Windows 10: USB microphone incredibly low volume due to Win10 usb audio driver problems

Hi, so I've been into properties and checked the slider, so lets get that part out of the way.

Basically around June after I updated and now it's super quiet. Even with the slider maxed(which I didn't have to do before, is a massive quality drop) it's still very low and there's really no point if it's going to sound that shit. Apparently restore does not fix it(not that I would want to use restore anyways). Reformatting apparently does not solve the issue either. I have tested the mic on another computer, it works perfectly fine on there. What I've also noticed different is whenever I plug the mic in, the sample rate sets itself to a different default which makes the pitch super low, it never changed to this sample rate before and I've never had to change it to make it sound normal again. I've also switched out the usbaudio.sys and usbaudio2.sys and still nothing. Power from my usb ports is also fine.

There's actually a closed thread with here with no fix over a 7 year span, the OP had to make another thread after 2.5 years of no resolve: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows/6c63e3a3-e200-4c4c-997f-ebca42402b2c

There's some alternatives like downloading an equalizer, but that still lowers the quality and I don't want to have to do that. If anyone has been able to find a fix for this, let me know.

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Windows 10 USB Microphone quietness + low quality (AT2020 USB)

Hi,

There is a significant problem with the the new generation of Windows which is to do with (mostly) professional USB microphones, mine being the Audio Technica AT2020 USB Plus. The microphone input by default is far too quiet (and also slightly lower quality). This problem occurs in Windows 10, however it worked perfectly in Windows 7.

The solution, I repeat, is NOT turning up the percentage level, DB, or boosting the microphone. For someone who intends to record professional audio, this solution is effectively what "digital zoom" is in a camera, simply boosting the audio in its entirety, even though the input volume is simply not what it should actually be. This results in noise becoming louder, and many other various imperfections.

Things I have tried:

• Reinstall/update the driver. There are no drivers except the generic Windows 10 USB microphone drivers. They worked perfectly on Windows 7 but after that they were completely broken.
• Contact the manufacturer. I contacted Audio Technica and explained how this is a call they get often, and that it is a problem with Windows. The only way they said it could be fixed is with some form of Windows update which matches the driver format of Windows 7.
• Boost the volume. Artificially boosting the volume in any way results in quality loss and is in no way a valid solution. This works for some people, but mostly it is just hiding the problem.
• Run the recording audio troubleshooter. All this does is check to make sure the audio services are running and that the microphone is detected. Neither of those are the source of the problem, therefore this fixes nothing. Neither will any other troubleshooter.
• Install Windows updates. As of this post, there is no Windows update that fixes this. I've installed every update for the past 2 years and they've done nothing to address this. Unless an update has been released that specifically addresses this, installing updates will fix nothing.
• Contact Microsoft support. This helped slightly as it gave me a few different things to do, but all of them have been in vain.
• Run a virtual machine of Windows 7. Not only is this extremely tedious, but it simply doesn't work correctly. Even if the microphone was working in its original Windows 7 format and as far as I know, a virtual machine is simply not made to record audio at high quality. This was suggested by Microsoft Support. VM tried: VirtualBox.
• Install previous audio codecs and drivers. I have tried to install previous audio drivers from Windows 7 onto Windows 10 with no success. This was also suggested by Microsoft support.

This was NEVER a problem in Windows 7. This problem has been on the forums of Microsoft Support for over 2 years with no clear solution.
Name of my laptop: MSI GL62 6QD


Any, and I mean ANY help would be appreciated about solving this problem, thank you.

 

USB Audio Codec Driver

After following all these steps, my usb audio device still does not work. In Settings > Connected devices it list USB Audio Codec Driver is unavailable.

 

Low USB microphone recording volume (AT2020) - Windows 10

I am now using a usb microphone (Auna 900). Volume needs to be at 100 to be barely hearable.

So is there there some official statement on the current status?

Is everything ok and working as intended with the standard usb audio driver from the viewpoint of Microsoft?

Can't seem to find any recent communication from support staff, so this case is closed?

Operating System: Windows 10

Microsoft Driver Info: 28.09.2017

Driver Version: 10.0.16299.15

Standard-USB-Audio