[PLUG] Setting web meeting mic volume

[Tomas Kuchta]

If you look at the pavucontrol microphone settings - while you speak to the
microphone - you should see the mic output level changing. Adjust the
slider so that the peak mic volume reaches about half the scale.

Hope it makes sense.
T

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 15:46 Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
>
> > You can check your local microphone gain settings in pavucontrol. You
> > voice should not be saturating the scale. I usually set it so that normal
> > voice peaks reach about half the scale.
> >
> > It is very individual.
>
> Tomas,
>
> That's what I assume yet I wonder if there's a dB level that would be a
> good
> starting point. Now, pavucontrol seems to default to 100%.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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