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What Is Microphone Sensitivity?

It also helps prevent static noise or the dreader “Darth Vader effect.”

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These external mics generally offer higher-quality recordings than your smartphone’s or laptop’s internal mic.

Furthermore, it’s possible for you to improve noise filtering even more with external mics through accessories.

On the other hand, mic sensitivity is how a microphone amplifies the audio it captures.

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One app we recommend is Microphone Amplifier.

This app captures sound from your gear’s microphone, a connected headphone microphone, or Bluetooth microphone.

you’re able to then adjust your microphone’s gain and reduce noise via the equalizer.

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However, you should probably pay $1.99 to unlock all its features.

Here’s how to improve your sound recording via the Microphone Amplifier app.

Once you’ve chosen the right microphone, you should adjust its tweaks to get the best sound quality.

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These are typically placed close to your mouth, allowing you to record crisper, cleaner audio.

Here’s how to do so.

Here’s how to do so.

Rode Studio Microphone

As always, you might improve the sound quality even further by switching to an external mic.

Even a cheap external mic is usually better than the one installed on your laptop.

How to Adjust Mic tweaks on macOS

macOS also lets you easily set your microphone sensitivity.

Mic Amplifier on Android source tab

If you decide to get one, you should only stick with reputable brands like Rode and Shure.

Sensitivity and noise suppression are only two factors to consider, however.

It’s also possible that the app you’re using automatically adjusts the microphone.

Mic Amplifier on Android sound tab

In these cases, you’ll have to change the app’s tweaks.

If these adjustments didn’t fix your mic problem, you might need to check your hardware.

Mic Amplifier on Android equalizer

Mic Amplifier on Android permissions

Mic Amplifier on Android purchase page

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Control Center on the iPhone

Choose microphone mode iPhone

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System sound settings Windows 11

Sound Input Options

Microphone properties

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macOS sound input settings