Hello,
was just wondering if anyone else was going through what Iam. I have Dell Studio Xps13 9370 which comes with only one jack and no USB A ports. I Bought Cable Creation’s USB-C Sound adapter for a Mic and HeadPhone. For some reason, when I put in my head phones through the cable creation, the sound is extremely loud and lowering the playback volume to just 1 hardly helps. Putting it higher and it sounds like it will blow my head phones.
The actual issue however is that for whatever reason when I plug in my Neewer NW-700 microphone, the recording is extremely low even with the input put on Max. But for some reason when I put in my Mic straight into my laptop’s jack the recording input is normal again and better.
here are the links of the items if you wanted to see what I’ am using.
https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Condenser-Microphone-Suspension-Mounting/dp/B01D4KYRYC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrsb97YyH4gIVmv_jBx2hPQ2-EAAYASAAEgLDtvD_BwE&hvadid=231052747873&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9061009&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5804512423117793055&hvtargid=kwd-299044072300&hydadcr=23338_10308590&keywords=neewer+microphone&qid=1557152438&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=ADRMR4NT0UM2R
https://www.amazon.ca/Adapter-CableCreation-External-Compatible-Windows/dp/B075YFDJ4Q/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=cablecreation+usb+c+audio+adapter&qid=1557152630&s=gateway&sr=8-3
Mic straight into my laptop’s jack the recording input is normal again and better.
How are you doing that? The Neewer is an XLR microphone and won’t plug into your Dell.
I think I can account for the microphone volume change. When you plug into the Dell, the sound is going through Windows Mic Boost feature. When you plug in to the adapter, it’s not.
I think you have a version of my sound system. I run the computer playback volume all the way up and send the sound to a manual preamp which has a big knob to set volume, and then on to the rest of the sound system. You’re missing the preamp.
Make sure the Windows sound is turned down, not just the Audacity volume control. Speaker icon in lower right? I’m not a Windows elf. That’s also the place to look for Mic Boost.
Koz
I have Dell Studio Xps13 9370 which comes with only one jack
With a [u]TRRS Adapter Cable[/u] you can connect headphones and a microphone without using the USB soundcard.
But for some reason when I put in my Mic straight into my laptop’s jack the recording input is normal again and better.
If that’s working, fine… But, stage/studio mics are balanced (3-wire connection) and computer mics are unbalanced (2-wire) so they don’t connect “properly”. In addition, the preamp built into a soundcard or laptop is often low-quality (noisy).
Normally, people doing “serious” high quality recording use a studio microphone and an [u]Audio Interface[/u] with professional-balanced microphone inputs.
Or, some people use a “studio style” [u]USB mic[/u] (AKA a “podcast mic”). Some of these have a headphone jack with zero-latency monitoring built-in. (Some audio interfaces also have zero-latency monitoring.)
the sound is extremely loud and lowering the playback volume to just 1 hardly helps.
That’s a new one for me… I’ve never heard of a broken Windows Volume control.
BTW - Most audio interfaces and modern mixers & preamps provide phantom power so it’s rare that you need a separate phantom power supply. But, you do need it if you want to use a studio condenser mic with your USB soundcard or the mic input on your laptop.
I’ve never heard of a broken Windows Volume control.
Right. Which means maybe it’s not broken.
We know nothing about the headphones.
We know nothing about where the loud content is coming from.
It’s not unusual for playback sound to go through multiple volume controls. Let’s say YouTube is getting harder and harder to hear and it turns out the web pages are trying to adjust the sound down in Firefox at the same time my computer is trying to adjust its volume service up. You can get silence, but never get double sound. The best you can do is “normal” with everybody turned all the way up.
It’s really unusual for computer volume controls to boost sound. Windows Mic-Boost service is one in a row and a relatively recent addition. All the rest of the services reduce volume down from “normal”
That drags us back to knowing a lot more about the headphones.
Everybody makes low volume home microphones. Nobody’s shocked about that. That’s why Microsoft included the Mic-Boost feature.
Koz