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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
    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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gkato
Copper Contributor
Sep 18, 2020

My problem is that I have to speak really loud to activate the mic and I have no issues with Slack or Discord using the same mic.

 

I also noticed that while I'm talking on Teams, the voice level on Windows Sound Panel keeps moving like Teams is controlling it. I don't like this at all. I already use a software to control noise gate and I dont't want to be locked with this solution that doesn't even work.

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