How to disable noise suppression when an application is using the microphone.

Anonymous
2022-09-16T20:18:02+00:00

Hi,

Whenever an application is using my microphone, all the audio that plays gets suppressed and muffled and nearly quiet, there was an option to disable this before, but I just don't know how to disable it.

Disabling the options such as Audio Enhancements will make it normal for around 2 seconds before it becomes muffled again.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-13T17:47:26+00:00

    Buy a Mac.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T20:53:14+00:00

    I am training to be a piano examiner with the Royal Conservatory of Music and this problem has been giving me grief for months. Soooo frustrating. Especially when my old, dinky laptop has better success (compared to my brand-new Dell Inspiron 27). These solutions worked - thank you, thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T16:55:10+00:00

    OH WOW!!!!! That worked.

    Yes, exactly as you said.... in Windows you activate the default, then under additional settings you locate the communications tab, and you click, Do Nothing.

    Not everyone has Max Pro but as you said, remove noise from both microphone and speaker and it works... need to let the Dell people know this workaround.

    Thank you

    Hope this helps other Dell owners

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T16:20:37+00:00

    I have a dell inspiron 27 abd i solved the problem.

    You first have to do what is current on windows, enable the noise suppression and tell windows not to do anything . (see the tutorials in the precedent post)

    Go into maxxpro and enable the speakers and noise suppression. disable the noise suppression after that.

    In zoom you must use the original sound for musicians...

    hope this will help.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T18:24:35+00:00

    I realize this is a year after your post. I am very frustrated. My voice can be heard but not my guitar. This happens on Skype and Zoom. I have turned off noise suppression. Still has the problem. Nothing like this happened on Windows 10. Now that I have Windows 11...... It's driving me nuts. Did you find a solution?

    -This is what J Hioe posted. Great link. Will save you time and frustration.

    Hi,

    Thanks so much to all who have shared on this post.

    It greatly helped me and my community (the piano sound had been suppressed on a Windows 11, HP Envy) .

    I created a resource summarising the workarounds listed on this forum for my community - feel free to share if it's helpful.

    https://www.canva.com/design/DAFeD9W1WMo/aN9p7spfw0-rijaJhYYamw/view?utm_content=DAFeD9W1WMo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

    Special thanks to Lenka, Erop, Paul, Robyn, Dorset, AYMAIA and Robbie.

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