OK, that's what I hoped. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:33 PM Subject: Re: microphone
> Tim, > > What I did was to go to radioshack and buy a small amplifier for around $20 I think. > > It gave me a tremendous amount of gain, far more than I actually needed, so just set the volume control on it at a low level. The amp is powered by a 9-volt > battery or you could get an AC adaptor. > > The other alternative would be to get a power mic which is a mic with a small amplifier built into the base and is also powered by a battery. Since I already > had a working mic, I opted for the small amp. > > The amp also works quite nicely as a small audio amplifier as it has an internal speaker which is, of course, muted when you plug a cable into the output > and run it to your computer. > > Don > > On Sun, 16 May 2004 17:21:04 -0400, Tim Grady wrote: > > Maybe someone can answer this. I have this Dell computer with a SBLive sound card. Now, on the normal SBLive driver there is a check box for a 20 DB > boost in the record microphone volume which worked out great with the non-powered mics, but this dell driver doesn't have the check box. Can I get a mic > that would allow me to boost the gain since I can't do it through the sound card driver? > _______________________________________________ > 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]
