I have a boom arm on my desk that I can swing into action. Mic Too Quiet Now So I was streaming on Twitch and a viewer let me know my mic was cutting out, so I uninstalled my driver for my Focusrite Scarlett Solo Gen 2, and reinstalled and restarted. Now my mic is too quiet and the gain knob does not appear to be affecting the volume of my mic at all. Now the main issue with Windows 10 is that it does not let us to Boost USB Microphones from the Default Settings in the Taskbar. My mic is extremely quiet, so quiet that I can't record audio by Audacity and no one can hear me in Skype. Any ideas on how to rectify this problem. Microphone Troubleshooting If your microphone output is too quiet or has poor sound quality, try the following: From the desktop, right-click your taskbar’s Speaker icon and choose Sounds; Click the Recording Tab and right-click on the Corsair Device and choose Properties; Click the Advanced Tab and select the drop down list to choose (DVD Quality) Email. Condenser mic really quiet Hi All, I just purchased this mic and I find that I have to speak quite loudly along with having my mouth very close to the mic, I have phantom power. The mic I have AT2020 Audio Technica (heres a link). problem My condenser mic is way too quiet. On it I have a Blue Yeti microphone. Windows 10 has an Issue with many USB Microphones that can cause them to be Really Quiet. If you find that you’re microphone audio levels are too low, here are some tips that may help. The problem was quite simple -The mic itself on my 2015 Macbook pro is the little holes on the left hand side. I record a lot of demos and webinars. The output XLR cord is a converter that converts into a … It is connected to my pc using the XLR to 3.5 jack via phantom power, I have set max gain and boost (as that is the only way I can get any audio). With that comes the quest to find decent quality audio. As You can see in the Image Below, my Microphone BM 800 does not allow Boosting because it is connected to PC using USB. Im currently using a 48V Phantom Power(heres a link) connected to an input XLR cord that goes to my AT2020. More Less. 2.The wireless range of the microphone is around 60m, exceeding 60m may result in an interruption. It is picking up some sound though, in system preferences, it increases by one blob if I shout, but talking normally wouldn't move the little blobs Any way of making it louder without buying a pre amp. 1.The ideal distance between the microphone and the mouth is about 5cm, being too close will cause pop noise and being too far will lead to low volume . On my mac they were blocked with dirt. Order Number. I gently applied a fine pin with circular motions to ream out the crud from the tiny hole and that seems to have cleared at least one of them sufficiently so that zoom/skype and dictation functions as it should! Thanks -Ollie.