Windows 10: How do I get my mic input level to increase?

My mic input level will not increase above 2%. I’ve tried updating the drivers, checked it’s all at 100% in the settings. Tried using the Corsair app to boost input.. still nothing.

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Can't isolate line audio from mic input; audio driver not showing.

Excellent reply. I set Audacity as you suggest and it works. To my perfectionist mind, there's one flaw: with all volumes to max, the recording level is rather low, as the attached snip shows. Any ideas how to increase it? My previous Win 7 laptop allowed far more level than this, using a Realtek driver.

 

Mic record level

As far as know Skype is the only program I am using that uses the mic input so that's where the problem shows up. I have uninstalled Skype and monitored the mic input level. It doesn't matter where I leave the mic input level, after a few seconds it goes
to zero and mutes. I have wondered if that might be normal as I don't think one would necessarily want the mic to be " hot " all the time, but I don't know........ Uninstalling and reinstalling Skype as made no change.

Thank you so much for your interest in this most perplexing issue.

Ron

 

Mic input levels keep varying. Why?

So I set the mic input levels in Control Panel, Sound. I look later and both the "Mic at rear panel" and "Microphone Boost" are very different than what I set. Is there any way of getting Windows to stop messing with my settings? I would have thought
there would be a setting for auto adjust of levels but I see nothing here. How can they possibly think they know better than the user?