[Elecraft] USB Sound Card for Win7

[Mark Petiford]

Phil,

No special drivers required.  I use Win7 64 bit and it works great.

Try this:  Right click on the little speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen and click on "recording devices".  In the window that opens, right click on "iMic Microphone USB audio system", and click on Properties.  In the window that opens, click on the levels tab and be sure the volume is turned up and the button on the right says it is enabled.  You may need to experiment with the volume slider vs. the MIC/Line switch in the iMic.  I usually keep it on Line, and the volume slider at about 50%.  When I turn the volume up to about 20 on the KX3, I get a good waterfall display. 

I have been using an iMic for years, and once I make sure it is enabled and the volume is turned up, it works great for either I/Q or as an input to digital mode software (I use FLDIGI) input.  Keep in mind that sometimes, other software will change your settings, so you have to check them again if it suddenly seems to stop working.  If you want to use its output as an input to the MIC jack on the KX3, you will have to go thru a similar setup for the "iMic Speakers".

I think this little USB Soundcard is one of the best buys I have made.  When I first got it, I too had problems setting it up, but I was simply making it more complicated than it needed to be.  I really think it is easier under Win7 than XP because everything can be selected starting with a right click on the little speaker icon.  It all starts there.  No reason to open volume controls and figure out which menu you need to use next.

Hope this helps.

Mark
KE6BB



________________________________
 From: Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB Sound Card for Win7
 

On 6/12/2013 9:13 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

>> In setting up my new Win7 computer I find that my iMic USB soundcard
>> device is not compatible.
> 
> Huh?  iMic should be supported as USB Audio CODEC (the standard USB
> Audio Class Device).

That's what baffles me.  The system appears to load the above driver,
but no audio gets through.  Taking the device and plugging it into a
WinXP machine - audio gets through.  The manufacturer's site says that
the device is not compatible with Vista so I suspect that it is not
compatible with Win7 'as is".

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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