Low Mic Volume

Just a quickie
I do a bit on voice over editing via my Studio software, but the microphone volume is very low, I've tried different mics and fiddling with the settings but no joy.
Is there something I have missed?

Have you checked "Mic Db boots" option from mixer advanced properties?
Also navigate to Realtek installation folder and execute "miccal.exe" to calibrate the Mic.

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I have an alienware laptop that I had just recieved for Christmas. Friends and I have been playing games while talking via Skype for a few weeks, and everything has been fine.
Today, when we went to play, my three friends told me that my mic volume was incredibly low. I checked all my settings, everything is maxed as far as I can tell, and absolutely nothing was changed in between the last time we played and now. (I literally turned my laptop off the last time we played, and powered it back on to this issue)
I can answer any questions.

i am suddenly having this problem as well.
i have tried trouble shooting this problem many ways but it never quite works. i will list what i have done so far.
1) tested with another mic. same effect
2) maxed the mic volume in the skype settings
3) tested with another audio recording software. mic still works great
4) tried resetting everything i could think that would help (computer, skype, skype settings)
5) when i tried resetting skype settings by going into appdata and changing the skype file into Old_Skype forcing skype to reload its settings, it would appear to work wonderfully when i started up the software. it would walk me through the setup settings and the bar that shows mic volume was going up to my voice as it normally does. then after setup and i get into a test call, my mic is back to sounding incredebly quiet.
6) i went into sound setting and tried many combinations concerning mic boost which was already up, tried disableing software setting override, tried disableing all sound effects. all still nothing.
i am using a turtle beach x12 but that shouldent be the problem because a logitech i have is having the same problem. i am running on windows 8.1 i have tried skype calls with friends they all say my mic is very quiet. much much quieter than normal, even when yelling into the mic. if i think of anything else you may need or if you ask for it i will add to the post.
thank you all
Edit: after more testing i may have discovered the problem. skype is only detecting my onboard mic and is trying to use that (im using a laptop). how can i get skype to detect my turtle beach headset? other programs seem to just fine
Edit 2: disreguard the first edit. when speaking into the mic in a way that the on bord mic wouldn't be able to pick up, skype got the sound i was sending into my headset mic. still quietly but somewhat louder because i was closer to the mic on the headset

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I did that and it didn't work, also I notice Skype auto adjusts my volume, so everytime somebody elses talks it goes down, but doesn't go back up after they end. But it's still low, to talk I have to get closser to the keys to talk through them I guess.
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someone once wrote: "I just got my iPhone 3GS a week ago and i got some issues with it. First i have to say that it's a lot faster than my iPhone 3G. After few days the phone suddenly got hot and sucked out my battery. After charging it to 100% during the night i made 2-3 phone calls 2-3 minutes each and then my battery was at 20-30%. The phone was hot so i restarted it and then optimized my settings to lower the used power. This was yesterday and today it works well again.
I also have an issue with the mic volume. My friends tell me that they can barley hear me. It seem to work better when using bluetooth headset.
By posting this here i hope someone at Apple will read it and do something about it.
Overall i love the iPhone! "
I have same issue here with 4.2.1. version software.

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Yes, I have tried increasing the volume in control panel -> Realtek HD audio manager. No success.
I have used a bunch of different drivers, both from toshiba's website and realtek's.
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