Help wanted: soundcard input to low ???

[Kees]

Hi there,

Thanks very much for reading.

I have the following problem:

Config:
Laptop Armada 1700 ;

I input a signal via the soundcard; signal is controlled by microphone
input of mixer (there is just that input).
When I listen over the speakers it sounds ok to me.
But when I use it as an input, some programs seem not to respond toit,
or the signal i see (waterfall or other graphic) is to soft (low).

I know the programs work ok, beacause on my desktop they do.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
Is there a hidden setting that can 'boost' the input or throughput?
Or is this often the case with laptop computers???

Any help is bery much appreciated.

Kees

[Deathwalker]

there usually is a mic boost +20b. go into control panel and multimedia and
also triy sound devices.

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[Michael A. Covington]

Soundcards do not work with ordinary (tape recorder type) microphones.
Soundcard microphones contain a one-transistor amplifier which is powered
through the middle (ring) connector on the plug. I designed an amplifier to
overcome this problem; it was published in QST Magazine about two years ago.
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[Mike W]

> I input a signal via the soundcard; signal is controlled by microphone
> input of mixer (there is just that input).
> When I listen over the speakers it sounds ok to me.
> But when I use it as an input, some programs seem not to respond toit,
> or the signal i see (waterfall or other graphic) is to soft (low).
>
> I know the programs work ok, beacause on my desktop they do.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
> Is there a hidden setting that can 'boost' the input or throughput?
> Or is this often the case with laptop computers???

I think you have a level adjust problems between the different types of
sounds the computer handles. Open the volume control. Mic input is mic and
is easy to have VERY loud if uses as a line input. MIDI is controlled by SW
Synth. Programs (games, system sounds) are Wave. CD is CD Audio. The trick
is finding a balance between all of the inputs.

Under XP Volume control panel is "sndvol32.exe" and should open by double
clicking on the speaker in the icon tray or finding "volume control".