Condenser microphone and Teamspeak 3... what's going wrong?

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Hello all,

I own the following microphone - Sony ECMMS907.CE7 - and use teamspeak 3 a lot for voice communications.

The problem at present is that users are complaining that my mic is extremely quiet... even when I have microphone boost turned on. My question is why is this happening? Do I require a pre-amp for such a microphone?

Running it through an ASUS DS, tried in 90 degree and 180 degree modes, users seem to prefer 90 degrees, also tried with windshield on/off.

Any help would be great,

Rob
 
Could be your voice comms settings inside TS3.

Enable mic boost in control panel and then go to your settings in TS3 and turn it right up in there. Alternatively your mic seems to be not a standard mic so I'd physically try and alter it's position, not only getting it closer to your mouth but to twist it in different directions because it seems it picks up sound better according to it's angle in comparison to the noise source.
 
Microphone is boosted, can't turn it up in TS3 but settings that should be on are on.

When doing monitoring, it seems it picks up me talking 30cm away but not audible through speakers, whereas lips to wind break gives full feedback. At distance I can see the EQ spiking up multiple freqs just not hear it back unless speakers are maxed.
 
It's generally not the type of mic to use on teamspeak anyway, it's for recording at venues/gigs and things like that, you really need just a standard desktop mic or a zalman clip on mic for your purpose.
 
wait, what? you're using a condenser mic?! that needs 48v phantom power to work properly :p

although, i disagree that it would be used at gigs, they're very sensitive to loud sounds, and delicate (so if dropped etc will not work again).

they're more suited to studio recordings ;)
 
A condensor mic being quiet? I'd bet that it's not getting it's 48v Phantom Power and the batteries in it are dead/there are none!

As I'd assume that a PC sound card won't be giving it Phantom Power, have you tried changing the AAs in it?
 
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