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    Mic issues when recording

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by rtimms, Aug 26, 2012.

  1. rtimms

    rtimms Newbie

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    Hello,

    Hope someone can help me i have been having a issues with my headset mic or my pc not 100% sure what is causing it. I have a intermittent mic issues that is driving me mad every now and then 70% of the time i am getting mic distortion listen to bad mic

    Bad mic - YouTube - BreujKmt66Y

    Good mic - YouTube - f4AQfxfScos

    I am recording at he same rate as i am playing and have done 2 pc reinstalled and made sure all drivers are up to date. I have used windows recorder and i am getting the same issues.

    I have a pair for sennheiser 360 and a laptop.

    Any thoughts on what could be causing the issues?

    Both headset and laptop have warranty so i can send them back i just cat work out what's at fault.

    Thanks

    PC Spec

    Alienware M17xR4
    17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
    Intel® Core™ i7-3820QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w
    Intel 2.5 inch 520 Series Solid State Drive (120GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
    Samsung 2.5 inch 250gb SDD (250GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
    2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M - Overclocked
    8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel

    I am using the latest drivers from AMD website
     
    rtimms, Aug 26, 2012
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Please send us an e-mail to [email protected] with your tag and phone number along with a brief description of the issue. At this point I'm thinking that there might be a hardware related problem and we may need to replace a hardware component.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 27, 2012
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