Use your headphones as a microphone

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Yes I know it sounds impossible. But it works. At least for me and two other people I asked to try. I just plugged them into the mic socket and tested it in my control panel and it works. eMad says this is potentially damaging but I used it for a whole day and they worked just fine.

It beats buying a microphone. You can use those real cheap ones from airlines.
 
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Yes I know it sounds impossible. But it works. At least for me and two other people I asked to try. I just plugged them into the mic socket and tested it in my control panel and it works. eMad says this is potentially damaging but I used it for a whole day and they worked just fine.

It beats buying a microphone. You can use those real cheap ones from airlines.
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Hmmmm, my computer came with a microphone. I think it was free because we bought a certain set of speakers to go with our computer or something. Or it may have been the subwoofer. I would try this out, but I don't have anyone to talk to, and I don't want to ruin some headphones trying.
 
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Hmmmm, my computer came with a microphone. I think it was free because we bought a certain set of speakers to go with our computer or something. Or it may have been the subwoofer. I would try this out, but I don't have anyone to talk to, and I don't want to ruin some headphones trying.
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I think the damage might come from long term use.
 
I've known this old studio trick for several decades. It even came in handy when I recorded my guitar riffs for Pako's song project.
 
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I've known this old studio trick for several decades. It even came in handy when I recorded my guitar riffs for Pako's song project.
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Yeah, I just tried it to see if it worked and it did so it's become my Mic/Heaphones.
 
I always suspected it was possible - i've used a mic as a speaker before!
 
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Yes I know it sounds impossible. But it works. At least for me and two other people I asked to try. I just plugged them into the mic socket and tested it in my control panel and it works. eMad says this is potentially damaging but I used it for a whole day and they worked just fine.

It beats buying a microphone. You can use those real cheap ones from airlines.
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you're like 10 years late.
 
Still, i won't be trying it with my earbuds
 
Wow, ßlackbird....what an intersting find..
 
my goodness, you should patent this remarkable discovery before someone else discovers it and calls it "electronics"
 
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