routing pc mic to pro tools and play back in real time

[latprod]

Hi guys,

A little bit obscure, I know, but I don't know how else to phrase this question. What I am essentially trying to do is route a standard Win 7 mic (attached to a headset) into to pro tools, add effects to it, and route the whole thing back so that I can speak with real time effects in the mic. We're setting up a small event in my neighboorhood, but I have no idea how to do this since i mostly work in pre production and rarely record vocals and stuff like that. Any ideas ?

Thanks!

[albee1952]

You need a working ASIO driver to allow Pro Tools to "see" the mic and outputs as an available "audio engine")selected inside Pro Tools by going to Setup>Hardware>Audio Engine). If your sound card doesn't have a working ASIO driver, you can try ASIO4ALL(a freeware download). My own preference would be to use a real interface(Mbox or similar) and a decent mic

[latprod]

Hi, and thanks for your reply! I'll give that a go!
I've got the mbox gen 3, so ASIO drivers are good to go right?
Still don't know how to set things up properly in pro tools, But I'll see If I can get PT to actually see the inputs/ouputs on my jabra mic.
The "decent microphone" option is not an option now as I am completely broke

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by latprod

Hi, and thanks for your reply! I'll give that a go!
I've got the mbox gen 3, so ASIO drivers are good to go right?
Still don't know how to set things up properly in pro tools, But I'll see If I can get PT to actually see the inputs/ouputs on my jabra mic.
The "decent microphone" option is not an option now as I am completely broke

There's always a used SM57 for $50. With a pop screen, its shocking how good it can do. The problem with PC is that the "aggregate" function does not exist(on a Mac, many interfaces can be combined so that all IO is available in PT, but this doesn't work on PC). One thing you could try: select the Mbox to be the Pro Tools audio engine, and then try to configure the onboard audio to route the headset mic to the onboard audio output, and then patch that into the Mbox.

[latprod]

hehe yeah we always used to have a bunch of them at the studio. No more studio tho They're usually about a hundred bucks over here, used maybe 70-80 but they're in such demaned they sell out immediately. But thanks for the tips, I'll try it out