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  1. ElThunderCloud

    Question PC doesn't detect a specific mic. Works everywhere else.

    As the title suggests. A USB mic works on every device except my main PC. However, every other usb mic works on my main PC except this particular one. Where do I even start troubleshooting this? I'm using Windows 10. I have tried all the possible USB ports that would normally work for any other...
  2. maruk0

    Question Mic disconnects when streaming on discord

    Every time I try to stream on discord, my HyperX Quadcast S goes berserk and just keeps disconnecting and reconnecting. I have tried to change all of the discord settings to off and whatnot and nothing has helped. I have also tried changing the usb and nothing. Has anyone else had this problem...
  3. intactwf

    Question Blue Yeti X microphone continuously disconnecting on Windows 10, particularly on discord

    Using a Blue Yeti X microphone for some shoutcasting purposes, and it keeps constantly disconnecting from my PC(Windows 10) and/or discord, causing me to have to unplug and replug it for it to continue working. Sometimes plugging it in it will tell me "USB device not recognized." Please help, I...
  4. Krishnan 05

    [SOLVED] Which mic to buy ?

    I have decided to buy a new mic as my built-in headphone mic started to produce some static sounds. I am looking for a mic under 5000 INR in India. I would be using it to speak in games, zoom meetings on pc, and record some youtube videos. I have some ideas listed below : Maono AU-A03...
  5. L

    [SOLVED] Audio interface only working as input or output, not both ?

    Hello! This is almost the same issue as "Ashesandwool" had a year ago, where I just have bought the "RODE AI-1" audio interface and I have connected my "RODE NT1-A" microphone to its input, my headset via a "jack to mini-jack" transition to the output and my pc to the interface with the generic...
  6. A

    [SOLVED] My laptop's microphone is not working ?

    I have accer E5 573G laptop. My laptop's mic is not working. When I connect wired earphone/headphone the mic does not work on this laptop. I have done everything, like driver settings ,install uninstall drivers,windows setting, 3rd party softwares,even I change OS.I used linux still mic does...
  7. D

    Question Wired headset sounds fine. Wireless sounds bad.

    I've recently decided to get a wireless headset (Corsair Void Pro) to replace my wired headset (Corsair Void Pro) Same exact headset the new one is just wireless. However, they wireless headset sounded a lot worse. I thought it was simply a worse headset possibly because it was wireless so I...
  8. A

    Question Mic Issue

    Hello, My mic works perfectly fine when I go on the websites which test your mic by recording your voice and playing it back to you. However, when I try to speak during a Microsoft Teams call, my voice is not audible to others at all. Teams just refuses to acknowledge my voice. The same is the...
  9. T

    Question Laptop microphone making static noises, and can't hear voice ?

    I recently found out that my mic makes a static noise, when I was talking to some friends. The microphone on my laptop is built in, and I dont know when this started. I tried to reinstall the Realtek drivers, roll back my microphone, changing the enhancements and tried a bunch of other things...
  10. M

    [SOLVED] Temporarily disabling microphone whilst sound is playing

    Hi everyone, There is someone ( a client from work) who asked me if it is possible to mute the microphone automatically when soundcard is playing an output and then to unmute when output stops. This sounds like something that needs to be done via task scheduler or some sort of powershell...
  11. amco_krkic

    [SOLVED] My friends can hear my PC's audio output ?

    So i bought this headset (PowerA Fusion Headphones) which work with PC but before i used beats headsets but they didnt really work great as a gaming headset because of how small the ear cups were so i got these new ones and it has a detachchable microphone and is plugged in to a splitter cable...
  12. F

    [SOLVED] How to Remove Microphone Hiss/Static caused by PC not being grounded?

    Pretty much what the title says. I've been plagued with background hiss/static and I'm 90% sure it's caused by my computer not being grounded. I've "tried" a few different (cheap) microphones, replacing the cable on my current one, 2 different mobos, 3 different cases, and the only thing that...
  13. Fart Vader

    Question Microphone not working

    Hello I have this issue, one day I was talking with my friends on discord everything was cool, other day I switched from headphones to speakers because at that moment I did not needed my headphones, but later that day I switched again from speakers to headphones and my microphone wasn't...
  14. xJesserX

    [SOLVED] Is it normal for rundll32 to use the mic ?

    is it normal rundll32.exe to use the microphone like this ?
  15. S

    [SOLVED] Acer Nitro 5 - Laptop microphone extremely quiet after updating Realtek audio driver ?

