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Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 01:47 GMT
#1
For some reason whenever I'm using voip programs (Skype, TS, etc.), my mic plays whatever I hear and everyone in the conversation can hear it. I've tried a lot but nothing has worked yet. Thanks in advance!
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
SwiftSC2
Profile Joined June 2012
United States19 Posts
June 12 2012 02:04 GMT
#2
What kind of mic are you using?
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-12 02:16:39
June 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#3
Go into your sound settings, recording, select your microphone instead of stereo mix, then go into settings in your VOIP software and set input to your mic instead of stereo mix there as well. (Yes, really, both.)

I've done the same silly shit before. Drove me nuts too.
Mr. Nefarious
Profile Joined December 2010
United States515 Posts
June 12 2012 02:19 GMT
#4
99% of people use a headset to completely avoid this issue.
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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 12 2012 02:22 GMT
#5
On June 12 2012 11:19 Mr. Nefarious wrote:
99% of people use a headset to completely avoid this issue.


99% of people DOES sound about right for thinking that speakers playing into the mic is the only possible cause for this, yeah.
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 03:49 GMT
#6
On June 12 2012 11:04 SwiftSC2 wrote:
What kind of mic are you using?

Tt ESPORTS Shock
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 03:50 GMT
#7
On June 12 2012 11:19 Mr. Nefarious wrote:
99% of people use a headset to completely avoid this issue.

I am using a headset oO
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 03:51 GMT
#8
On June 12 2012 11:16 JingleHell wrote:
Go into your sound settings, recording, select your microphone instead of stereo mix, then go into settings in your VOIP software and set input to your mic instead of stereo mix there as well. (Yes, really, both.)

I've done the same silly shit before. Drove me nuts too.

I have stereo mix disabled
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 10:39 GMT
#9
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
Slaydon
Profile Joined February 2011
Norway36 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-12 11:03:11
June 12 2012 11:02 GMT
#10
Try changing (Checking) the audio input on skype (in call options -> go to mic -> make sure it says Microphone) (Don't know about TS). Might be something there

EDIT: Didn't read the whole post about changing it before, sorry lol, this sounds strange tho.
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Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 11:43 GMT
#11
On June 12 2012 20:02 Slaydon wrote:
Try changing (Checking) the audio input on skype (in call options -> go to mic -> make sure it says Microphone) (Don't know about TS). Might be something there

EDIT: Didn't read the whole post about changing it before, sorry lol, this sounds strange tho.

haha yea very strange, it has followed me across computers and across multiple headsets :p
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
SwiftSC2
Profile Joined June 2012
United States19 Posts
June 12 2012 12:06 GMT
#12
Thats strange. Are they hearing you AND the game sound?
Do you have any software installed for your video card?

As JingleHell stated above, unless you have some other software installed, really the only way for that to happen is for the mic to also be picking up yoru speakers.
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 13:00 GMT
#13
On June 12 2012 21:06 SwiftSC2 wrote:
Thats strange. Are they hearing you AND the game sound?
Do you have any software installed for your video card?

As JingleHell stated above, unless you have some other software installed, really the only way for that to happen is for the mic to also be picking up yoru speakers.


Yep, they hear me and game sound, music, etc. If I mute my mic and play music for example, it will still pick up the music. I think it might be a software issue, as this randomly started happening a few weeks ago (after having no issues).
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 12 2012 13:04 GMT
#14
Are you using a discrete sound card, or your mobos onboard?
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 13:08 GMT
#15
On June 12 2012 22:04 JingleHell wrote:
Are you using a discrete sound card, or your mobos onboard?


onboard with latest drivers
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 12 2012 13:22 GMT
#16
Can you take a screenshot of your audio devices recording tab?
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 13:39 GMT
#17
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General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 12 2012 13:48 GMT
#18
Ok, now I'm starting to wonder wtf is wrong here. I checked, and unless you're using an adapter of some kind, your mic shouldn't be running off USB, meaning it's on your onboard drivers, stereo mix is properly disabled, so it shouldn't be able to use it...

Hopefully Wom or Myrm checks in on this, they're better at audio than me, and I'm at a complete loss.

_MagnuM_
Profile Joined July 2011
Denmark136 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-12 14:10:51
June 12 2012 14:01 GMT
#19
Okay, so I had this same problem when I played Diablo 3 with a buddy of mine over Skype..

The way we fixed it (I don't see why this worked, but it did):

Go Control panel -> sound -> recording -> microphone properties -> levels (tab)

then set the slider down to like 2 (almost all the way to the left).. this can be done in the Skype settings as well...

...cos the problem is sensitivity.. the microphone should only sense the sound of voices, not background noise.. so it has some kind of filter or sensitivity system... I just found that moving the level down so it takes in less sound worked...

it might require your friend to turn up your sound ... or you to turn up your microphone sound for whatever you are using it for...

hope that helped, if not i dunno... been having the same issues before that for a while myself.. so i understand your frustration..


EDIT: oh, just read now that you are using a headset.. in that case its really strange, unless your headset is ultra loud.. but still... it sounds like a software problem.. or some weird settings gone bad... anyway try my solution and if that doesnt work then i dunno.. format your harddrive and open your computer.. take a hammer and try to hit the motherboard carelessly and violently.. GOOD LUCK!
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Team .SCA
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States327 Posts
June 12 2012 14:29 GMT
#20
On June 12 2012 22:48 JingleHell wrote:
Ok, now I'm starting to wonder wtf is wrong here. I checked, and unless you're using an adapter of some kind, your mic shouldn't be running off USB, meaning it's on your onboard drivers, stereo mix is properly disabled, so it shouldn't be able to use it...

Hopefully Wom or Myrm checks in on this, they're better at audio than me, and I'm at a complete loss.


haha well thanks for your help thus far, I really appreciate it ^^, out of curiosity, what in the picture shows it's off of USB?
General Manager | Team Ascension | teamascension.co | @T_Ascension
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