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
    2020-11-01T19:26:23+00:00

    You're not talking about the same problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-01T18:51:05+00:00

    Okay guys, 

    This is how you fix this problem. Plug your headphones into something else other than your Blue yeti mic. You won't hear the static. Also the others don't hear your level. I personally asked my colleagues about it. It's just a microphone issue. If you microphone plays back what it hears through its headphone jack.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-01T10:25:04+00:00

    Sadly neither of these fixes is working for me.

    I was alreayd running VB cable and have disabled XBox too and Teams is still messing with my volume. Microsoft, this is not on, you need to fix it!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T17:42:51+00:00

    Absolutely.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T17:21:40+00:00

    Ridiculous that I have to jump through hoops just to use a communication platform to communicate. Confirming that installing vb-audio's virtual device lets me keep my microphone level at a constant value.

    This issue happens on both the web version and the program version of Teams even when you disable exclusive mode. I've never seen this happen on Zoom, Discord, or literally any other platform but Microsoft clearly just knows better. Garbage.

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