[WriteLog] Sound board bad audio

[The Tolberts]

Thanks for the tip but it didn't work for me. I enabled it ( great written
directions) and tried it but got same results so I tried my sons PC. The wav
files recorded on it sound great even though I never could enable the option
for mic boost/gain. The soundcard in my pc is a Creative Soundblaster 16 and
the other one was an Avance(sp?). Obviously all soundcards are not created
equal.

73 es gl de Jamie WW3S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kucharski" <k3dne@adelphia.net>
To: "The Tolberts" <jtolbert@gremlan.org>; "William Hendrick"
<whhendrick@home.com>; "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound board bad audio


> Yes!  I found the solution - at least to my low audio problems.
> I use the Heil headset with the DX/contesting element (I forget the #).
> The way I found to get more than adequate audio was as simple as a setting
> in the "Volume Control" program of the soundboard.
> On my Windows 95 computer I go to "Volume Control", Options, Properties
> at the mixer device screen, click on recording then OK.  At the recording
> control
> screen click on mic balance, then advanced then click on 1AGC for Waveln.
> On my Windows 98 computer (the family's computer) go to Volume control,
> Options, Advanced Controls then Microphone balance,  then click the box
for
> 1Mic Gain (+20dB).
> Either way by going to the microphone balance box advanced controls and
> clicking
> the box for Mic Gain or 1AGC for waveln it added the audio needed to make
> adequate
> recordings.  At that point you just need to fiddle with the playback audio
> and microphone
> audio levels to make them equal so your recorded audio and mic audio is at
> the same
> level.  On my IC765 I put the meter in the comp setting and fiddle with
the
> controls
> until they look equal - I also listen to my transmitted sig (into a dummy
> load, of course!)
> on a second rig.
> I have noted a little hum even with a 1:1 audio xformer in line - I may
try
> the 1k/8ohm output
> transformer suggested in another message to get the hum to go away.  It is
> very low level
> and I've never rcvd a comment about it in several contests but if I can
> hear it I know others
> can too.
> Good Luck - let me know if this works.
> 73,
> Ed K3DNE
>
>
>
>
>
> At 06:06 PM 11/13/01 -0500, The Tolberts wrote:
> >While on the subject of sound cards and audio, anyone else have problems
> >recording wav files with their Heil mics. I tried both mic in and line in
> >and the output must be to low and the volume is wayyyy down even with the
> >controls set to max. Any solution?
> >
> >73 Jamie WW3S
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "William Hendrick" <whhendrick@home.com>
> >To: "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:28 PM
> >Subject: [WriteLog] Sound board bad audio
> >
> >
> > > Do some sound cards produce bad audio? I set up for the first time the
> >sound
> > > card messages. Listening in a second receiver at the play back the
audio
> > > sounds really bad. I'm using the 1:1 transformer in the line. I've
tried
> > > adjusting the rigs mic gain and the WL audio controls. It's still not
> >good.
> > >
> > > Bill, N0AC
> > > whhendrick@home.com
> > >
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