Yamaha OPL3-SA Audio Driver Has No Microphone Sensitivity Switch

ID: Q228371

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

Microphones that require a +20 decibel amplification of the input signal to the sound card to work properly do not work with a Yamaha OPL3-SA sound card with the Windows 2000 driver. The input from the microphone is too low to be heard or recorded, and there is no way to specify this in the driver settings.

CAUSE

This functionality is not included with the Windows 2000 driver provided with Windows 2000.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, obtain a driver from the manufacturer that provides this functionality.

Additional query words: db

Keywords : kbenv kbhw
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb