Soundblaster live platinum Recorder volume way too

i've been using this soundcard for awhile and i've never had a problem with it until recently when i tried to record something and it said my sound card wasnt in so i plugged it back in and reinstalled the drivers and i have sound but when i try to record u cant hear anything and i've adjusted the volumes and i've gone and made sure that i went to volume control and checked everything out and everything is set right.. what should i do?

You could try a cleansweep of the soundcard (removing the drivers software completely, then reinstalling):
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=2&sid=72
Once the card is up and running again, check the mixer settings to ensure the microphone is selected as the recording source, and that you've adjusted the volume. Does it record the signal? If it's recorded, but you can't hear it while you're recording, then check the micrphone isn't muted.
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I am having a problem with my ThinkPad's microphone. The problem occurs with the internal microphone as well as an external microphone. The volume is way too low. I need to have my mouth very close (almost against it) to the microphone in order to be able to record anything and therefore to be able to see my microphone level shift at the recording devices section of Windows. Because of this using a mic is pretty much impossible. The sound level recorded is way too low.
I have tried a lot of things and settings: I have deleted the SoundMax drivers to try the drivers that Windows installs by default, and they don't work either. I have tried the put the microphone boost level to the highest settings possible and it certainly helps, but it is still almost just as bad, plus the noise added when boosting the level is unacceptable. I have also checked if the microphone sound recorded isn't being played through the speakers and it isn't. I also disabled any type of post signal processing I came across, but this also didn't help.
As a last resort I completely reinstalled Windows on my system and installed the SoundMax drivers again, but this didn't work either.
Important thing:
I just tried a Ubuntu live CD and the microphone worked fine. I could just sit away from it and talk to it and it would record my voice pretty good. So I guess the whole problem is pretty much software related.
Some side info:
As external mic I was using a headset that comes with almost any type of smartphone nowadays, a headset which has a small (and usually clip-on) microphone and a four pole jack-plug (which the T420 only accepts unfortunately).
OS: Windows 7 64 bit Professional
I really, really hope someone is able to help me with my problem. I love my T420, but this is just unacceptable and very annoying.

Try disabling all of the Conexant services in Services.
Also go into Sound, Recording, Internal Microphone, Levels tab.
Set volume to 100, and boost to +10. This is what works optimally for my W520 on TeamSpeak.
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Recording gives way too much distort

Hello everybody!
I'm trying to record my guitar on the comp by placing a mic (which is plugged into the mic-in) near the amp but the quality of the recording is horrible, it sounds way too much distorted. It used to sound ok on my old comp which had an onboard sound card (AC97).
I don't know what to do.. any thoughts?

I think you would get better results my plugging the guitar into a preamp and the line-level from the preamp into the Line-in of your soundcard. If you search the forum for "guitar," you'll find lots of posts. This thread seems to cover using a SoundBlaster for guitar recording well, especially jutapa's posts.

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I have Soundblaster Audigy 2 on Vista 64-bit. I recently downloaded new drivers (6.0..242). This is after converting from XP and old drivers.
My "What you hear" settings work and will record using MediaSource Player, but the volume on the recorded file is about 25% the volume of the original file. This is verified upon replaying both the original and newly-recorded files side-by-side or right after one another.
When opening the Sound Panel>Recording Devices>"What You Hear">Levels, the levels are to the max and the balance is to the max for both right and left channels.
Although probably irrelevent, under Sound Panel>Playback Devices>Speakers>Levels, play control levels are max, and all other sublevels are?maxed, balanced maxed, and unmuted. (Sorry for my lack of technical description.)
I play the file on Windows Media Player and volume is maxed on the player as well. The interesting thing is when you look in the Sound Panel, the speakers show maxed volume and the "What you hear" only shows, again 25% of the volume.
Previously, I had no problems with XP and old drivers. I also was once able to revert to old drivers (which I can no longer do) and the problem went away. The difference was that the old drivers had a "Wav" level setting (under Sound Panel>Playback Devices>Speakers>Levels) where you could increase the level. These drivers don't appear to provide this setting.
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Jamrock wrote:
Where abouts is this located? I can only see "Microphone, Line in, CD Player, Video, AUX, Stereo Mix, Mono Mix"
Which card/software you got there?
If you use "Creative Surround Mixer" --> you can set the .REC source by pressing the icon located above recording level slider.
If you can't see the "W-U-H" option listed there, then check if it's already selected (ear icon).
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I have Soundblaster li've platinum 5.. I have just formatted and restored all my software.
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cheers
sloman

