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beizs
Brass Contributor
Apr 02, 2020
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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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Vladimir Mašala
Copper Contributor
Oct 06, 2020

beizs 

 

For me problem started after upgrading win 8--> Win 10.

My solution was to start Teams in windows 8 compatibility mode. I tested it on 2 calls and it seems it is working.

It still does mic levels adjustment but very slick and in small steps (from 90 to 89,88), and ppl on call don't notice anything.

 

  • MhGallardo's avatar
    MhGallardo
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 29, 2021
    This worked for me, thanks!

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