Avoid the Xonar DG 5.1

UKFX

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If you want to be able to have good recording volume during games, don't use a Xonar DG. It's a strange device.

My mic is fine for Skype etc, but Windows claims I get 1 bar on the volume monitor for Mic Input even though I have Mic Boost enabled and the Mic set to 100%.

Disappointed to be honest. Worst drivers ever as well. Using Windows 8 Pro 64.

Suppose I better go back to using on-board sound.
 
Weird,You sure your card isnt faulty at all?

I have the D1 and its been flawless,The drivers have proven solid aswell..was with Creative before and their drivers are a bloody mess.
 
Not sure how long I've had this card now.... less than a year definitely, but the mic has always been quiet in game recordings. Plenty fine in Skype, but regardless of that in Windows, if I talk at a natural level with the mic in the correct place near my mouth it barely lights the first bar - and as mentioned this is with mic boost on and the volume at 100%.

If I play games and record with Fraps, Bandicam or Action, the game sounds are obviously loud enough but my voice is pretty much inaudable, even though the sound in game has been reduced by about 25% - which is something I do so I can hear other people on Skype when they're talking to me.

I don't know if it is faulty because it seems to be a common issue on Xonar DG. On the Asus VIP forum there have been complaints about the mic being quiet. Few searches on Google brought some stuff up about it as well.

Your card is different of course, so who knows, perhaps they sorted the Mic volume on your version. All I know is the drivers for Windows 8 from Asus for the DG are meh at best and the mic volume is as low as it has ever been.

Almost shameful that I've had to - after all this time - swap to my on board sound, just so I can actually get an adequate mic level outside of Skype.
 
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OK nope, my on board mic is quiet as well.

Joy.

Must be my Medusa NX Stereo headset then. I haven't got the money to be ****ing about with sound, this is ridiculous.
 
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Yep I figured after switching back to on board that it is most likely my headset which is the problem. Rghhh! :@

Oh well. Any suggestions on cheap, but good headsets with long (non square) ear cups? My ears are quite long lol and as much as I love the audio and build quality of the Speedlink Medusa NX, obviously that mic is a problem.

(need a fairly long cable)
 
Not a clue what he's on about tbh, my DGX 5.1 has been flawless. I've never had an issue with speakers on my mic through either direct input into the card, or plugging them into the pass through on the front of the case.

The drivers worked fine for me on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

Strange, looks to me like his motherboard or mic is faulty and he hasn't bothered actually trying to test for a problem before moaning on a forum about the quality of a product.
 
Is the headset what you also use for Skype op? I'm assuming not, because you said it works fine for Skype so that would mean the headset wasn't the problem.

So assuming you use a different mic for Skype, then it does sound like the headset is an issue. If you use the same mic, the other possibility is a system setting somewhere.

Testing the on board sound would have been my first move tbh, definitely before wading in against the DG :p.

The DG was a ridiculous bargain when I bought it for 20 odd quid a couple of years ago, I've been totally happy with the drivers and the functionality. Auto front panel headphone switching has been a god send and the sq punches far above its weight.
 
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The DG was a ridiculous bargain when I bought it for 20 odd quid a couple of years ago, I've been totally happy with the drivers and the functionality. Auto front panel headphone switching has been a god send and the sq punches far above its weight.
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This, put this in my old 775, and it just transformed the quality of the sound, never knew I'd notice that much of a difference from such a cheap card.
 
If it's just the microphone on the headset which is faulty then why not but a cheap clip on mic instead of buying a whole new headset?
 
It appears some people aren't paying attention to my other post in the thread.

That'll answer your questions.

An I don't see the point of a clip-on mic because then that just means I have another super long wire dangling across my desk and then a headset with a broken goose-mic on it. Anyway for the most part, my headset records sound, just not at a comfortable level, so for now I'll just have to turn down my game volume.
 
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