Funnily enough, for me that button is in the playback tab, not record. Weird, but that's where it is. Shawn
--- Judy W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Andy, > > go to the audio tab and start pressing the tab key. > in the recording > settings, when you tab past the mic volume setting, > you should find a > control labeled advance control. Hit enter on it > and you should get a 20 db > mic gain to check. After checking it, tab to close > and then see if it > improves. I have a soundblaster audigy 2 card so my > settings may be > slightly different from yours... > > Hope that helps. > > Judy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Andy > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:19 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: Microphone level too quiet. > > > Hi Judy > > I am using Windows XP Home and my Sound Card is a > Sigmatell Audio. I went > into Sounds and Audio Devices, Properties Sheets and > had a look at the > properties of the Sound Recording Device. The only > option I found there for > adjusting the volume was was a link for Sound > Recording Level, this took me > to my Volume Control Sheet and everything looked > fine, the mic level was at > 100%. I could not see any mention of mic gain boost > anywhere. Am I looking > in the right place? > > Best wishes. > Andy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:46 PM > Subject: RE: Microphone level too quiet. > > > > > > Try the mic gain boost in recording properties--it > says advanced controls > > and check the 20 db mic boost. > > > > Hope that helps > > > > Judy > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Andy > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:20 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Microphone level too quiet. > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > The subject line says it all. I have three > mini-plugs on the back of my > > computer. The first has my line-in attached to a > minidisk. The second is > > for my speakers, so I've plugged the microphone > into the third socket. > > I've > > bumped everything up to 100% in the volume control > of XP and did the same > > to > > the volume control within my sound card. However, > the sound is very low. > > Not an expensive microphone, but I'd have liked > better. Perhaps there is > > something else which I need to do. I'm using the > microphone with > > Goldwave. > > Any advise would be very welcomed. Thanks. > > > > Best wishes. > > > > Andy from sunny Kilcreggan. > > > > Drop me a line at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and > more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email > to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and > more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email > to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]