System Light Dark

xentr_theme_editor

xentr_page_setup xentr_appearance xentr_sidebar

  • xentr_page_width

    xentr_toggle_page_width

    xentr_page_width_description

    xentr_color_pickers

    xentr_toggle_color_picker

    xentr_toggle_color_picker_description

    xentr_typography

    xentr_select_the_font_you_want_to_use

    xentr_node_layout

    xentr_grid_layout

    xentr_grid_layout_description

  • Style variation

    xentr_select_the_style_variation_you_want_to_use
    System Light Dark

  • xentr_sidebar

    xentr_toggles_sidebar

    xentr_sidebar_description

    xentr_sticky_sidebar

    xentr_sticky_sidebar_description
    xentr_sidebar_position
    Left
    Right
  • Please do not post any links until you have 3 posts as they will automatically be rejected to prevent SPAM. Many words are also blocked due to being used in SPAM Messages. Thanks!

Got a new Audio-Technica ATR2500, how the hell do I adjust the gain...

Mycelus

Mycelus

Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2013
Messages
22
Reaction score
0
xentr_thread_starter
Im frustrated as hell. Got a new Audio-Technica ATR2500 USB mic. Has no knob for gain control, no drivers, no software. How do I adjust the gain... it's picking up my case fans, my heater, my dad coughing upstairs.

Im trying to use it for recording YouTube videos but if it's gonna record every little sound then I just wasted all my money. I've googled software for adjusting gain on a mic and magically can't find anything.

How do people adjust the gain on their mics without knobs?
 
xentr_thread_starter
Yeah it says I have to do it through "the recording program."

TeamSpeak nor Open Broadcasting Software has a gain setting... they both pick up the background noise.
 
Your best bet would be to go into Control Panel, then Sound, Recording tab, and probably disable the Microphone boost to see if that cuts it enough as that adds 10db....or too much as the case may be. You can also change the volume in the Levels (could be named different in Win7 or XP but should not be hard to find).
 
xentr_thread_starter
There's no microphone boost option... or levels tab... that's the thing...
 
to check after use the listen tab to turn on play back so you can adjust to liking
 

Attachments

  • aa222.webp
    aa222.webp
    39.3 KB · Views: 5,653
xentr_thread_starter
Yes I've done that. Only thing I can do is make it quieter, background noise is still there. Aren't there filters you can buy for mics that remove this stuff completely?
 
"gain" and "level" and "volume" are, incorrectly, used interchangeably in a lot of computer interfaces.

It pics up sound only from certain directions. Cardioid mics pick up best in the front of the mic, but pick up almost zero noise from directly behind it. Here is a diagram : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_pattern_cardioid.png

Perhaps you could have the noise pointed away from the mic and it'll help.


A noise filter is electronic, and your mic is usb so it's not a big deal (you don't have to buy a "box" to plug into). Many recording softwares have noise filters, they work like apps. You don't have to pay 2000 dollars, but that software kptn suggests looks awesome. But I think there's a VST plugin for noise supression.

My noise filter was just over 100 bucks and it's a physical box.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

xentr_legal_notice_title

xentr_legal_notice_description

Back
Top