Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

Okay, I have been using this tutorial as well as others as guides.
http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/1572251#Preface

I am a real beginner at JAVA so please bear with me for vagueness.

I want to capture the mic or line. And from there "stream out" using TCP or UDP, I am familiar in TCP and will send the output to a VB Server to handle it, then spit it back out to a java applet. I got the VB Server & Java Applet part handled.

However I have tried creating a few things, one actually sent data, but it sent the buffer array size and quit, maybe I'm not making a right .io call or while loop, who knows, but is there anybody who could help with a simple solution?

Thank you very much.