On Saturday 23 September 2006 15:37, Thufir wrote: >On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:23:32 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >[...] > >> But one gotcha is how the microphone channel is handled in the various >> mixers linux has available. >> >> What is desired is to have the microphone's controlling buttons set to >> enable the 'capture' function, but not to enable its output to the >> mixer. If you output to the mixer only, then you can hear yourself, but >> no one else can. > >[...] > >I think this was the problem I ran into last time I tried skype, but I >never knew what it was! thanks for the info :) You're most welcome, although I don't know why Lee isn't teaching this verse of the song too. Or maybe as a broadcast engineer, I understand it better, but I doubt that, its too close to simple "common sense" once you've cut enough trees to see the forest of audio option settings a little clearer. :) Lee? >-Thufir -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.