Windows 10: My microphone only picks up the sound of my voice and nothing else.

My mic only picks up the sound of my voice, which is bad because I am trying to use my microphone to record an acoustic instrument. I cannot connect the acoustic instrument to the recording software I'm using, so I have to use a microphone for it. This is for a project, but I simply cannot get this to work. I've tried everything.

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Microphone does not pick up voice

My headset microphone is completely functional; however, my PC cannot pick up my voice. If I blow loudly in the microphone, the green bar on the sound control panel will light up but not when I talk normally. My drivers are fully updated and my microphone
levels are maxed out.

 

Microphone not picking up my voice

Hello Mathew,

My name is Nada an independent advisor, and I'm here to help you.

I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue, and I will try my best to assist you.

As it is possible that this is due to a corrupted, outdated, and malfunctioning audio and microphone driver. You can try to update your microphone driver and select the previous version, commonly the suggested driver for your system to get this sorted out.

To proceed you may follow the steps below:

1. Open Device Manager:

2. Click the drop-down for Audio inputs and outputs

3. Look for your microphone driver

4. Right-click and Update

5. Look for the option that says "Browse my computer for driver..."

6. Select the option that says "Let me pick drivers available drivers"

7. Then choose an old driver version and click next to use it.

8. Please restart the device for the changes to take effect.

You can also try to change the default audio device by doing the following steps:

From Settings > System > Sound > Open up the Input devices dropdown menu and select your microphone.

In case your Microphone is disabled, please try the following steps to enable it:

1. From Settings > Go to System > Click on Sound in the left sidebar > click

Manage sound devices > under the troubleshooting button in the input device settings

2. Scroll down and locate your device under the disabled section > click enable.

Also, I highly suggest you check and install available Windows updates.

 

Microphone detected but not picking up voice. (Windows 10)

I tried both and it still isn't working. I've also tried a USB microphone and that still can't pick up sound from my voice.