Adjusting Headphones

Volume and Microphone

Gain

If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive IR, the headphones volume and microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways.

Using the Live! Drive IR Control Knobs

Using Creative Surround Mixer

It is recommended that you set the headphones volume level and microphone gain level to 75% in Surround Mixer, and use the control knobs on the Live! Drive IR to make further adjustments.

Even if you turn the control knob on the Live! Drive IR to the maximum, your headphones will have no sound if you set the headphones volume level to 0% or mute it in Surround Mixer. The same applies for your microphone.

On the front panel of the Live! Drive IR, turn the respective control knob:

Counter-clockwiseto decrease the headphones volume or microphone gain.

Clockwise to increase the headphones volume or microphone gain.

To adjust the headphones volume:

1.Click Start ->Programs ->Creative ->Sound Blaster Live! ->Surround Mixer.

2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), if the button below the VOL slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the output sound.

3.Adjust the VOL slider.

To adjust the microphone gain:

1.Click Start ->Programs ->Creative ->Sound Blaster Live! ->Surround Mixer.

2.On the Mixer deck (lower portion of Surround Mixer), click any of the audio input source icon, and then select the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

3.If the button below the Line In 2/Microphone 2 slider is not highlighted, click it to unmute the audio input source.

4.Adjust the slider under the Line In 2/Microphone 2 icon.

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Creative SB0010 quick start Adjusting Headphones Volume and Microphone Gain