Question USB Dynamic Microphone doesn't respond to 'levels' bar

[schakal]

I got Fifine AM8 and the issue with it is that it's too quiet.

I did all the usual checking and tinkering, driver uninstalling, port changing and nothing helped, but now I figured out that it doesn't respond to 'levels' bar, under sound settings > recording > properties > levels.

Ranging from 0 to 100 on a levels scale, input stays the exact same.

Mute works. When I mute it next to levels, it corresponds to microphone's physical mute (it displays red light).

 

[dwd999]

Does turning the knob on the microphone have any effect? Perhaps the knob is broken.

 

[schakal]

Does turning the knob on the microphone have any effect? Perhaps the knob is broken.

The knob is gain, not volume. Yeah the gain knob works, as far as adjusting gain but it doesn't help with 'quietness' (although I was already recording at 100% gain).

There's another knob for output, for when headphones are attached. I tried meddling with that too, just in case, but nothing.

It does feel as if there's a broken volume knob, because mic is completely irrespective of Windows 'microphone level' volume scale, but alas...

https://ibb.co/CKx7bnzz

I have it like this and the mic still works.