The driver is named: usbaudio2.sys and the associated inf file is usbaudio2.inf.

The driver will identify in device manager as 'USB Audio Class 2 Device'. This name will be overwritten with a USB Product string, if it is available.

The driver is automatically enabled when a compatible device is attached to the system. However, if a third-party driver exists on the system or Windows Update, that driver will be installed and override the class driver.

Architecture

usbaudio2.sys fits within the wider architecture of Windows USB Audio as shown.

Related USB specifications

The following USB specifications define USB Audio and are referenced in this topic.

USB-2 refers to the Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 2.0
ADC-2 refers to the USB Device Class Definition for Audio Devices, Release 2.0.
FMT-2 refers to the Audio Data Formats specification, Release 2.0.

The USB-IF is a special interest group that maintains the Official USB Specification, test specifications and tools.

Audio formats

The driver supports the formats listed below. An alternate setting which specifies another format defined in FMT-2, or an unknown format, will be ignored.

Type I formats (FMT-2 2.3.1):

PCM Format with 8..32 bits per sample (FMT-2 2.3.1.7.1)
PCM8 Format (FMT-2 2.3.1.7.2)
IEEE_FLOAT Format (FMT-2 2.3.1.7.3)

Type III formats (FMT-2 2.3.3 and A.2.3):

IEC61937_AC-3
IEC61937_MPEG-2_AAC_ADTS
IEC61937_DTS-I
IEC61937_DTS-II
IEC61937_DTS-III
TYPE_III_WMA

Feature descriptions

This section describes the features of the USB Audio 2.0 driver.

Audio function topology

The driver supports all entity types defined in ADC-2 3.13.

Each Terminal Entity must have a valid clock connection in compatible USB Audio 2.0 hardware. The clock path may optionally include Clock Multiplier and Clock Selector units and must end in a Clock Source Entity.

The driver supports one single clock source only. If a device implements multiple clock source entities and a clock selector, then the driver will use the clock source that is selected by default and will not modify the clock selector’s position.

A Processing Unit (ADC-2 3.13.9) with more than one input pin is not supported.

An Extension Unit (ADC-2 3.13.10) with more than one input pin is not supported.

Cyclic paths in the topology are not allowed.

Audio streaming

The driver supports the following endpoint synchronization types (USB-2 5.12.4.1):

Asynchronous IN and OUT
Synchronous IN and OUT
Adaptive IN and OUT

For the asynchronous OUT case the driver supports explicit feedback only. A feedback endpoint must be implemented in the respective alternate setting of the AS interface. The driver does not support implicit feedback.

There is currently limited support for devices using a shared clock for multiple endpoints.

For the Adaptive IN case the driver does not support a feedforward endpoint. If such an endpoint is present in the alternate setting, it will be ignored. The driver handles the Adaptive IN stream in the same way as an Asynchronous IN stream.

The size of isochronous packets created by the device must be within the limits specified in FMT-2.0 section 2.3.1.1. This means that the deviation of actual packet size from nominal size must not exceed +/- one audio slot (audio slot = channel count samples).

Descriptors

An audio function must implement exactly one AudioControl Interface Descriptor (ADC-2 4.7) and one or more AudioStreaming Interface Descriptors (ADC-2 4.9). A function with an audio control interface but no streaming interface is not supported.

The driver supports all descriptor types defined in ADC-2, section 4. The following subsections provi

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