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
    2020-08-27T20:59:22+00:00

    Thanks, this worked. However, for it to work I had to tick the "listen this device" box in the microphone settings. As a result, I'm constantly hearing my voice in the default playback device, which is quite annoying. Is there a workaround for this?

    EDIT: I muted "Cable Output" in the volume mixer and it seems to work fine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-27T21:32:52+00:00

    Take a look at the instructions a bit more. The only thing that should use cable output is microsoft teams. Leave your normal headphones as the defualt playback device in sounds and in teams.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-01T12:39:23+00:00

    I am having this same issue. The solution provided does not solves the issue. The gain slider still randomly moves from approximately 35 to 55 even without allowing applications to take exclusive control. This solution DID work momentarily. However, as soon as Teams was closed and reopened on the machine the problem returned and could no longer be solved by this fix suggestion.

    This does not seem to happen on my Mac only on my PC. This seems to be a Microsoft bug. Is there an eta on a fix?

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

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