Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Helicopter Mic

Last night, I tried to get into Mumble with my new guild, but failed.  Yeah, I know, how do you fail getting into Mumble?  Well, I haven't been using my headset much the last few months, at least the mic.  So, when I logged in, went through the sound set up, everything checked out.  However, when I joined the group, people started complaining of what sounded like a helicopter in the channel.  Since it only started when I joined it had to be me.  UGH.

Left the channel and tried again.  Didn't help.  So, I went to settings and sure enough, I was sending enough white noise, I'm surprised anyone could hear anything.  So, I turned off the headset mic and went to a push to talk with the built-in mic.  It was much better.  However, I hate push to talk.  Add to that, at the end of the evening, others began hearing my game audio.  I didn't understand it because I was not holding the push to talk.  In short, I logged off Mumble and will need to look for a new headset.

The good news is, Namaqua dinged 62 and 63 and got Mining up to 270.  Lots of ore to sell to hopefully get that last piece of heirloom gear.

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