My mic keeps on picking up desktop audio

Anonymous
2025-03-12T21:59:33+00:00

hi guys, built a new pc last november, everything was fine and all and i decided to pick up a mic splitter like a month ago so i can use my earphones' mic to talk to my friends while i game, so like i noticed an issue when using the mic where it picks up my desktop audio for some reason, tried to fix it by updating realtek drivers, didnt work, this same issue happened to my acer nitro 5 a year back and that was fixed with a driver update, idk what the problem is and idk how to fix it tbh, anyone know how to fix it? tried to look around the web and its just the same stuff i tried, updating, reinstalling drivers, i dont even know at this point i genuinely feel like hating realtek drivers at this point because of how this issue even happens randomly

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-14T21:55:07+00:00

    armory crate is at the latest afaik 6.1.13.0

    also yes the sound only goes from my earphones since my monitor does not have audio

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  3. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-14T21:42:16+00:00

    Hi ,

    Wow, Spotify picked up, your headphones must be loud.

    You must have the correct Armoury Crate installed?

    Let's activate the Asus verification to see if it improves.

    Just one question, the sound from your computer only comes out of headphones, correct?

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-14T21:38:13+00:00

    Hi ,

    This test is to check if the microphone is picking up the sound that is coming out of your headphones during Discord. Is that it?

    Because I told you to activate the listening device option and you will hear your voice. If it worked, you will uncheck the option. After that, you will access Discord > Sound and Video settings. You will test it and that's it. With Sportify paused, you will hear yourself. Then, you will put Spotify playing, but it will not say anything. You will see if it picks up the audio. If it didn't, that means it worked.

    Or

    Are you trying to separate the audio so that only the sound of the Discord call comes out of the headphones and the sound of Windows, Spotify, games, etc. comes out of the monitor/TV?

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    the first option you said really. i tried that, and it still picked up the audio,

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  5. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-14T20:33:38+00:00

    Hi ,

    This test is to check if the microphone is picking up the sound that is coming out of your headphones during Discord. Is that it?

    Because I told you to activate the listening device option and you will hear your voice. If it worked, you will uncheck the option. After that, you will access Discord > Sound and Video settings. You will test it and that's it. With Sportify paused, you will hear yourself. Then, you will put Spotify playing, but it will not say anything. You will see if it picks up the audio. If it didn't, that means it worked.

    Or

    Are you trying to separate the audio so that only the sound of the Discord call comes out of the headphones and the sound of Windows, Spotify, games, etc. comes out of the monitor/TV?

    Independent Advisor - Community

    Thanks

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