look in your systray for an icon labeled "volume". right click it and choose "recording devices". if it's recording too softly, you've got both a volume for each channel to work with, and a mic boost which you can turn on (if it's on), and it can be turned on at two different levels. finally, my driver also has a "speech enhancement" option which you can enable, which improves speech quality and reduces background noise. you may need a new mic, especially if you're using a desktop mic. check out http://emicrophones.com and write the owner; he'll give you recommendations based on what you need and want. headset mics, especially a noise reducing one, do better imho than a desktop mic, and also do better than the built-in mics in laptops. if you're getting hissing and popping sounds from a boom mic, then you've got it too close to your mouth. if you're using a mic built into the ear-piece of a bluetooth headset, well they don't work that well either. hth, Chip
_____ From: douglas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:41 PM To: gwmicro info Subject: offlist win vista help hey guys i know this is not a gw problem, or feed back, but the mic on my hp compac persario is recording very poorly ... does anyone know how to go in and check the settings of the mic?... douglas rudolph [email protected] <without you they'll never let me in> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
