On 6/11/20 10:17 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the
host mutes me before I can even say one, single word.
This is the internal laptop mic or the headset mic. Either way, all the
following suggestion about recording it locally for a test and checking
the levels is also good.
Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound
clear? If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up excessively high,
wiggle leads and connectors, see if you can find a fault with your mic
that you can make come and go.
That right there may be the problem, cranking it up too high.
I don't know about xfce, but in the Gnome sound control panel, there's
an indicator showing the microphone level. If not, then audacity works
maybe even better. It has a live indicator as well. If it's hitting
the top, then the level is too high. And you can immediate record and
playback testing.
I know you said you're not in a position to buy a new mic, but it might
be worth buying a $2 cheapy as an experiment. You don't have to use a
headset, you can use separate mikes and headphones.
It's not that I can't afford to buy another mic, it's the principle of
the thing. I've had lots and lots of people suggest that I throw money
at a problem, but in my 70 years, I've only once had somebody offer to
throw their own money at a hardware problem. And, I don't really need a
headset, my laptop's speakers work Just Fine.
A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and
usually a headset microphone will have better sound than the built-in one.
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