Creative X-Fi Xtremegamer

[bob gunnis]

hi

I have the above sound card installed and when I play music the music is nice and loud but when I talk on the mic then then the mic is very quiet and people can hardly here me. Is there a mic boost facilty on this card??

I have installed the most up to date drivers

I use this sound card on PalTalk Quiz rooms where I play music and let the roomies know who got the points etc

Many thanks

 

[mickey megabyte]

control panel >> hardware and sound >> sound >> recording >> click microphone >> properties >> custom >> +20dB boost

 

[bob gunnis]

Hi and thanks for the reply

I have followed your instructions but alas, Mic Boost is not showing anywhere

Any further advice please

 

[mickey megabyte]

do you know which drivers you have installed?

check with device manager.

 

[bob gunnis]

Hi and once again, thanks for your message

The driver details installed for this card are as follows

Creative
Version 6.0.1.1375
Date 05/05/2010

Hope this helps you to help me resolve this problem
King Regards

 

[mickey megabyte]

your driver seems more recent than mine.

have you also installed the creative audio control panel and the creative console launcher? you'll need to find them on the creative website, i can't give you a link unfortunately.

there is also a mic-boost option on the game mode view of the console.

it's a bit fiddly to get at though. select microphone in the recording drop-down menu, then a little + sign should appear above the slider.

click on the + and activate the boost.

let me know if this works.

 

[bob gunnis]

Hi

Once again thanks for your reply and advice

I have found the mic boost under the Audio player mode so now I have micropnone and what you hear but it seems I can only have one of the above working at any one time

I wonder if this is normal or just a quirk with my settngs

Once again ~~ thanks for your advice

 

[mickey megabyte]

it's normal - you can only record from one source at a time.