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From:
"John" <jhii926@gmail.com>Subject:
RE: GW-Connect: Microphone Volume Always Creeps UpDate:
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 4:05:51 pmWell Steve, I am using an older Creative Sound Blaster Live as my secondary
sound card made in 2000 or so with Windows XP Pro . This is the card I have
my mixer running to so I'm thinkin the problem is as you have described it.
A work-around could be to use the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card as the card
that my music runs thru, but Jaws has the crunch sound with Eloquence on the
Sound Blaster Live card, so I don't see myself doing that. The Turtle beach
card is probably as old as the SB one if not a lil older (not sure if that
makes a difference?)
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Clower [mailto:steve@gwmicro.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:53 PM
To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
Subject: Re: GW-Connect: Microphone Volume Always Creeps Up
John,
Yes. Someone from Skype explained it as a DirectX issue that effects
cards which don't expose individual inputs to the Windows volume
control. Most notably, cards from Creative seem to exhibit this behavior
most often.
I spent nearly two weeks trying to hack around the SkypeKit behavior,
but unfortunately results weren't consistent enough to be worth
releasing. This, along with the option to disable AGC, will need to be
implemented on Skype's end.
Steve
On 7/23/2013 3:44 PM, John wrote:
> I find it highly annoying that I have to change my recording control
> to line-in every time I start a Skype call with GW connect. Though I
> believe this is not you guys fault... That it is some sort of limit
> put in the API kit that Skype hasn't updated.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Clower [mailto:steve@gwmicro.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:33 PM
> To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> Subject: Re: GW-Connect: Microphone Volume Always Creeps Up
>
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> At the moment, the SkypeKit has an option to disable automatic gain
> control, but it furstratingly enough does nothing. We have asked Skype
> to allow us to configure this behavior, but thus far nothing has
> changed. We will implement appropriate UI when and if they update the
> kit.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> On 7/23/2013 1:47 PM, Bruce Toews wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I really like the GW-Connect app, however I am unable to use it
>> because I can't keep the microphone level steady. For best results,
>> when talking on Skype, I like to keep my mike level at around 23%.
>> But when I set this value and then leave, the level invariably rises
>> again. I have my audio set in every place I can think of to not allow
>> a program to take control of levels, but this continues to happen.
>> When I am using regular Skype, this is not the case. Any suggestions
>> on how to remedy this issue would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> bruce
--
Stephen Clower
Product support specialist & App Development
GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
sound card made in 2000 or so with Windows XP Pro . This is the card I have
my mixer running to so I'm thinkin the problem is as you have described it.
A work-around could be to use the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card as the card
that my music runs thru, but Jaws has the crunch sound with Eloquence on the
Sound Blaster Live card, so I don't see myself doing that. The Turtle beach
card is probably as old as the SB one if not a lil older (not sure if that
makes a difference?)
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Clower [mailto:steve@gwmicro.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:53 PM
To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
Subject: Re: GW-Connect: Microphone Volume Always Creeps Up
John,
Yes. Someone from Skype explained it as a DirectX issue that effects
cards which don't expose individual inputs to the Windows volume
control. Most notably, cards from Creative seem to exhibit this behavior
most often.
I spent nearly two weeks trying to hack around the SkypeKit behavior,
but unfortunately results weren't consistent enough to be worth
releasing. This, along with the option to disable AGC, will need to be
implemented on Skype's end.
Steve
On 7/23/2013 3:44 PM, John wrote:
> I find it highly annoying that I have to change my recording control
> to line-in every time I start a Skype call with GW connect. Though I
> believe this is not you guys fault... That it is some sort of limit
> put in the API kit that Skype hasn't updated.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Clower [mailto:steve@gwmicro.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:33 PM
> To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> Subject: Re: GW-Connect: Microphone Volume Always Creeps Up
>
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> At the moment, the SkypeKit has an option to disable automatic gain
> control, but it furstratingly enough does nothing. We have asked Skype
> to allow us to configure this behavior, but thus far nothing has
> changed. We will implement appropriate UI when and if they update the
> kit.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> On 7/23/2013 1:47 PM, Bruce Toews wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I really like the GW-Connect app, however I am unable to use it
>> because I can't keep the microphone level steady. For best results,
>> when talking on Skype, I like to keep my mike level at around 23%.
>> But when I set this value and then leave, the level invariably rises
>> again. I have my audio set in every place I can think of to not allow
>> a program to take control of levels, but this continues to happen.
>> When I am using regular Skype, this is not the case. Any suggestions
>> on how to remedy this issue would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> bruce
--
Stephen Clower
Product support specialist & App Development
GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
