Soundcard too quiet?

khubani

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Hi,

I have the Creative Sound Blaster Z sound card.

But I can't seem to tell when my microphone detects my voice. Sometimes, the white noise I used to have used to give me a great idea as to how loud I was being. If I blew into my mic for example, I could hear it in my headset but I wouldn't otherwise hear myself if I spoke, only how loud or sensitive the microphone was to my voice. Does that make sense? I really loved that about my sound. Can anyone please help me with this?

I currently have this sound card installed and I love the quality but I really want to figure out a way to make this work.