[WriteLog] Sound board bad audio

[Ric Plummer]

I have found that the Heil mics work fine with several different sound cards
if you turn on the Mic Boost Advanced function in the sound control panel.
Not sure how much "boost" that is, but it seems to be enough.
Did find with W2K that I needed the latest drivers or the boost wasn't
enough, go figure, the SW driver has more control than the hardware :o).
Glad I'm a retired hardware engineer.
Ric KV1W

----- Original Message -----
From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "Jim Smith" <jimsmith@home.com>; "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 02:04
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound board bad audio


> > I haven't tried it with WL but I found the same thing with my Heil
> > HC4 using TRLog with SBDVP.  I built a little 30 dB audio amp and
> > put it between the mic and the sound card mic in.  End of problem
> > (although it does puzzle me that it was necessary to do this).
>
> You're depressing me!  I figured one day I would get around to recording
> some sound files for WriteLog (after I figured out RTTY and CW).  I have
> started playing with it, just learning the ropes, using the cheapo
computer
> mic.  It actually sounds good to my uncritical ear.  I thought when I got
> ready to record "for real", I'd just plug in my Heil HC-4 and make the
> "good" recordings.  OUCH!  My audio is way down too, in agreement with the
> previous 2 posts tonight.  I'm using a Creative Soundblaster Live Value
card
> and believe I have checked all the appropriate settings - With gain
> maximized, it sounds "down and out" - low level and raspy, whereas the
> cheapo computer mic sounds great.
>
> What's everyone else doing with their Heils?  Is everyone using a boost of
> some kind, or do most not have this problem?  I note it works FB with the
> PROII without the preamp - I guess maybe I need it for the soundcard?  tnx
>
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