How to adjust your EchoLink Audio levels in Windows 10
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So this tutorial is going to show you how to adjust your EchoLink audio within the Windows 10 operating system. So the first thing you want to do is have EchoLink running before you start and connected to the EchoLink Test Server. Also make sure that you have the current version of EchoLink, which at the time this tutorial was written is 2.1.109, which can be found at the EchoLink Download Page.

So from this point forward I'm going to assume that you have EchoLink running & pereferably connected to the EchoLink Test Server. So now that you have Echolink running it should look like one of the following images. I will be using the image on the right for the rest of this tutorial. At any time you can click on any of these images to see a bigger view of each image. Steps 1 through 9 will discuss the EchoLink software and Steps 10 through 20 will discuss the Windows 10 settings so if you already have EchoLink working correctly just skip to Step 10. Onward to step two of this process.

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Step Two

Which to connect to the EchoLink Test Server. We need to do this by looking at the upper left of EchoLink interface window for the "Station" menu, that I have marked with a red box around it as in image #3. Which will open a dialog box, as in the next image #4.

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Step Three

So now let's take a look more closely at this Dialog Box.

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Step Four

So now we need to select "Connect to Test Server". This will connect you to the Test Server and you will hear a Welcome message from the server.

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Once connected to the Test Server EchoLink will look like this.

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Step Five

After getting successfully connected to the Test Server we want to make sure that we have the correct devices selected both for your speakers and microphone. We do this by first going to the EchoLink setup by single left clicking on the Setup icon on the Toolbar or by hit the Alt + E keys on your keyboard. Then the Setup dialog will appear as in image #9.

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Step Six

Now let's look more closely at this dialog known as "System Setup".

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Step Seven

Now we need to click the Audio Tab. Which should look like this as in image #12.

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Step Eight

Now we need to make sure we have the correct input and output device selected. In my case these are already set correctly as "Microphone (Yeti Stereo Microphone)" and "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)". For each input and output select your correct devices as illistrated below #13 and #14. You might have several devices listed in each pulldown down menu as I do so be careful on making sure you select the proper device that you need to use.

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Step Nine

Once having selecting both your proper input and output click the OK button.

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Step Ten

Now we are ready to configure the Windows 10 settings! So now we need to get into the Sound Setting, and there is three ways to get there. I will going over the two easiest first, then I will explain the third, which requires a small download.

The first one we will look at envolves the Search Bar in the Task bar on Windows 10, as in image #16. If you do not have the Search Bar you might have the Search Icon as in image #17.

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Step Eleven

Type into the Search Bar "Sound Settings". Next either click Sound Settings under Best Match or click the Open.

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Now I said I would discuss a third option in how to get to the Sound Control Panel requires you to download this Shortcut File which can be found here and extract this to your desktop. This file is a .lnk or shortcut file to Sound Control Panel.

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Now Sound Settings should open.

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Step Thirteen

In the upper right you want to click "Sound Control Panel".

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Sound Control Panel should now be open.

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Step Fifteen

Let us at Sound Control Panel more closely.

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Step Sixteen

Click the "Recording" Tab.

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After clicking the "Recording" Tab you should see something like this.

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Step Eighteen

Now you might need to scroll through the list to find the device you need. In my case I use my Yeti Stereo Microphone. Once you locate the device you need double click on it and new dialog will popped up as in image #26.

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Step Nineteen

Now let us take a closer look at this dialog and we need to click the "Levels" tab.

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Step Twenty

Once you click the Levels Tab it should look like this. Do not use my setting that I have here this may not be correct with your setup. So now take the Slide Bar and adjust the peaks of your audio just get into the yellow every often as it looks in image #29 and #30.

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