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beizs
Brass Contributor
Apr 02, 2020

Disable Microphone Auto Adjustment

My microphone is a USB Blue Spark. The mic itself has gain controls, and in Windows (10), it needs to be set to 50% or less, otherwise it starts to clip like crazy (50% is essentially baseline, below...
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  • chornsec's avatar
    chornsec
    Jul 06, 2020

    Workaround on macOS: create an aggregate device to "mask" the gain settings from Teams.

    Steps:

    1. Open 'Audio MIDI Setup' application
    2. In the left pane, click + symbol and choose Create Aggregate Device
    3. Ensure that the new aggregate device is selected in the left pane
    4. In the main window area, select the 'Use' checkbox for your real input device
    5. Select the real input device from the left pane and set the Master Stream input gain correctly
    5. Optionally rename the newly created aggregate device by clicking its entry in the left pane
    6. Quit & restart Teams application
    7. In Teams, choose the newly created aggregate device as the microphone device

    Because the aggregate device does not have a gain setting, Teams cannot f* it up.

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Rebecca Schneider
Brass Contributor
May 20, 2020

beizs This is a real problem. I am currently working from home with other people working from home for other companies. We have many calls at the same time and my colleagues can hear everything being said at the desk across the room. Also, I have a really great microphone and do not need to set the gain higher.

Because of software restrictions at my company it is not possible for me to install additional software to cricumvent this "feature".

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