Stopping the microphone from automatically adjusting level

Anonymous
2020-03-26T14:52:20+00:00

Every time I run a meeting in the Teams app, my microphone level automatically gets set to 100%. 

I have set the communications option in the control panel to do nothing and there appears to be no option in the app to stop it from doing this. I have a sensitive microphone that requires low gain - this is very frustrating as I am using it to teach lessons remotely.

Any ideas?

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for education | Meetings and calls | Other

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-16T15:43:45+00:00

    Since this started our company call quality from our conference rooms using a PC for teams conferencing has decreased to the point where our users are holding meetings on other platforms. There needs to be a way to turn this off.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-14T19:20:16+00:00

    PLEASE Fix. I can't use Teams anymore for conference call.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-02T16:39:20+00:00

    Up until the latest Windows update (2020-04 update for 1909), AGC was only an issue for me in Loom.  

    With the latest update, however, even Camtasia seems to be inheriting this awful setting.

    PLEASE fix!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-11T01:35:11+00:00

    Why isn't there a solution for this yet? Your app already has enough issues. This one seems trivially easy to fix.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-01T22:46:01+00:00

    I have it the other way around.... Microsoft Teams keep adjusting my microphone level down to 0%, so that no one can hear me when I speak.... It's definitely a Microsoft issue — other software that use the Microphone do not do this.

    Although I also see variations between different microphones. Microsoft Teams (for me) always adjusts the microphone level down to 0%, but on some mirophones, it adjusts the microphone level up when I start to speak. On others, it just keeps it at zero percent — as if it is muting.

    So, I think this is a algorithm error on Microsoft's part on trying to improve audio performance and reduce background noise, but it doesn't always work — and of course they didn't give people options to tune it or turn it off....

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