Windows 10: Microphone being detected by windows but no sound is being picked up

So I have been having issues with new computer trying to get my microphone sorted.


I have a Turtle Beach wired headset and have an audio splitter connecting it to my desktop. I first tried the front panel connectors and then tried the audio panel on the motherboard at the back of my pc, no luck.


So this headset works on my xbox and on my laptop, and I have tried other 3.5 aux jack mics to see if just my headset was the one that's affected, but none work. In control panel, it picks up that a headset and microphone are connected, and running and troubleshooting tool says that there are no issues and that everything is working fine.





The issue come in where when listening to audio, the green bars on the headphones will go up and act normal, I can hear audio just fine. The problem is the microphone... no matter what settings I play with: voice recording, turning the mic volume all the way up, deleting drivers, nothing works and there is no audio being picked up.


So to test if there's a soundcard issue I used a pair of Bluetooth earbuds with a built in mic and connected them to my computer, and wouldn't you know, both the headphone and mic portion worked in discord and the bars were showing up in control panel.


So what is the issue? both mic in jacks on my case and my motherboard are reporting there is a device connected, but no sound is being reported. I've tried raising the volume, playing with nearly every windows setting, from voice recording to enabling apps to use my mic. I've unplugged the speaker I have set up and that didn't do anything.


The two solutions I have seen is Microsoft Edge and Windows itself. I've seen people stating that switching to chrome helped their issue, and that edge was the issue. I don't know if they had the same issue of the microphone being detected but audio not registering, nor would I understand how edge would affect discord or control panel performance over something like watching youtube in an edge browser. The final solution I have seen is a clean install of windows fixed one or two people's issue, but I'm really trying to avoid that, nor would I know how that would affect my purchased Microsoft office. Would I need to buy a new code?


EDIT: One thing to note is when I go into device manager and try to update the audio driver by using the "browse my computer" and then "let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer" option, it gives me a warning:





Anyone with any steps before re-installing windows would be a huge help. I can provide further information if needed.

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Microphone detected but no output of sound

Hey,

I'm out of ideas. I have an XLR condenser microphone that connects to a preamp that then connects to my PC via USB.

Windows sees the device, I've reinstall drivers, the latest Windows update, and all of the normal things I can think of. The premap shows that my microphone is picking up sound, but I get no output to any application or Windows itself.

Any thoughts here or suggestions?

 

Microphone not detecting sound

I'm having issues with microphones on my computer not picking up sound. They appear in the device manager fine, but aren't detecting any sound.

This has occurred with several different microphones, including the built-in microphone, two USB microphones, and a 3.5mm microphone. Headphones and the speakers work fine as well.

I have tried reinstalling drivers and has noticed no difference. I have also confirmed that the microphones are unmuted in the sound options.

 

Microphone is picking up the laptop's sounds.

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10.

I understand your concern about using Microphone as expected on Windows 10, we will assist you with this issue.

I would suggest you to follow the below methods and check if it helps.

Method 1:

• 
  Right click on the sound icon in the taskbar and select the
  Recording Devices menu.
  
• 
  In the Recording
  tab of Sounds window, you will notice the microphone which is active, i.e. the one with a green tick mark. Right click on the active microphone and select its
  Properties.
  
• 
  Select the Levels Tab. This tab exhibits you two sections:
  Microphone andMicrophone Boost.
  
• 
  Use the sliders to modify your volume settings. You can take the Microphone Boost slider up to +40 dB. To save the changes click on Ok.
  

If you do the modification while the conversation goes on then you will get the immediate feedback of the output sound from the end user and so you can adjust the volume using the sliders as per requirement.

Method 2:

• 
  Right click on Start to open the Power User Menu.
  
• 
  Click on Control panel and then on
  Sound.
  
• 
  Click on the Communication tab in the sound window. You will see four options under
  When Windows detects Communication activities.
  
• 
  Click on the radio button next to
  Do nothing. Click on Apply and then
  OK. You might need to restart the computer to implement the changes.
  

Hope it helps. If you need further assistance, please do let us know and we would be happy to help you further.