First of all you are not considered as a "peasant".
You must coordinate the physical microphone port connection, the recording device (microphone), the software drivers, and the necessary configuration settings for the microphone to work.
It can be confusing and sometimes the process goes in circles. Or seems to as you can get to the same settings/configuration window in different ways.
In the screens [Ses] [kayit]
are small boxes (Configuration and Properties) that when clicked or right-clicked lead you to more tabs, buttons, settings, and configuration options. Sort of boxes inside of boxes.
You have to select the settings that match your physical connections. If the microphone is plugged into the dedicated one SupremeFX Formula...