chili195 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Had my Corsair HS1 delivered this morning. I love the build quality and the comfort is also fantastic. One big problem though is that my voice is coming through way too quiet. I can't see an option to enable boost or to increase the volume any higher than it already is. The volume seems okay if I move the microphone closer to my mouth (or if I talk out the side of my mouth!) but in its proper position (even when 'bent' as close as possible) it just doesn't seem to be doing a good job picking up audio. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to overcome this or am I missing a trick here with the microphone placement? Otherwise, it looks like this will be going back :( Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyvee Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 presuming your running win7 or vista have you gone control panel , hardware and sound , manage audio devices , then click the recording tab , click mic , click properties and then click the levels tab , guess is your level or level boost is too low :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chili195 Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Thanks for your reply. I've checked and the level is set to max (100). There is no option for boost anywhere that I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman59 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Got the HS1 yesterday, my mic was working fine on teamspeak & ventrilo last night. Stuck at work now, I will check my settings for you when I get home later. Really pleased with the quality & comfort of the HS1. CHEERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Got the HS1 yesterday, my mic was working fine on teamspeak & ventrilo last night. Stuck at work now, I will check my settings for you when I get home later. Really pleased with the quality & comfort of the HS1. CHEERS Did someone complain to you about your voice or anything in the background sounding very bass-like or the background noise being muffled? I'm using ventrilo as well and we got the settings to the highest possible quality and people claim that there's a sound in the background when I speak that's very bass-like or being muffled. One of the comments I got last night was "It sound like you have 50kg of cloths your mic when you try to speak." Anyone else having issues with this and knows how to resolve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman59 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 No I checked my setting on teamspeak last night before i was raiding in wow & my friend who was logged in at the time said I was coming across loud & clear. Swapped to Ventrilo for the raid & no bad comments were made about my voice at all, got my mic turned up to about 75% in the corsair software. Hope this helps & its set as direct sound in vent & ts. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 No I checked my setting on teamspeak last night before i was raiding in wow & my friend who was logged in at the time said I was coming across loud & clear. Swapped to Ventrilo for the raid & no bad comments were made about my voice at all, got my mic turned up to about 75% in the corsair software. Hope this helps & its set as direct sound in vent & ts. Cheers After some testing I can actually hear what they're talking about. If I put one finger on the mic the sound it makes is painful. Might this just be that I've got a bad headset or that this sound just is there and you need to accept it as background noise. For the most part I can hear myself speaking but the bass sound that's in the background can sometimes seem to overtake my voice. Using direct sound as well, been having issues by not using it in Windows 7 (the famous delay and all the sound comes crashing in at once :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Tried a different headset or trying that headset in a different jack (front versus back), or better yet, a different PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Tried a different headset or trying that headset in a different jack (front versus back), or better yet, a different PC? My last headset took an early vacation, that's the reason for purchasing this one. I'll try it on another computer tomorrow, changing jack didn't make any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chili195 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Yeah, I have the same sort of problem with the background noise. I have to turn the mic up to max output volume to get any decent sound out of it (still too quiet) - but then the background noise is also amplified which is obviously not preferable. It's not that bassy though so it might be a different issue entirely. It's a USB mic so I don't think changing jacks will make much difference. It just seems to be the mic doesn't pick up my voice as its quite far off from my mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voy Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Tried on another PC this morning and the background noise is still there. I spent a few hours trying to adjust volumes and so on but I couldn't get rid of that noise. As the previous poster said, you have to more or less max out the volume on the mic for people to hear you good enough and when you do that the background noise sounds more clearly as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Just to double check, did you install the drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voy Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Just to double check, did you install the drivers? Yes, I even followed the instructions to turn off my anti-virus while installing. Normally I skip that part but hey, it's a new product so why not follow instructions for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chili195 Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Got another headset today by a rival (same price category). The microphone works perfectly now. A real shame though, as it is not as comfortable as the Corsair - in fact its probably the comfiest headset I've worn. I feel that if Corsair had made the microphone an inch longer perhaps then that would have solved my problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 15, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 15, 2010 Maybe there was some issue with the Mic or a setting did you try replacing the HS1 first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megosu Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Hi, same issue for me, with 2 different HS1 how did you manage to solve this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 26, 2011 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 26, 2011 If you are experiencing low mic volumes in Win 7, try the steps below: 1. Recording devices in windows 2. Properties on the mic 3. Enhancements tab 4. Checked Low Frequency Protection 5. Checked Loudness Equalization 6. Click Apply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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