Recorded sounds are auto adjusting
I have an Envy h9t with windows 8, i5-3570K, beats audio and I bought the system in January 2013.
Recorded sounds sounds horrible due to some sort of auto adjusting hat is going on. Recording from my sound card the volume goes up and down randomly it seems. When I try to record from my microphone the volume drops to about 20% if a note is sustained for more than about 2 seconds. I have skype turned off and the comunications tab of the sounds menu set to 'do nothing'. Does this sound like some sort of auto adjusting problem to any experts? Where can I turn this off?
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Ok it is slightly outdated. No big deal though. Just download the latest version 6.10.6433.0 from here. Install it and restart if it prompts you to.
While you're at it, check to see what BIOS version you have currently by pressing the FN + ESC keys. Look for 'F.##'. If it is less than F.25, go ahead and download BIOS version F.25 from here. During that installation, your notebook will restart on its own. Allow it to restart and get back to the Start screen. After those updates, test the sound auto-leveling issue and let me know the results when you get a chance
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