Mic input on Soundblaster

Hey gang, quick question.

I'm using a somewhat professional microphone into the mic jack of a
motherboard's onboard audio. The mic level is cranked on recording
but it's still to low for decent sound. Lots of background noise and
hiss.

Will installing a Soundblaster model give me a high mic input level?
Or will the input level be roughly the same?

Need a quick answer. Thanks!

Mark

With the SoundBlaster Live Drive you have a breakout box which goes in a
drive bay at the front of the computer and this has a mic/line 1/4 inch
input with adjustable gain/level control. I got one of these drives
recently from Creative website at a very low price - they were clearing
out old stock, I am sure.
with your current setup you can use a DI box to input the mic through.
HTH
John Kelly

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Hey gang, quick question.

I'm using a somewhat professional microphone into the mic jack of a
motherboard's onboard audio. The mic level is cranked on recording
but it's still to low for decent sound. Lots of background noise and
hiss.

Will installing a Soundblaster model give me a high mic input level?
Or will the input level be roughly the same?

Need a quick answer. Thanks!

Mark

Take a look at the Audio Buddy made by M-Audio. I'm using
it with the Soundblaster because I speak very softly and
need just a little more boost.

Louise