Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro is not cooperating with my microphone

Hi there, I'm trying to get my new recording rig set up and I'm running into some very strange and inconsistent problems. I'm trying to troubleshoot, so the list below contains my problem and everything I've done to try to resolve it.

1. My microphone is listed as the chosen input devices in Settings > Sound but the meter that is supposed to show my microphone activity as it picks up sound is dead. No movement on the meter whatsoever. Curiously, I DID see movement on the meter when I started this process but not anymore
2. Everything seems to recognize that the microphone is present, but no recording is done. When I try to record, I just get dead air
3. I navigated to Control Panel > Sound > Recording tab and the microphone is in the list with a green check mark but again, the meter shows no activity. I also am unable to set the microphone as default - the button is just "greyed out" and I can't select it.
4. In Control Panel > Sound i select the microphone and press Configure. When I try to Set Up Microphone, I get an error message that reads: "The Wizard could not start. Make sure your audio hardware is working properly and check your audio configuration in the audio devices and sound themes control panel
5. My current setup is a microphone running through a preamp to my PC via USB. The preamp comes with software that gives me a read out of the levels on the preamp. I know for sure that signal is being pushed to the PC, so I can rule hardware failure out
6. From Settings > Sound I tried running the microphone troubleshooter but it says "Troubleshooting couldn't identify the problem"
7. Device manager tells me Device Status for the microphone is: "This device is working properly." All drivers are up to date.
8. After several times powering down my preamp/unplugging the USB and hooking it all back up again, I know getting the meters in Settings > Sound to show me that it's detecting signal but the Set up your microphone feature referenced in point 4 above still gets me an error message
9. The activity meters are still showing me that Windows is detecting signal from my microphone. I temporarily got my recording software to work with the microphone, but everything I recorded was slowed slightly and my voice was much deeper when I played the audio back. Then the software stopped picking up any signal at all from the microphone
10. I tried the windows voice recorder app from the microsoft store and that app is telling me that the microphone isn't working
11. Skype seems to have no trouble connecting to the microphone
12. I navigated to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Recording and selected properties on the mic. I enabled "Listen to this device." I can hear myself in my ear now, but again, the voice I hear in my ear sounds much, much deeper than it should.

Please help!

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microphone is not working

Hi Junezryaz,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10 and your steps in solving the issue.

I suggest you to run the microphone troubleshooter by following the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooter” in the search box and press Enter.
• Click on ‘View All’ on the top left corner.
• Click on “Recording Audio” from the list and follow the prompts for troubleshooting.

Hope the information is helpful. Please revert back with the necessary information and we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

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