Well I think I found my issue after much searching.
I "think" windows and linux show the input volume differently.
I came across a post that suggested someone in windows right click their mic volume slider and have it displayed in dB and not % and it shows that windows sees the UMIK-1 0dB at...
I seem to be having an opposite affect between windows 11 and Linux.
I do not have an SPL meter, but I thought the UMIK-1 could be used for one.
In linux, when using the SPL dialog, its reading really really low ( 18dB(C)S ).
When trying to increase spl to 75 for testing, its very very loud and...