Installing the meteor mic – Samson Meteor Mic USB Studio Condenser Microphone (White) User Manual

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Installing the Meteor Mic

Installing the Meteor Mic is a simple procedure that takes just a few minutes . Simply connect the

included USB cable and begin recording . The following sections of this manual provide detailed

instructions on setting up your Meteor Mic in MAC OS or Windows .

Windows 7 & Windows Vista

1. The first time you plug the Meteor Mic into a USB port, Windows 7 or Vista will install the

universal drivers for that port . A balloon will pop up, telling you the computer has found the

Meteor Mic .

2. When it is finished installing the drivers, a balloon pop up will say “Your device is installed and

ready to use .”

Note: This balloon will only pop up when you first plug the device into a particular USB port.

3. To set the Meteor Mic as your default device for sound playback and recording, or to change

its settings, click the

Start

button, click

Control Panel

and then click

Sound

. Under the

Playback

and

Recording

tabs, you can select the Samson Meteor Mic from the menus and use the

Set

Default

button to set it as the default device .

4. To set the gain of the microphone, click the

Properties

button, and then select the

Levels

tab .

You can choose to view the Microphone volume level as either a percentage or in dB, by right

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