Windows 10: Why does my audio become muffled when I turn on microphone on Cortana?

If I go to my mic settings and activate Cortana voice activation all my audio from music and whatnot becomes muffled and choppy like I am listening to it through a call or something.

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Can't turn on Cortanas mic

Hi Will,

Wrong configuration settings may be one of the possible reason why you're unable to enable Cortana's microphone. To efficiently assist you, kindly answer the following:

• Are you getting any error messages when you tried to turn on Cortana's microphone?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the steps shared by Rasec_007 on this
thread on how to enable the Cortana's microphone.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Muffled headphone audio

Hi, I just bought a new set up and downloaded my games onto it. However, whenever i play games that requires microphone permissions, the game audio becomes muffled and makes the game unplayable (Every other app or device i use with the headphones works fine). I found out that disabling microphone permissions for the app makes the audio go back to normal but the few games requires me to use the voice chat sometimes so i can’t possibly turn it off. Anyone know why this happens and how to get rid of it? Help would be appreciated!!

 

Cortana won't turn on

Hi Roger,

I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with Cortana. I appreciate the troubleshooting you tried on the computer.

Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue?

What is the antivirus program on the computer?

What is the make and model of your computer?

Did you install the audio driver from the manufacturer website?

Did you make any changes to your computer's sound settings prior to this issue?

If Cortana doesn't recognize your Microphone, the issue could be because of incompatible sound drivers. I suggest you to download all the updates and check if it works.

To turn on location settings for Cortana, I suggest you to try these steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Click on Start Button and type Location in the search.
  
• 
  Open Location Privacy Settings.
  
• 
  Under the option "choose apps that can use your location" check if Cortana is turned on.
  
• 
  If not turn on and check if it helps.
  

Please reply with the required information and the results, we are happy to help you further.

Thank you.