Re: Hardwire PC soundcard "microphone boost" setting

From: Pooh Bear (rabbitsfriendsandrelations_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:20:07 +0000

"René" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Probably not entirely on topic here, but it is my opinion the
> brightest minds in design just happen to lurk here.....
>
> (and hoping to thus have put you in a favorable state of mind:)...
>
> I have a Video Conference program that actively switches the soundcard
> microphone boost (or "+20 dB" whatever) off. I can set it "on", but
> the VC program switches it off again abruptly. It's a bug in de VC
> software I cannot change, nor does the supplier feels like doing it
> anywhere soon.
>
> As a result the mike sensitivity is way too low.
>
> Is there any application, command line, program (e.g. in startup),
> that makes the microphone boost stay on no matter what commands come
> in?
>
> PC: 1.66 GHz Athlon, running XP, C-Media sound on board. Offending
> program: Polycom PVX

Make your own mic preamp and connect it to the line input instead. The mic
pres in most soundcards ( esp onboard sound ! ) are *** anyway.

Graham