HyperX Cloud Stinger mic very quiet

[CaelThavain]

So I just bought this HyperX Cloud Stinger and it works fine and all, but the mic is stupidly quiet. In tf2, when recording, or in Discord it's always quiet.

I used to use some lowish quality Logitech headphones, and I'm not sure exactly sure what exactly they are, but they worked just fine.

When I plugged these headphones into my brother's PC and tested them with Discord, they were a little quieter than his pair, which is probably because they're not the same kind.

Anyway, they have these drivers that are installed, two I believe. But I also have this 2779-4 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
the other two that are there are:
Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

I don't have any mic controls on this mic, and yes I have the correct one selected in the audio devices in my control panel. And I updated the drivers as well. This is frustrating as I game online constantly.

I'm not at all savvy with audio stuff and drivers, and it seems not many others have problems with the Stinger, because I can't find any other threads with this problem with this headset.

If someone can tell me what to do or guide me to a good place to fix the problems I will be much appreciative.

 

[Lutfij]

You seem to be relying on your motherboard's onboard audio chip which most likely should be powered by a Realtek ALC892(or higher) chip. Have you made sure your audio drivers are installed with the latest? If you can go into Sound Manger, assuming you're on Microsoft's Windows OS, then please go to the recording tab and see if increasing the microphone gain levels helps with audio recording/playback levels.

This guide should help.

 

[CaelThavain]

You seem to be relying on your motherboard's onboard audio chip which most likely should be powered by a Realtek ALC892(or higher) chip. Have you made sure your audio drivers are installed with the latest? If you can go into Sound Manger, assuming you're on Microsoft's Windows OS, then please go to the recording tab and see if increasing the microphone gain levels helps with audio recording/playback levels.

This guide should help.

So that seemed to fix it in Discord, I haven't tried recording, but I'm sure that will be fine too. tf2 seems to just make my mic quiet for some reason, but it's more audible so I'll settle for that. Thanks, I'm glad the solution was easy and simple.