How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP?

**SuperDudeBT** · 01-01-2007, 05:24 PM

I go into the sound controls, and the mic volume is all the way up. It's barely audible unless I talk pretty loud, and then it's just barely sufficient.

So, I turn it down just for the heck of it, and it sounds the exact same (I checked it all w/ Audacity).

In BF2142, I put the mic threshold on 0.

Is there something I'm missing here? You just can't hardly hear it

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HatefullSix · 01-01-2007, 06:34 PM

If you're running windows XP, go to Start, Control Panel, Sound Speech and Audio Devices, Speech, and Configure Microphone. From there you should be able to wade through the rest untill you get it to where you want. To check, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, Sound Recorder and try recording your voice a couple time and listen to the play back.
That should do it.

DirtyLude · 01-01-2007, 07:25 PM

Go into the BF2142 audio options and select 'Boost Mic'.

**Exploding_Silver** · 01-01-2007, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyLude

Go into the BF2142 audio options and select 'Boost Mic'.

After you've checked mic boost is on in bf2142 then alt-tab (while not connected to server) and check in windows / your sound card that mic boost is on there too. This really sounds like a mic boost problem to me.

Kinsgard · 01-02-2007, 04:17 AM

Are you using a headset or a table top mic? The headset is, as one might expect, going to be louder as it is right next to your mouth.

Also, have you tried another mic? If both mics are quite then you know it is something with your computer. If not, then you know it is your mic.

Drain · 01-04-2007, 10:52 PM

Just be careful with mic boost, because when I turn it on, I get that awful, annoying, ear-destroying echo noise and the shrilling pitch that follows.

**MasterEditorInChief** · 01-06-2007, 05:29 PM

I have mic problems as well, but none of the above seem to help me out. All my mic settings are set to MAX, but nothing seems to help.

**Lorax74** · 01-08-2007, 02:20 PM

make sure you adjust the mic's audio level in the recording tab of your volume controls, not playback...

DeadOnAim · 01-10-2007, 02:34 AM

^^ Exactly what I was going to say. You guys are probably adjusting your playback, not recording settings.

Start->Accessories->Entertainment->Volume Control

Then click on Options then Properties and select "Recording" not Playback.

Then I like to have all the options open so I also have the "advanced controls" on with everything checked so I can keep tabs on everything.

That should do it.

Matrixmister · 11-16-2007, 07:40 PM

Yer I am having the exact same problem. I have adjusted all the in game options to for the max possible volume and I am still low, I click mic boost but when i return to the audio menu mic boost is unselected. Also I've gone to volume and fixed the recording settings to the highest. Everywhere other then bf2142 my mic is fine but its to low for others to hear my in bf2142.

Datzl · 11-16-2007, 08:38 PM

^--- Same, maxed in 2142 and recording (not playback), I'm fine on vent, depending on the server even have outbound turned down.

Matrixmister · 11-16-2007, 08:59 PM

I have just gone through all of this with dell tech support who were very kind in helping me. They maxed out every microphone setting, they could not deal with battlefield 2142 but now I definitely know its a problem with 2142. Every setting in windows and my integrated sound card are maxed out, it still works perfectly fine on teamspeak, but in 2142 #1 mic boost turns off every time I leave the audio screen (I do have mic boost for my sound card) and #2 I still have it on 0% for the threshold and I'm still to low for others to understand me.

Matrixmister · 11-16-2007, 09:23 PM

Ok I fixed my problem by going to the ea folder and clicking battlefield 2142 voice setup then i just dragged the bar up to the top even though the bar did not respond to my headset now everything works fine.

Matrixmister · 11-16-2007, 11:05 PM

Ok I now have another problem the Battlefield 2142 voice setup does not recognize that any audio is going through the bar doesn't move any ideas how to fix this?

**Azura** · 11-24-2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrixmister

Ok I now have another problem the Battlefield 2142 voice setup does not recognize that any audio is going through the bar doesn't move any ideas how to fix this?

Un-mute your mic.

Chances are if your talking into a mic and that bar isn't moving it's because your muted. I think it even tells you "Make sure your mic isn't muted"

01-01-2007, 05:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
SuperDudeBT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia, US Age: 21 Posts: 672	How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? I go into the sound controls, and the mic volume is all the way up. It's barely audible unless I talk pretty loud, and then it's just barely sufficient. So, I turn it down just for the heck of it, and it sounds the exact same (I checked it all w/ Audacity). In BF2142, I put the mic threshold on 0. Is there something I'm missing here? You just can't hardly hear it .

