Enrique, I have ours set up that way. I permanently borrowed a stereo mini extention cable so i could plug into the mic in instead of the line in and make use of the 'mic boost'. but i've still never been happy with the levels transmitted through RAT.
--fred On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 08:08AM, Enrique Terrazas said: > Fred, > > We ran into this same when we first started using the ClearOne > AccumicPC with a Dell XPS at UCSF. We noticed that the sound level > according to RAT was very low. There is an advanced sound setting > where there is a check box for a "20dB boost" for the mic input (I > don't remember the exact number for the boost as it's from memory). > Clicking on this check box increased the sensitivity of the ClearOne > tremendously, and now they would great for us. > > Enrique > > > On May 24, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Fred Dech wrote: > > >This discussion of the ClearOne AccumicPC is really interesting to > >me, > >because I've been very unhappy with the performance I've gotten > >from them so > >far. We have a couple attached to a fairly new Dell and they don't > >pick up > >well at all. You pretty much need to have the saucer right down in > >front of > >you and speak loud toward it in order for other sites to understand > >you. > >Since quite a few of you like the AccumicPC and I've not really had > >a chance > >to test these on another PC or Mac, I suspect that my Dell's > >Sigmatel HD Audio > >interface could very well be the problem (and there's other > >problems associated > >with HD and rat)... not the Clearones. > > > >--fred > > > >On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:09PM, [email protected] said: > >>Hi Michael > >>We use Clearone Accumic in one of our nodes. It works well and plugs > >>straight into a 3.5mm PC-audio-in. > >>Mike > >> > >>Quoting Michael Braitmaier <[email protected]>: > >> > >>>Hello everyone! > >>> > >>>I am a bit in trouble as I need to order a tabletop mic with > >>>integrated > >>>echo cancelation quite fast, however don't have experience with > >>>them. > >>>So I would like to rely on your experiences. > >>>So can anyone recommend one or two of such mics, which work fine and > >>>produce good results, for direct connection into a 3.5mm PC-Audio- > >>>in? > >>>I have just had a look at the follwoing Clearone Mic ( > >>>http://www.clearone.com/products/product.php?cat=4&prod=17 ), > >>>which seems to be able to work on PCs directly. Does anyone of you > >>>already have experience with this one? > >>> > >>> > >>>Thanks in advance > >>>Michael > >>> > >>>-- > >>>------------------ > >>>Dipl.-Inf. Michael Braitmaier > >>>HLRS - Visualization / Video Conferencing > >>>University of Stuttgart > >>>Germany > >>>Website: http://www.hlrs.de/people/braitmaier/ > >> > >> > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------- > >>This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> > > > > -- > > Enrique Terrazas, MD, MS > Director, Laboratory Medicine Residency Program > Chief, Laboratory Information Systems > HS Associate Clinical Professor > University of California, San Francisco > Clinical Laboratories, Box 0100 > 415.353.1375(UCSF/China Basin phone) > 415.353.1620(UCSF/Parnassus phone) > 415.353.4826(fax) > 415.443.0913(pager) > [email protected] > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this > transmission, including any enclosed files, is confidential and > intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, > disclosure and use of, the contents of this transmission is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > notify the sender immediately by reply email and permanently delete > this message, enclosures and all copies. > >
