Windows 10: My microphone suddenly started being recognized as an output sound device and I can't get...

I have a Windows 11 home, Dell laptop Inspiron 15 3520. haven't called from my computer in a good 4-5 months, and when I tried recently my friends told me that the sound was bad, to which I checked which microphone was in useI have a specialized microphone, a microphone built into the headphones, and the microphone built into the computer, I couldn't find the specialized microphone. I know it previously worked because of the calling and other projects for school where I recorded myself using the microphone.I checked settings and the microphonewhich shouldn't, to my knowledge, have an output

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how to recognize USB PnP Sound Device as sound output ?

problem is USB PnP Sound Device only being recognized as microphone even with headphones. It does not appear as sound output.

 

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?

 

USB PnP Sound Device missing in Sound Output

for some reason USB PnP Sound Device does not recognized as sound output and only recognized as microphone.