Will a better sound card help VOX?

[tapakeg]

Sometimes my VOX works fine, other times I have to type everything.

I don't have a great sound card, but I would think it is adequate.

I have a Soundblaster Audigy LS.  
It is 5.1, 24 bit, 96 Khz.  Many of the new soundcards on newegg have the same specs.

I also have
Current drivers
the performance rolled back one notch as Skuzzy recommends
onboard soundcard disabled in bios

I also have a pretty good Altec Lansing headset ( not USB )
I am also on 3 meg cable service.

Is this soundcard adequate?

What will a newer soundcard give me besides a bill from newegg?


I just keep hearing "can't hear you Tap"

Thanks in advance
Tapakeg

[Schutt]

Soundcard is fine.

Try to get your microphone at the same distance from your mouth all the time, as well as not to close and below it. Microphone below mouth at the same distance all the time, then regulate the loudness of the microphone so it doesnt overspeak... try ask a friendly ah player to judge.

Most times when someone is to low in volume its because the microphone slipped away, when he sounds verry squeeky its microphone or turned to loud, when its bad it sometimes sits to high.

Also note that you speak diffrent into the microphone than you normally do, if you have someone in your room ask him to listen halve an hour while you play. Some people put up a coarse voice, others talk to loud or mumble when on microphone.

Me, for example i sometimes tend to tighten up my throat up to a degree that its totally impossible to understand me, when i notice that i tension up more and no one can understand... then i need to take 5 mins of vox break and it is like normal again. I can assure you that i have no problems talking normally, but somehow on the game it gets me .

Also might try to put some foam over the microphone, makes it better sometimes.

[Rolex]

This may sound like a rant, but to me, the sound card business is like a den of thieves. A no-name $10 sound card wrapped in a plastic bag combined with the cheapest headset/mic you can find can work better than any of the big name, big price (buried in a huge box) card for AH vox, or Skype, etc. It's like pulling the handle of a slot machine.

Your connection speed isn't really relevant.

One thing I would advise, in addition to what Schutt posted (which isn't relevant since he said his problem is dropping vox, not not sound quality... ), is to use a program like FSAutostart (google...) for AH. It will shut down services and applications not needed (it guides you through the list and advises what to to do with each), then starts AH automatically, freeing up resources.

[SNO]

With the soundblaster lives you had to go into mic properties and if mic boost is checked already, uncheck go out of properties and then back in and recheck mic boost and that would get your volume back up on the live card. Bunch of mularky but that is what worked.