Tired of weird mic, what to do?

[decoman 45]

I seriously need some assistance with my microphone issue. I believe I have tried to fiddle with all the settings and nothing really helps.

Stuff:

Windows 7, 64 bit

Asus Maximus IV Extreme P3 mainboard

Realtek HD audio (tried old and new drivers)

Koss Porta pro speak easy (the one with a mic)

Issues:

Recorded audio is barely audible with 100% mic level and 0% boost

The microphone on my headset always has to be adjusted being just one or two cm off my lips, else the recorded audio of my voice greatly drops off.

If I boost the mic to +30dB, recorded audio is ok, but nothing like the volume level of my own voice.

If I boost the mic to +30dB, I hear fairly loud humming, perhaps indicative of a grounding issue. At +0dB boost, this is no issue at all.

If I boost the mic, I can hear the air from my nose WHOOSHING much louder than my voice.

Moving my mic out of the way of the nose-air-stream makes the recorded audio drop off and becomes inaudible.

What can I do to get better audio off my mic? Buy a sound card? Does that really help? Buying a different headset? How can I know it will help?

<_<

Edited August 3, 2012 by Treehugger

[BearGravy 53]

Buy a new headset. Or google the problem and the name of your headset, if it's logitech or something, I am pretty sure they have a forum for it, this isn't a place to post it since it's dayz general not mic problems general.

[Uncle-Thugs 2]

I had the same problem. Try this it helped for me I still had to mess with volume and boost a bit but I got it just right after a while.

[vitdom 56]

If I boost the mic, I can hear the air from my nose WHOOSHING much louder than my voice.

Buy a new mic.

[decoman 45]

I bought a new headset and I have apparantly gotten myself a much better microphone, one that can stay off my lips and just work.

the old one --> Koss Porta Pro Easy Speak (jacks) (hrm, I bought it a month ago or so)

the new one --> Logitech USB Headset H530 (USB)

Still, I can only hope now, that my next restart/shutdown doesn't lead to Windows 7 freezing up again, like it did 4-5 times prior. I think I might have solved the weirdness with the new headset by replugging it into a USB port found on the back of the cabinet (directly into the mainboard). It was weird, the volume slider would slide down from 100% to 0% volume all by itself. I hope this issue will be gone now that I moved the USB plug to the rear USB ports (Initially, I connected the new headset to the front USB ports, which might be the cause of why it didnt really work the first times plugged in).

Edit: Btw, there is no way I will recommend a Logitech product, I just had to try some other product and would rather not buy anything Logitech at all. :)

Edit2: On my second day of use, there seem to be an issue. The headset has a knob that can be put into three positions: voice, gaming and music. When enabling the "gaming" mode option, all volume controls stop working, and I can see the volume slider in windows just fall all by its self for no apparent reason. Either a bug of sorts or I perhaps working as intended, I have no idea.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Treehugger