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3. To set the Q2U as your default device
for sound playback and recording, or
to change its settings, click the Start
button, click Control Panel and then
click Sounds and Audio Devices.
Under the Audio tab, you can select
the Samson Q2U from the drop-down
menus. (figure 3).
4. To set the gain of the microphone,
click the Volume button in the Sound
recording section to make the
Microphone slider appear (figure 4). It
will say “Samson Q2U” in the status bar
at the bottom. Moving this slider will
adjust the analog amplifier circuitry in
the microphone.
5. To set the direct monitoring level or the
playback volume in the headphones,
click the Volume button in the Sound
playback section instead. Adjusting
either the Speaker slider on the left or
pushing the push-buttons on the mic
changes the headphone level (figure
5). To turn off the zero-latency direct
hardware monitoring (if you want to
use software play-through with effects
instead), click
Figure 5
Installing the Q2U
Figure 4
