Can i use a mic?

Sometimes using 3.5mm to 2.5mm can have problems with a loose or spotty connection and it doesn't always work. You can using traditional PC gaming headsets that have built in mics but it doesn't always work particularly if the plugs for the mic/headset and
separate.



The 360 uses a standard 2.5mm phone headset jack so if you have a phone headset with mic, that might work but I do not believe a microphone only would work. Unless it was one of the Xbox 360 microphones for those singing games.



As for the title of this thread, if I understand you correctly you plan to record voice for gaming videos you want to upload onto youtube. The problem with this is that the Xbox 360 does not play your voice in line with the game/console itself. The only
way to record your voice would be to play back an Xbox LIVE voice message that you recorded or have someone else record the gameplay and your voice in line with the recording of on their game card/device. They would have to setup the voice audio to playback
through their speakers so that it is picked up during the gameplay.



Like the previous poster stated, you can easily record your own voice on your computer and then edit it into the gameplay. If you don't want to record your voice in post while viewing pre-recorded footage, then set up a separate microphone to your computer
when you are recording your gameplay live and then sync it up with your footage when editing.



Good luck.

i know this is stupid of me but

since i have a similar problem i always record my voice later by replaying the video gameplay i did in my video editor

Ah thank you, I guess I'll have to look into it more.

Hi MrBilbe, I have tried to do this and sadly it failed. I think it was the 3.5 to 2.5. The connector was for microphones too, and it still didn't work.

The Crazy Beard is right about being able to record yourself. Maybe whatever you're recording with could take in the 2nd mic audio at the same time so no syncing needed. But you probably still want to be able to talk to the other players. The 2.5mm stero
plug on the controller needs to be split into 2 mono plugs with an adapter. One will be mono chat voice output (which it seems you don't need to use since you set preferences to listen to chat voice through the speakers) and the other mono mic input that you
can plug any mic into. If you just plug in a regular 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter for the mic without spliting the controller out into the 2 mono channels the 2 will short and the mic will not work. If I remmeber correctly, the headset speaker part usually still
works when they are shorted but not the mic. Also different mics give different results on the quality/volume of your voice to the other players.