01-01-2007, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
HatefullSix Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario, Canada Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? If you're running windows XP, go to Start, Control Panel, Sound Speech and Audio Devices, Speech, and Configure Microphone. From there you should be able to wade through the rest untill you get it to where you want. To check, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, Sound Recorder and try recording your voice a couple time and listen to the play back. That should do it. __________________ \|TG-Irr\|HatefullSix If at first you don't succeed, you need more firepower. There is nothing wrong with feeling something when you shoot your enemies... as long as that something is recoil.

01-01-2007, 07:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
DirtyLude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 715	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Go into the BF2142 audio options and select 'Boost Mic'. __________________ The Dirty

01-02-2007, 04:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kinsgard Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 5	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Are you using a headset or a table top mic? The headset is, as one might expect, going to be louder as it is right next to your mouth. Also, have you tried another mic? If both mics are quite then you know it is something with your computer. If not, then you know it is your mic.

01-04-2007, 10:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Drain Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 60	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Just be careful with mic boost, because when I turn it on, I get that awful, annoying, ear-destroying echo noise and the shrilling pitch that follows. __________________ BF2142: Drainer

01-06-2007, 05:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
MasterEditorInChief Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 782	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? I have mic problems as well, but none of the above seem to help me out. All my mic settings are set to MAX, but nothing seems to help. __________________ "On that day half a century ago, our species was pushed to the crumbling edge of extinction. And as we teetered on that precipice, staring down into the abyss, a hand reached out, pulled us back from the brink, and gave us hope... the hand of a Hero."

01-08-2007, 02:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lorax74 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 5,622	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? make sure you adjust the mic's audio level in the recording tab of your volume controls, not playback... __________________ Ikariam (Alpha) Bayhios [35:70] > Truax (c) - Wine Streardeos [39:70] > New Truax - Marble Meikaios[35:68] > Truax Minor - Crystal

01-10-2007, 02:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
DeadOnAim Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Age: 32 Posts: 164	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? ^^ Exactly what I was going to say. You guys are probably adjusting your playback, not recording settings. Start->Accessories->Entertainment->Volume Control Then click on Options then Properties and select "Recording" not Playback. Then I like to have all the options open so I also have the "advanced controls" on with everything checked so I can keep tabs on everything. That should do it.

11-16-2007, 07:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Matrixmister Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Yer I am having the exact same problem. I have adjusted all the in game options to for the max possible volume and I am still low, I click mic boost but when i return to the audio menu mic boost is unselected. Also I've gone to volume and fixed the recording settings to the highest. Everywhere other then bf2142 my mic is fine but its to low for others to hear my in bf2142.

11-16-2007, 08:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
Datzl Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 22 Posts: 58	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? ^--- Same, maxed in 2142 and recording (not playback), I'm fine on vent, depending on the server even have outbound turned down. __________________ His duty is honour itself. Even his death - If it is honourable - is a reward and can be no failure, for it has come through duty. Seek honour as you act, therefore, and you will know no fear.- Roboute Guilliman,Primarch of the Ultramarines -EVE: Naune

11-16-2007, 08:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
Matrixmister Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? I have just gone through all of this with dell tech support who were very kind in helping me. They maxed out every microphone setting, they could not deal with battlefield 2142 but now I definitely know its a problem with 2142. Every setting in windows and my integrated sound card are maxed out, it still works perfectly fine on teamspeak, but in 2142 #1 mic boost turns off every time I leave the audio screen (I do have mic boost for my sound card) and #2 I still have it on 0% for the threshold and I'm still to low for others to understand me.

11-16-2007, 09:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
Matrixmister Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Ok I fixed my problem by going to the ea folder and clicking battlefield 2142 voice setup then i just dragged the bar up to the top even though the bar did not respond to my headset now everything works fine.

11-16-2007, 11:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
Matrixmister Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	Re: How the heck can I make my mic louder for VOIP? Ok I now have another problem the Battlefield 2142 voice setup does not recognize that any audio is going through the bar doesn't move any ideas how to fix this?

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