The stereo mic device still shows up with two channels in the preferences dialog. In my case, leaving the default Channel 1 unchanged results in no improvement of the mic sound: it's still badly distorted. But when Channel 2 is selected, the mic sound is good!
Thank you RJ Ryan, Sean and everyone else who contributed. It looks like we are close to nailing this issue down.
Well, success! Sort of...
The stereo mic device still shows up with two channels in the preferences dialog. In my case, leaving the default Channel 1 unchanged results in no improvement of the mic sound: it's still badly distorted. But when Channel 2 is selected, the mic sound is good!
Thank you RJ Ryan, Sean and everyone else who contributed. It looks like we are close to nailing this issue down.