halfnuts wrote:
Pay special attention to the replies from Creative staff as they are the most helpful.
I can appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person, but I think you should take a look at the announcement at the top of each board: "These forums are primarily intended for user interaction. Read more."
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Droid Razor Maxx, 2 days old. Alarm volume is just barely audible if I put my ear next to the speaker. Ringer volume seems ok and the speakerphone seems ok as well. Yes, I've gone to settings volume and turned all of them up. I also went to the alarm app itself and made sure it was all the way up also.
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The cache was already empty and it (of course) didn't have a clear button. Data had a tiny bit in it, cleared that. Alarm volume was unchanged; still too low.
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Soundblaster live platinum 5.1 upgr

Hello I am new to this forum so I was hoping someone would kindly help me out. I have a soundblaster li've 5. with a creative sound card model SB0060 and has an audio extension (digital I/O) connector. Yes I know quite old stuff. I used to do a lot of recording with cubase, wavelab, etc and for various reasons drifted away from it. I am ken to start again and although I love my front panel? (li've dri've IR) so was wondering is it possible to just purchase a new soundcard that is compatible with the li've dri've IR. The reason for the swap and I assume my deduction is correct. Since I moved from Win98 to XP I have a terrible judder during music playback that is very intermittent but very annoying ?Any help out there would be very appreciated. Regards?MusicmanUK

halfnuts wrote:
Pay special attention to the replies from Creative staff as they are the most helpful.
I can appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person, but I think you should take a look at the announcement at the top of each board: "These forums are primarily intended for user interaction. Read more."
sloman - it would be strange the driver stops working once you install the driver. Did you check the mixer (when the driver is installed)? You didn't mention which options are set there, but as long as this is all selected it should work. Do the headphones work on the dri've then? Can you record from the input on the back of the card?
Cat

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hello i have recently formatted my computer forgetting that i had damaged my installation cd for my soundblaster li've platinum and im wondering where to get a replacement. i have tried drivers from creative but it still doesnt work, i have had it for 7 years, when i first had it it was on win 98 but then i went on to xp and most of the stuff went on and i updated the rest and it worked with no probs but now nothing (it had adobe reader, proddy parrot, keytar, mixer etc.). please helpthanx

Search for badboy's installation ISO thread and you'll find a link to where he's getting the files hosted now.
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The original cd you lost includes Windows 2000's Li'veWare which needed to be patched for XP with a seperate download that Creative no longer offers. It may still be on driverguide.com. I think it was called SBLi'veXPUpdate.exe or something like that. There was an older version only for the 4. cards and a newer one for all the cards.
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I used to enjoy that stupid parrot and Dr. Sbatso!

Earphone volume way too low - Lumia 900 w/ Rogers ...

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Volume way too low!

what should i do? i cant even here it outside in the rain. its annoying paying 600 bucks for a low volume phone

You are not alone. This is one of the most viewed topics on the fourms here.
Options include;
Send iPhone in for repair. (other have had success doing that).
Leave Apple Feedback (might help for next model).
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Buy anothr cell phone for calls and keep this one for the iPod and web stuff.

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My doubt is about the driver, only say about upgrade, where I find the SBLW-XPWEB-W3-US?! I used this 2 drivers and another find driversguide but nothing works.
I really need help
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Iassa

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My doubt is about the driver, only say about upgrade, where I find the SBLW-XPWEB-W3-US?! I used this 2 drivers and another find driversguide but nothing works.
I really need help
TIA
Iassa

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Thanks for these suggestions. I suspected GB effects wouldn't change the recording levels, but appreciate the confirmation. I checked the Audio/Midi setup in GB preferences, and I don't see anywhere to adjust the recording level there, just a selection for the audio input (source).
I have been using the iBooster, so I tried plugging the mic directly into the iMic and boosting the input level in System Preferences/Sound. This achieved a much lower input level; so low that the GB tuner couldn't even recognize the pitch of a single string when plucked. So this seems to create the opposite problem (recording volume too low). Good idea to try, though.
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Good recording volume

Alright, so here are some dilemmas I'm facing.
1. When I put the recording volume up too high, it creates distortion in my song.
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