Mic sound is very low

When I connect to my TS Server, people tell me that my mic is very very low and I don't know what else to do to make it louder. I'm running Redhat 8.0 with a SB Live 5.1. I turned up the mic in the sound settings but I don't see anything about boosting it or anything.

[GNU]

if using alsa

# alsactl store
then edit /etc/asound.state and change "mic boost +30db" to "true" and then
# alsactl restore

I have the exact same porblem but +20 db boost already looks to be on in my asound.state file.

        control.36 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type INTEGER
                comment.range '0 - 31'
                iface MIXER
                name 'Mic Playback Volume'
                value 31
        }
        control.37 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type BOOLEAN
                iface MIXER
                name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)'
                value true
        }

And my mic volume is jacked all the way up . So what else can I do? I am perfectly loud coming out of my own speakers, everyone else says I am faint.

Thanks for any help.