Re: how to increase gain in microphone channel?

Dow Hurst wrote:

> If he is getting signal at all it sounds like the mic is turned on.  
> The faint sound could be feedthru with the mic plugged in the wrong 
> input, right?  Or maybe he needs to try recording from the mike 
> without the monitor on.  Some circuits are designed to reduce feedback 
> so he might have a compression feature kicking in harder as he cranks 
> the mic input up.  Just free thinking here on the $0.02 level so take 
> all this with a grain of salt! ;-)
> Dow
>
>

True. If the mic is gated (to filter noise/feedback) it might have a 
sensitivety threshold.  In that case there might be a situation where 
the mic sounds very low and then a slight adjustment will make it very 
loud.  Or if it's working/designed well there will be a point where 
there mic will sound correct and not pick noise like sounds from the 
room or breathing, etc...   On a down note, it could need software input 
in order to manage the mic sound - stuff that is intrinsic to.... M$. 
 If this is the case then it may not work properly.

Just a thought, Curtis.