# s4 and mic input: i need some clarifications **URL:** \ **Category:** Traktor\ **Tags:** mic, traktor-s4, traktor\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853 "2011-05-06T08:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mi.Lo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mi.Lo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mi.Lo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/1 "2011-05-06T08:32:19Z")
**s4 and mic input: i need some clarifications** I want to use a mic with my s4 (never tried till now 👀), so i just put my PC mic (wich ofc is not the one i will use in a club enviroment, but it works for a try 😛) and turned mic vol up… no audio out from it 😞 tried to move the gain and the mic volume… nada… there is something i’m missing? i’ve checked the options in traktor, and seems ok to me 😕 I will buy a decent mic and an adaptator from 6.3mm to stereo RCA to use it as live input and to put effects on it, but i wanted to try out how it works fist, without the risk of spending my money worthlessly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fullenglishpint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/fullenglishpint/32/12539_2.png) [@fullenglishpint](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/fullenglishpint)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/2 "2011-05-06T08:42:03Z")
> [@Kontrol S4 Mic](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/kontrol-s4-mic/15831/5): > > You need to set deck D to live input in preferences. Then in input routing change inputs 3 and 4 to deck D left and deck D right. search button ftw 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mi.Lo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mi.Lo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mi.Lo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/3 "2011-05-06T08:43:59Z")
actually i tried that… and didn’t worked 😞 maybe the input level of a pc mic is too low? ---
**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/4 "2011-05-06T11:42:26Z")
Will it work if you connect to to the deck D input and then change deck D to live input? You need to set the switches on the back to Line and thru if you want to do this. Maybe post a screen shot of your input preferences so we can see if something’s off. ---
**Author:** ![Mi.Lo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mi.Lo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mi.Lo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/5 "2011-05-06T16:16:25Z")
i tried with usb and thru, nothing changes. deck D volume fader to full input gain, mic gain and mic vol to full deck D set to live input, input 3 and 4 set to deck D. The mic is plugged in the 6.3mm dedicated slot behind the s4, wich is in the “deck D zone” ---
**Author:** ![Mi.Lo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mi.Lo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mi.Lo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s4-and-mic-input-i-need-some-clarifications/23853/6 "2011-05-07T08:53:27Z")
i’ve just bought a prodipe TT1, works just fine 😉 i can confirm: the PC mic input level was waaaaaay too low, and even with gains set to max, the s4 was unable to hear any sound 😛