For some reason I can not get my mic to work...I can hear my mic through the speakers but when I go try and recored something it does not seem to get any waves. I have tried everything I know...any sugguestions or anything like that?

Did you check you recording volume in Control Panel/Sound and Audio Devices? If you can hear your voice through the speakers it means mic is working; something is wrong with the Sound Card Sound Levels. -Check the recording volume

This is a common problem with an easy fix. By default windows sets your recording input to something other than the microphone, odd. anyways, you open up volum control and goto options>properties. Then click on the recording radio button. then make sure the microphone check box is checked. then click ok.(this is your recording input volume controler. cleck the select box under the microphone volume slider and put the slider about 1/2 of the way up. this should allow you to record now. to make sure you dont get any nasty feedback close out of volume control and re-open it up. set your microphone volume output level to muted or very low