    Yesterday I was using my microphone just fine on Microsoft teams after updating my audio driver. It used to be "Realtek high definition audio" and now it's just "Realtek audio" Updated driver Today I was trying to use my microphone on discord and the sound pickup was terrible. I tried disabling...
  16. M

    [SOLVED] MSI motherboard serial number

    Hi, I tried to contact MSI headquarters so they can find me a solution for my microphone problem. The problem seems built in. The agent was asking for Serial number or a product number. I have an old Core2Quad computer, that is why the barcode sticker is damaged. How can I find the serial /...
  17. MagnusLarsen

    Question My microphone keeps freezing at what seams to be random intervals

    Hello, i have a ModMic 4 conectet via CREATIVE Sound Blaster Omni Surround. My microphone randomly freezes and the only thing that make it work again is to reconect the external soundcard. I have tried to reinstall all drivers, trubleshoot the microphone, change back and forth on whats standard...
  18. Magpeye

    [SOLVED] Weird Robotic/Echo issue for Tonor Mic, happens about every 15 minutes... Need a fix

    Hi, So I have been having an issue with a Microphone, mixer setup, it seems to work perfectly fine for like 15 minutes then it just makes this terrible buzzing echo kind of robotic it seems. I will post the exact models of what I have and the bottom. The only way I can get it to work is to...
  19. MsiGaming2002

    [SOLVED] How to fix microphone sound in windows 10

    I have a problem with my microphone on windows 10. My pc doesn't get any sound from my microphone when I talk. I use my headset without the extra microhpone where you talk into. I just use the main cable with the microphone build in the cable (you see a on/off button and the volume). I put the...
  20. B

    [SOLVED] Mic keeps cutting out start/mid-sentence ?

    hey, i have a problem with my mic in discord (at least), when i talk, it often cuts out start/mid sentence, as if the sensitivity is too low, but its not, for example, if i continuously yell in my mic, then the output is kinda like a wave, u hear for 1s then it cuts out for .1-.5 s then u can...
  21. artavasdes

    [SOLVED] Shadowplay Not Recording Audio

    I recently switched over to nvidia and have been trying to use shadowplay for recording but it does not record desktop audio but it does record my microphone audio. The weird thing is that sometimes it records the desktop audio and does not record microphone audio. For my sound output I have a...
  22. F

    Question Hi , i hope you can help me.

    Hi guys , i have two problems with the microphone. When it's on level 69 (in microphone properties) my microphone works actually good. But if i dare to put on 70+ (70-100) my microhpone stop , that's the first problem. The next problem is the fact that my microphone level keeps changing how he...
  23. J

    Question Microphone hiss on PC

    Hello, I have a Neewer NW-800 condenser microphone being used with my pc. It's plugged into phantom power (from the same brand), then into my 3.5 mm mic port on my pc. So basically its mic (xlr to xlr) > phantom power > (xlr to 3.5 mm) pc, incase it was hard to understand. However I have this...
  24. R

    [SOLVED] LED Strip VS microphone

    Hello! I bought a led strip today. I plugged in and everything was fine, but when I join to teamspeak or discord my microphone is buzzing. Is there anybody who has the same problem and if there any solution? The led strip isn't connected to the PC, it has an own 240W plug. My mic is connected...
  25. M

    Question My USB Microphone is Buzzing :(

    So I have had this problem for a few months now but I thought that my mic was just bad (I have a Neewer 8000 Usb Microphone), but I looked at some videos of the mic that sounded perfect quality. I had finally had enough of this problem, so I looked up some fixes and did some testing. The PC that...
  26. Flame1

    [SOLVED] Microphone starts sounding like a super high pitched chipmunk when i put pc under load?

