At 06:05 AM 09/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>And one other thing. The system setup button is grayed out in the Voice
>Setup app. Also, when I have the Windows Volume Control, or Mixer, open,
>and launch the Voice Setup app, the Microphone Balance "mute" check box
>suddenly gets checked by a ghost (or should I say by the Voice Setup app?).
You don't want your mic amplified when recording ... If it's on and you're
not using headphones, a great chance of feedback can occur ... sometimes
even with headphones on ... I didn't even realize they did this ... That's
cool ... I'm sure if you double click your taskbar speaker, go into
Options->Properties->Recording you will see that the mic is not muted ...
>This is just strange. I really hope that your response is NOT "Go buy a
>real sound card." If Microsoft's sound recroder app works, so should voice
>comm in HL.
When I did the test record it was weird ... Heard my voice twice and very
much delayed ... I used it simply to set volume levels ... it works fine in
game ...
>Thx again for the assistance.
>
>StanTheMan
>TheHardwareFreak
>www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stan Hoeppner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:47 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: 1.1.0.8 Voice Comm- WTF is going on with this thing?
> >
> >
> >
> > Why is it that even with the mobo integrated AC97 sound I
> > have, and the
> > cheap labtec boom mic, that w2k's inbuilt sound recorder app
> > can record and
> > play back my voice nicely, considering the quality of my
> > components, yet the
> > Sierra Voice Setup app...I can't even describe it really.
> >
> > 1. There is a constant humming noise, that sounds like a
> > combination of
> > space noise, and a horribly tuned airplane piston engine
> > revving up and down
> > and up and down. This is just by firing up the app.
> > 2. When I speak into it, you can't decipher what comes back.
> > 3. The syllables I speak into the mic get played back, but
> > are doubled in
> > time length, if not more...just drawn out like they're played
> > back at 1/2 or
> > 1/3 speed or something....
> >
> > what gives? Windows sound recorder does fine, although
> > "static-y", but
> > easily understandable.
> >
> > This Sierra Voice Setup thing isn't recording and playing
> > back the same
> > stuff that windows sound recorder is...wtf!
> >
> > Any ideas here? Please help Valve.
> >
> > BTW, what reference hardware, and what window interface did
> > you hook to?
> > God I'm baffled and ticked. Why can an el cheapo OS sound recorder do
> > 100000 times better than your interface to the sound system?
> >
> > StanTheMan
> > TheHardwareFreak
> > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
