wiring microphone for sound to led circuit.

[larcerkev]

Well i have a microphone thats on my old mp3 player that has died, it has two pins of which ive soldered two wires to.  Im an having a problem wiring this into a circuit so i can get a reading when sound or music is played.  How might i achieve this?

[FOOKz™]

Well if the MP3 Player is broken, wouldn't it not work anyways?
IDK what you're trying to do.

[Fordy]

Well if the MP3 Player is broken, wouldn't it not work anyways?
IDK what you're trying to do.

No, only if he means the mic on the MP3 is broken, or when the MP3 broke, it shorted the mic somehow.

Can you upload a print screen or an exported image of the circuit schematic you're using?

[FOOKz™]

OK, I wanted to make this answer short and sweet. But It can't. There are quite a few things that are not answered/specified here.

1. If the MP3 is broken, not the mic, the mic as a component should work.
2. Getting a Reading (does he mean sound out of an Amp or voltage?)
3. What is the mic used for? More importantly how?
4. Wheres a schematic/explanation of the mod/circuit...
5. This post was a long time ago (plz try not to bump    ) and it seems like it doesn't need answered since larcerkev doesn't look very active.

I believe:

a. He heated the Mic up with his soldering iron and killed it by accident.
b. The Mic's Polarity is wrong
c. The pins has been soldered together (shorted)
d. no amplifier is being used; he hooked it right up to a speaker and expected it to work immediately like "Plug n Play".