My mic volume is too high?

[demondblood33]

Hey, I just got Teamspeak 3 for Win-7, and when I went through the set-up wizard, at the part where it was testing my mic, my voice started echoing intensely throughout my headset until it got to a really high pitch whine and I had to take my hand off of the Push-to-talk button. Also, when I did talk, it seemed like my voice was REALLY loud... Louder than I even talked.

I run on Steam and Skype daily and my mic volume is just fine so.... Is there any way to turn down the mic volume for Teamspeak only?

[SilentStorm]

That happens usually when using Speakers for Playback while using PTT. It can exponentially raise the volume... I think its because of the automatic gain control...

In any case:
You can go to Settings -> Options -> Capture -> Advanced Options -> Voice Activation detection while using Push To Talk.

Also Settings -> Options -> Playback and then move the Top Slider to the left.


Thing with Skype is that it (at least used to) has a bad habit of screwing up Sound Settings and interfering with normal Operation in general, so it could very well be responsible. Not saying this is the case here but its a thing to keep in mind.

[demondblood33]

Thanks for the heads up! It worked... kind of. The echo is now gone, but my mic is still transmitted irregularly loudly. =/ Any other tips?

Also, I'm using a headset to talk AND to listen with.