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
    2020-09-11T20:16:49+00:00

    PLEASE FIX THIS BUG! This solution doesn't work. It's crucial for the millions of remote workers.

    I need help with this too! My microphone works very well in any app. But on the Microsoft Teams my microphone level run into 50% and no one can hear me. It ver frustrating.

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-10T00:47:06+00:00

    Hello S Panayi,

    Welcome.

    Please press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box, then type "mmsys.cpl" > click Recording tab in the Sound window > select the used microphone, then click Properties button > in the Properties page, click Level tab> manually set to 50 > click Advanced tab > uncheck the Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device option under Exclusive Mode section.

    Feel free to let us know how it goes, and take care.

    Regards,

    Rudy

    This did not work at all. Please allow an option in settings, it's as simple as that. I don't want to ear rape the people I'm talking to.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-02T16:50:50+00:00

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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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