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How to Troubleshoot Microphone Problems:First, bring up the Windows "Sound Recorder:"
Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment -> Sound Recorder
Now try to "see" your voice/any sound show up as a vibration of the straight green line by clicking on the Red circle (Record) and speaking into your microphone.
(Click the black square to stop recording. Then the right-pointing arrow to playback your recording. When assured that it's all working correctly, dismiss Sound Recorder by clicking the red "X" in upper-right corner.)
Did the line wiggle AT ALL?
If not, then:
See? Obviously (at this point) it has nothing to do with Ventrilo! (Hint: Your sound isn't working
IN WINDOWS!)
First, assure that the "Mute" switch on your microphone is NOT muting it, then
Check your cables, then
check your cables, then
check your connections, then
Assure that the microphone is enabled in Volume Control:
- RIGHT-click the little speaker icon in your toolbar (far right)
- Select "Open Volume Control"
- Select "Options -> Properties" from the menu
- Select the "Recording" radio button & assure that the checkbox in front of "Microphone" is enabled. Then select the "OK" button
- Assure that the checkbox in the "Microphone" section is THE ONLY ONE CHECKED.
- Select the "X" in the upper-right to dismiss the window
Now try Sound Recorder again....
This just came up elsewhere and it made me realize that I've never typed this in here before now (
) so I'm "copying " it here:
If you're getting unwanted echo then you probably have one or both of the following two settings that need to be corrected:
- In Volume Control -> Playback: "Microphone" is enabled. Mute it.- In Volume Control -> Recording: Assure that only "Microphone" is selected, not e.g. "Stereo Mix" (actual wording varies between diff sound cards.)I suggest that you bring up both sets of slider panels with
every item selected so that you can see what else might be the problem, and then go back to the (smaller, useable) slider set(s) that you want to usually see when you bring up the slider panel thereafter.... (Or just write down the names of the ones that were selected in each slider set at the start and put things back as they were when finished...
except for the changes mentioned above that is!!!
>Doh!< )
[New!: Read this also if you can't get your mic to get loud enough to be heard! Follow the same instructions, but do the text in GREEN instead....]If you're getting distortion and/or crackling sounds when you talk on vent (um, that is, when ppl
tell you you are!) then you probably have your Gain (aka "boost") turned on in Windows. See if the following steps correct the problem (Windows XP):
- Double-click the speaker icon in your taskbar notification area. (Usu. lower right corner.) This brings up the Volume Control panel of sliders.
- Select Options -> and if Advanced Controls does not have a checkmark in front of it, select it.
- Select Options -> Properties, and then select the "Recording" radio button.
- Assure that there is a checkmark in the box in front of "Microphone."
-Select "OK" button to dismiss the Properties popup.
- Now select the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the Microphone section of the Recording Control window.
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[CHECK]UNCHECK the box for "Mic Boost" in the "Other Controls" pane of the "Advanced Controls for Microphone" popup. (This
[EN]DISables a 20dB gain on your mic input, you see....)
-Select the "Close" button.
- Now move the slider in the Microphone section one mark below its topmost setting, and either test you volume with someone on vent, or follow the instructions in the 1st post to set your volume level.
NOTE: that there are TWO volume controls that can be adhusted to set your microphone volume: The slider in the Recording Control window, and within Ventrilo -> Setup... -> Voice tab, the "Outbound" slider in the "Amplifiers" pane. (One obviously effects all uses of your microphone on your computer, the other only modifies it within vent....), then "X" (upper-right corner) to dismiss the Recording Controls popup.
For Vista, to disable the Mic Boost, do the following: - Right-click on the speaker icon in your system tray and select Recording Devices
- Select the Microphone/Headset you want to adjust
- Click Properties button
- In the popup window, click on Custom Tab and untick the box that says "AGC" (Automatic Gain Control I assume)
- Click OK on both windows
Let me know if anything is wrong with the above, worked for me ~ Kiwi Also, if you're not using the correct version of ventrilo you can get all kinds of strange sounds/effects.