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====== Poor Recording Quality on Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga ======

Many users have had trouble with the quality of recordings on their Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga being quite poor. It is fairly easy to remedy this quality issue by changing a few settings. To do this, follow the instructions below:

  - Right-click the speaker icon in the system tray (bottom right of the screen).
  - Click Open Sound Settings.
  - In the Input section, make sure the proper input device is selected, and click Device Properties.
  - Under Related Settings, click Additional Device Properties.
  - Click on Levels at the top of the Microphone Properties window.
  - Click and drag the slider for Microphone all of the way to the right (100) and ensure it is not muted.
    * If the speaker icon looks like {{:issues:muted_speaker.png?nolink|a speaker icon with a red circle}} then the microphone is muted. Click the icon to unmute it.
    * You should see {{:issues:unmuted_speaker.png?nolink|a speaker icon with blue lines}}.
  - Click and drag the slider for Microphone Boost all the way to the left (0.0dB).
  - Click on Advanced at the top of the Microphone Properties window.
  - Uncheck the box labelled Enable audio enhancements.
  - Click OK.
  - Close any remaining audio dialogs.
  - Your recording quality should now be working as expected.

===== Video Guide: How to improve the recording quality on your Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga =====
{{:video_guides:fix_lenovo_thinkpad_yoga_recording_quality.webm?1280|Video guide on how to improve the recording quality on the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga}}