    So I'm not sure if this issue is cause by windows, or something else but for some reason when i launch another application and get in a situation where theres more stress on the components the red light in my mic (Its a Hyperx Quadcast microphone) starts flashing on and off randomly and thats...
  27. E

    [SOLVED] Microphone randomly adjusting levels

    After my Windows update a couple of days ago I've been getting weird random mic adjustments, it's normal for a couple of hours then it randomly starts to adjust.
  28. L

    [SOLVED] Dynamic XLR Microphone connect to PC

    Hi guys, I always used some cheap mic or my laptop's built-in one but lately had a lot of problem with the volume, background noises and stuff. I use my mic only for voice chat with friends, especially nowdays when everybody is home but i am always too quiet or have problem with the background...
  29. ligma

    Question My headset's microphone is picking up sound even when headphones are muted manually

    i have this problem where my mic picks up sound when blasting my headsets and even when its muted from a button in the actual headset sound is still playing through my mic i would hope to get some solutions as soon as possible its annoying to me and my friends and it ruins my recordings and streams
  30. M

    [SOLVED] Does overclocking effect the audio chip ?

    Hi, I bought my computer 1 and half year ago. My PC has weird microphone issue. One day microphone works fine, next day microphone shows green signal means buzzing sound. I over clocked my PC from 6mb to 12mb cache. and I think it messed up the IC chip. I showed it to the shop keeper and he just...
  31. C

    [SOLVED] Webcam Mic obly activates with a loud noise then quits after few seconds...

    Hi I got a plug and play Trust webcam (driverless) with integrated microphone. Problem is that video works Ok but mic only seems to activate with a loud noise and then cuts out after a few seconds. I ran trough all settings etc that were suggested by Trust and on Windows forums but still no...
  32. S

    WebEx

    Is there anyway to see the microphone/camera history- when it was activated, for how long it was activated (computer) ?
  33. ILikeTurtles342

    Microphone level is stuck on 98, how do I fix this?

    When I go to System>Sound>Sound Control Panel>Recording>FIFINE K670 (that's my mic)>Properties>Levels I try to drag the switch but it stays stuck at 98. I can't type in the box to change the number either so my mic level is stuck, I just want to lower it.
  34. D

    Question Blue Compass boom arm wont stay in place

    I'm pairing my Blue Compass with my Wave:3 which is a fairly light mic. My problem is I cannot get the middle joint of the blue compass to stay in place, it ends up just flying upwards. I've tightened the friction plate as much as I can and I've loosened the screw underneath the boom arm as much...
  35. Davetherave112

    [SOLVED] All microphone jacks suddenly not working, no input from microphone.

    Hey guys, Im really hoping someone out there might be able to help me. One night while gaming I realised my mic was no longer working. It had worked the night before just fine, but people were telling me during my game, they couldnt hear me. This was 6 weeks ago. Since then I've tried almost...
  36. wahab4512

    [SOLVED] When I record my voice with wire earphones it records buzz sound without my voice

    when I connect my wire earphones to my PC's front panel audio port and record audio, all it records is a loud buzz sound and it doesnt record the actual sound that I recorded. I cant hear my voice when i play the voice record, not even slightly. sound output from earphones works well when I...
  37. V

    [SOLVED] Condenser mic problems

    I have received a tonor bm-700 condenser mic as a gift, and have set it up by connecting the mic to a USB sound card provided with the mic using an XLR-3.5mm cable. The microphone is recognised by windows and outputs audio. My problem with it, however, is that it is unbelievably quiet, even...
  38. K

    [SOLVED] What is the best microphone for video recording these days?

    Hey So a while ago when i first wanted to start doing something on youtube i bought a trust emita microphone and although the quality of the audio is not bad i feel like it could definitely be better. So now i wonder if there is a microphone that is considered to be well above the others for...
  39. S

    [SOLVED] Affordable 40m² conference setup (video + audio) for Discord

    Hi there, due to the current Covid situation I´m looking for a video conference setup for an association, wherefore the price does matter ;) Max for the entire setup hardware (incl. cables aso.) has to be 1500€. We want to use the setup for meetings as well as for "remote get togethers" via...
  40. M

    Question Microphone stopped working completely after restart

    Background information to understand how this occurred: Me and my cousins had downloaded ARK: Survival Evolved which we had played a few months ago but decided to come back. As I start the game I head into the bathroom and as I came back after just a minute my PC was suddenly restarting, I...