Windows 10: Microphone tests okay, but does not work.

When I test my microphone using the settings in WIndows 10, the microphone shows recording levels. But when I attempt to use, it does not work. I could not get it to work in Cortana, Edge, or Chrome. Tried troubleshooting multiple times. I tried to manually load a different driver. Generic Nothing I've tried works. It did work about a month ago. Did an audio chat over Discord. When I tried to set up another conference a couple of weeks later, nothing. Frustrating part is when I am in the settings for Windows 10 it appears to be working, bar floats to match my talking. In a test using Total Recorder, I was able to make a recording, but the recording level appears to drop after just a few seconds. To explain, I spoke a paragraph, and during playback, I could hear the first few seconds, then the sound level dropped over time, so that after about 5 seconds I could not hear anything.

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Built in microphone not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

Method 1: I suggest you to set microphone as default device and check.

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  Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"
  
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  Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".
  
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  Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".
  
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  Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".
  
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  Click Apply and OK.
  

Step 2: Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:
  
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  Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.
  
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  Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.
  
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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.
  

And also update the audio drivers from the manufacturer web site and install.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Audio Recording Problem. Microphone not working

Okay so...

I followed the steps on the first link and it worked, but when also listing to music or playing a game, the people who I was talking to could hear my game or music. This lead me to a undo what I did and turn the microphone boost back down to 0 (I turned
it up to 10 dB) and left the Microphone at 100 (which is what I always had it at), during all of this I was talking to a friend and before I started to follow the steps on the second link I tested to see how I sounded. He said that it was perfect and back
to how I usually sounded, so THANK YOU I guess..

 

Microphone not working

Hi Tal,



Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.



I understand that you are facing issues with the Microphone on your computer. In order to get better clarity, please let us know:

• What is the build version of Windows 10 Home installed on your computer? You can click on Search and type
  winver.
• Are you using and internal or external microphone?

Meanwhile, let us try a few steps and see if it helps.

I would suggest you to check
How to set up and test microphones in Windows 10

Once the microphone is setup, please check the settings referred in Cortana can't hear me.



Let us know the results. If issue persists, we will certainly assist you further.