Creative Live! Drive IR Quick Start Manual page 6

Adjusting Headphones
Volume and Microphone
Gain
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.
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If your headphones and microphone are attached to the Live! Drive IR, the headphones volume
and microphone gain can be adjusted in two ways.
On the front panel of the Live! Drive IR, turn the respective control knob:
❑ Counter-clockwise to 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.