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by milesrrs

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Hi Guys...
i am trying to use a microphone via my soundcard to use in chat rooms etc. Then problem i am having is the record volume of the mic is so low that it is virtually silent. I have been able to get it to work using a pre amp in the microphone input...this is stupid as thats what the mic input is for...even then i have to have the pre amp turned up to about 20V to get decent audio. I am running w2k prof and have tried 2 different soundcards ( and yes the mic works fine in my dads pc running 98) . I have checked the obvoious record levels via the volume control etc...does any body have any suggestions as to why this wont work. I would imagine (but dont know for sure) that this is a software problem not hardware

any help would be much appreciated

regards

Adrian

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by cg it

umm what sound cards? and if you open the sounds and multimedia properties in the control panel, down in the lower left corner will be show volume control in taks bar. Check this box. once you have the volume control in the taks bar, right click andthen open "open volume control" once "play control" [name of window that opens when you open "open volume control" ,you should see your microphone volume control. if not, click options, scroll down the list and check the microphone box. The volume control for the microphone will be added. Down at the bottom, of the microphone volume you should see an advanced tab. click on it. In the window that opens, you'll see a 20+ db boost. Enable that....hope this helps.

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