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    MBP Mic pretty much useless?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Arquis, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    I've noticed that the mic (located inside the left speaker) has very low volume. When I try to use it to speak with someone, the person on the other side barely hears it. Is this just my mic... or is there a way to make it louder? (btw this was in Windows, I haven't tried it in OS X)



    Well I tried it in GarageBand and it worked ok. Nothing impressive but I could hear myself fine... is the windows driver just... sub par?
     
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    HRm.. never used it much except for in Ventrillo, and it worked fine then. No one had problems with low volume.

    This was in OS X not iwndows.
     
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    Hmm. It works great on my Macbook.=\
     
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    Yeah I'm speaking pretty low in GarageBand with the mic volume at about 75% and I can hear myself fine with my speaker volume low... the problem is when I tried to speak with someone in windows through MSN they kept complaining that I was speaking so low, but I had my mic volume maxed in MSN. So all I can think of is either the drivers for the mic in Vista are horrible, or there was a problem on their end. I think it's the driver since I plugged in my USB mic and they heard me fine. Also they have no trouble through my brothers inspiron.
     
    Arquis, Jan 13, 2008
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