I purchased a new PC a few months ago and, despite playing with the 
settings in the Windows volume control, trying two sound cards and 
multiple microphones, I cannot seem to get good enough volume without 
a lot of hiss. I know I tend to be quite soft-spoken, but I didn't 
have this problem on the old PC. I first tried the Realtek card that 
came with my PC. It was fairly acceptible for playback, but I had the 
low mic volume problem. I then bought a Creative 24-bit USB External 
card (I went with that card because I figured it would be easy to 
install since it was USB), installed it and updated the drivers, but 
again, with trying multiple different brands of microphones, the mic 
level was very low unless I cranked the Windows volume control way 
up, in which case I had unacceptible hiss. It is interesting to me 
that, despite having Advanced Controls checked, I cannot find a mic 
boost option in my SB Live, but it does have a microphone volume 
control wheel on the card itself, which only worsens the hiss if I 
crank it up. I am using Sound Forge 8 on a Shuttle PC with 1 GB of 
RAM, Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, 3.00 gigahertz Intel 
Pentium 4, and Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External with the latest 
drivers as of three days ago.  Aside from screaming into the 
microphones, is there anything else I can do to kick up the volume, 
preferably without having to break the bank? The research I've done 
shows that the Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External is not a good card 
for recording, but I would prefer to stick with a USB sound card 
because I don't know how to install an internal card. However, I will 
go with an internal card and pay someone to install it if that is 
necessary. I tried a Logitech USB microphone which does work quite 
nicely, but I cannot get Jaws to come through my recordings, and for 
some crazy reason, my PC reboots spontaneously after having it 
connected for more than 15 minutes, even if I'm not using it. With 
all the microphones I have tried, I could probably create my own 
electronics store on Ebay.  Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


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