Siberia FailoPhone

by envyy • 20 Nov 2008, 14:57 • Journals
Heey fellas

Yesterday i brought this new head set called "Steel Series Siberia"

I love it <3 Now its on this that my mates complain on that the micro phone isnt very loud ;(

So i wonder if some one here on cf knows a way to tweak the microphone to make abit higher sound on Ts/Vent! (I have Linux Ubuntu btw)

Thanks alot to the one who can helpz me! :D

image: SteelSeries_Siberia_USB_Headset



FAST STATEMENT: I will give it back to ze stores, and get SS 4H instead. fu Siberia rly, FAIL MIC :(
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taZnator 20 Nov 2008, 14:58
1st ? :D
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Ati_ 20 Nov 2008, 14:58
no wtf
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taZnator 20 Nov 2008, 15:01
gtfo?
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Ati_ 20 Nov 2008, 15:02
omfg seriously
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taZnator 20 Nov 2008, 15:08
not rly? omg xD
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Ati_ 20 Nov 2008, 15:08
gtfo my internetz!
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taZnator 20 Nov 2008, 15:10
THIS IS MY INTRANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:02
i have the same problem


there is no way
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:05
rly? :(
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:08
i haven't found a solution yet :<
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:08
FAN!
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:10
säg till om du hittar en lösning :*
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:14
ah, ska göra det ;P

postar på sk-gaming.com o kollar om nån kan hjälpa till
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:17
me thinks it has to do with the soundcard
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:21
i think he has already tried that
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:24
i have the same problem and im on windowz :(
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:26
other plug thingy
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JobCohen 20 Nov 2008, 15:27
http://agnradmin.umd.edu/iet/IETServices/Centra%20Webconferencing/Admin%20Page1.cfm

+ put your outbound at highest
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:30
that "windows volume booster" box does not exist. well, it exists but i cannot tick it.
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:27
idd ive tried :<
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mezz 20 Nov 2008, 15:29
*** NUKED ***
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ansikte 20 Nov 2008, 15:29
i cant tick that box
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:29
read again.
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mezz 20 Nov 2008, 15:30
awkward ... :-/

just came home ... im in bed ... cu
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:30
2 badz :(
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 15:41
start a terminal, run alsamixer, press tab

Mute/unmute stuff with m, move with arrows

hf!
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:43
how do i run alsa mixer?! :D XD
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 15:44
type alsamixer and press enter in terminal
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:49
it looks like this

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7964/screenshotjb8.png

When i press m on mic nothing happens, but when i chose some other like cd and press space "L CAPTUR R" moves to CD
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 15:51
Continue to the right and see if you find mic boost there somewhere..

EDIT: Is it a USB headset?
If it is, run
alsamixer -c 1
instead of just alsamixer
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 15:56
nope its not usb head set :(
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 15:59
Mess around a bit inside alsamixer then (tab and arrow keys) and see if you can find micboost
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Steven Seagal 20 Nov 2008, 15:48
image: 6567_Knipsel
thinking of u...
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Ati_ 20 Nov 2008, 15:51
;DD
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Steven Seagal 20 Nov 2008, 15:53
with friends we always do that for fun when were stoned :DDD he does is seriouz. but hes pretty good!
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ResP 20 Nov 2008, 15:48
good headset
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im a tree 20 Nov 2008, 16:05
budget headPHONES
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 16:07
What do we make of this?
I'm in a horrible situation here.. He's running linux, which urges me to be nice and help him. But he's requesting help with a shitty gamingheadset, which deserves nothing but a GTFO-like answer.
What to doo?
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im a tree 20 Nov 2008, 16:09
all he can do is:

ventrlo outbound on highest
alsa mic volume on highest
alsa micboost

if he's running ubuntu he could just use gnome-volume-control instead of teaching him how to use alsamixer :\
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 16:10
Gah, there is a point-and-drool-interface for that too? :<
He is young! He must learn how to use the command line before it's too late!
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im a tree 20 Nov 2008, 16:13
out of interest, do you have more than one sound card, and if so how do you switch between them?

I tried using asoundconf which once upon a time worked for me back in my debian days, but the only versions I can find error out on me when trying to --set-default-card :\
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 16:17
Yes, I have 2..

I switch between them by having a ~/.asoundrc which says

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:1"
}

for my USB sound card, and when i want to use my internal one I rename the file.
This provides no mixing though, but tbh I like it that way.. Maybe I'll set up mixing some day...
However, for programs like mplayer i can explicitly tell it to use either souncard, via
mplayer -ao alsa:adevice=hw=1
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Owzo 20 Nov 2008, 16:09
no problems with the mic imho

i get people tellin me to turn it down half the time so its a problem at their end tbh ;D
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slajdan 20 Nov 2008, 16:20
mic boost works very good with it.
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 16:31
inte på min skit linux x( aja ska köpa 4H eller nått annat dom rekomenderar på Teknikmagasinet :D
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 16:52
Don't give up so easily!
Try running gnome-volume-control
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 18:18
To late now im back home with 4H :DD + got 100kr back
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Moisander 20 Nov 2008, 17:00
micro boost works fine here
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