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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: tugs on August 31, 2003, 05:46:19 PM

Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: tugs on August 31, 2003, 05:46:19 PM
So I bought one of the above - "logitech premium USB headset 300" I believe it is.

Only problem is that the microphone is very quiet, despite the windows mixer being up to full. There is no +20dB check box in the mixer for this item like there normally is for microphone channels, and the levels are very annoying.

I seem to have had _some_ success with fiddling the voice_maxgain parameter in the CS config/console, but I'm not entirely sure if this is doing what I think it is (especially as I haven't figured out how voice_avggain relates to this yet).

Anybody else come across this? Any registry hacks you know to get the +20dB checkbox added to this windows mixer channel?

Any help gratefully received.

Yours quietly,...
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: A Twig on August 31, 2003, 11:02:34 PM
Easy solution, simply shout down the mic....
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: tugs on August 31, 2003, 11:09:23 PM
:D Now why didn't I think of that?
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: A Twig on September 01, 2003, 12:13:30 AM
That's what I do!!!!  :D
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: tugs on September 01, 2003, 07:00:39 AM
I usually have a sleeping baby in a room 3 metres away, so shouting might go down badly with the missus unfortunately, despite my frequent urges to scream down the microphone.   :rolleyes:

I don't expect to be able to whisper, but I do think I should be able to talk normally and get sufficient gain to see the level meters move.
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: OldBloke on September 01, 2003, 07:05:50 AM
It sounds to me (ouch!) that it's a problem with your soundcard drivers not your headset.

Have you tried installing the latest version?
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: tugs on September 01, 2003, 05:53:32 PM
It's a USB headset, so there are no soundcard drivers - it's the default Windows "USB Audio Device" drivers, and logitech's website shows no indication of there being any drivers available for headsets.

thanks,

tugs.
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: SLoWHaND on September 01, 2003, 06:00:56 PM
Hmmm
I remember having  a similar problem with this kind of thing.

I solved it by installing GAMEVOICE.

It as the +20 thingy as an option in its setup.

I set it up in that.
Then never used the prog.
But it seemd to cure the MIC problem for CS.

SLoWHaND
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: tugs on September 01, 2003, 06:16:35 PM
gamevoice? will look into that. thank you :)
Title: Logitech Premium Usb Headset
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2003, 07:23:46 PM
I've had a look through my registry and can only find keys for boost under the entries for my sound card software - nowhere else. You may want to have a look through registry. If you have an Audigy card and run XP I can tell you the key settings I have.
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