Hi Judy, Thanks for the interesting reply. Do you know, by any chance, if using a USB soundcard would fix it? If so, any thoughts on something basic? Thanks. Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: (07791) 452 593 Please read this special message My partner, Cindy, is losing weight and at the same time, raising money for RNIB. Please go to
www.justgiving.com/slimmercindy to make a generous donation to RNIB and keep her healthy and motivated to lose even more weight.42Lb to date! Thanks for reading this message. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy W Sent: 15 July 2008 22:18 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: SIGMATEL PROBLEMS ON DELL LAPTOP I sold my Dell with sigmatel because all recordings were muffled and it wasn't working with Skype or other programs. The Dell support teams admitted that sigmatel had a problem. The output is good, but input is very problematic. The web cam microphones sounded better than any of the external mics we tried, but they kept dropping out.. It was a shame I had to sell it, the xps was a light and fast machine... If you google the problem, you will see it mentioned as a known problem. HTH, Judy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:27 PM To: PC Audio list Subject: SIGMATEL PROBLEMS ON DELL LAPTOP HI, I've been having problems recording using audacity and Sigmatel on my Dell XPS M1210 dell laptop. Audacity records the source, but there's what I gather is called a "noise gate". The effect is that certain quiet sounds are missed. Help please. Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: (07791) 452 593 Please read this special message My partner, Cindy, is losing weight and at the same time, raising money for RNIB. Please go to <http://www.justgiving.com/slimmercindy> www.justgiving.com/slimmercindy to make a generous donation to RNIB and keep her healthy and motivated to lose even more weight.42Lb to date! Thanks for reading this message. Richard Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________ NOD32 3269 (20080715) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]