Hi. Before I start, yes, I have searched the forum for this issue before. I've done possibly everything everyone has said and still no fix.
I've read that you have to go to Communications in the Sound window, and select Do nothing. That doesn't work.
I've read that you have to go to the microphone, double click on it, go to the levels tab, and move the lever all the way up, as long as the boost lever. I don't have the boost. Only the microphone is present as you can see in the screenshot. That doesn't work.
I just downloaded Windows 8 last Thursday so all of my updates are installed. I updated to the latest drivers for my sound card thing, which I guess is intergrated. Now, before you tell me it's my mic, before Windows 8 I was using xubuntu until I could afford Windows 8. My microphone was fine. It picked up great. I could hide it behind my monitor (which is atleast 3 or 4 feet away) and it would still pick up fine. Now in order for it to pickup my voice like it did behind the monitor I have to have it literally 1 cm away. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.
If you'd like to hear some example of how it works now, please feel free to listen to the links below. I'll show what they sound like next to my face and then what it sounds like where I use to have my mic. Please note that the voice isn't really my real one, just a mock-up one.
Next to my Face: https://soundcloud.com/uehm1/next-to-my-face
Where my microphone usually is: https://soundcloud.com/uehm1/regular-distance-away
Thanks for any help.
I've read that you have to go to Communications in the Sound window, and select Do nothing. That doesn't work.
I've read that you have to go to the microphone, double click on it, go to the levels tab, and move the lever all the way up, as long as the boost lever. I don't have the boost. Only the microphone is present as you can see in the screenshot. That doesn't work.
I just downloaded Windows 8 last Thursday so all of my updates are installed. I updated to the latest drivers for my sound card thing, which I guess is intergrated. Now, before you tell me it's my mic, before Windows 8 I was using xubuntu until I could afford Windows 8. My microphone was fine. It picked up great. I could hide it behind my monitor (which is atleast 3 or 4 feet away) and it would still pick up fine. Now in order for it to pickup my voice like it did behind the monitor I have to have it literally 1 cm away. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.
If you'd like to hear some example of how it works now, please feel free to listen to the links below. I'll show what they sound like next to my face and then what it sounds like where I use to have my mic. Please note that the voice isn't really my real one, just a mock-up one.
Next to my Face: https://soundcloud.com/uehm1/next-to-my-face
Where my microphone usually is: https://soundcloud.com/uehm1/regular-distance-away
Thanks for any help.
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Celeron G1610
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte H77M-D3H
- Memory
- 8 GB Dual-Channel @ 1333 mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon 5450 (temporary)
- Sound Card
- Intergrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HDMI TV, 22"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 107GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
- PSU
- Antec VP 450
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- Rosewill Challenger
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