Microphone volume very low after playing Rocksmith

[Esquimo]

Sup guys. I have seen some talk about mic problems after playing the game, but not this specific thing. After playing the game a couple of days back, I went on Skype to talk to a friend, but he couldn't hear me. If I yelled into the mic he could barely hear me. So the volume was basically too low.

I've tried changing the volume in the properties of the mic. Right now I'm using a 20+ dB boost to be able to be heared, but even then it's slightly less than okay. I've also tried uninstalling the drivers, restarting the computer and letting it reinstall them. I've checked if it's Skype or Discord's fault, but it isn't. The game changed some setting on my computer, and I can't fix it again.

Anyone else having this problem, or know how to fix it?

[Monkel]

I'm also having this problem :'( my fix is just go to the properties of the mic and set the volume high again.

[knotnick]

Same here, every damn time. I think it must be a windows issue not a RS2014 issue.

[Esquimo]

Well, if anything it's a Rocksmith issue with Windows, rather than Windows alone. No other application is causing this for me.

[JaPPa]

Any fix yet?

[The Kojukinator]

I just spent a couple hours ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around and figured this out....

Go in to: ....\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith.ini
Change this setting: RealToneCableOnly=1

It seems that this make the game only accept the RealTone Cable for input, and the plus side is that's the only input device it ♥♥♥♥♥ with when calibrating gain.

[rand burgoyne]

Originally posted by The Kojukinator:

I just spent a couple hours ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around and figured this out....

Go in to: ....\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith.ini
Change this setting: RealToneCableOnly=1

It seems that this make the game only accept the RealTone Cable for input, and the plus side is that's the only input device it ♥♥♥♥♥ with when calibrating gain.

late to party, but that setting isnt even in my ini lol. what do i do

[prudensg]

It must be there. press Control F while having open rocksmith.ini and type it.

[Moms meth.exe]

this didn't help my problem i tried and it still doesn't work

[Triplets Born]

Originally posted by Moms meth.exe:

this didn't help my problem i tried and it still doesn't work

Dittos here, my microphone is now ♥♥♥♥♥♥ which is amazing

[Buck]

old thread is oooollllllld.

This is a common Windows quirk. It will reset the mic level to the default gain) usually 17 when you switch applications. unchecking the "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" might prevent that, but you may find other apps will have issues using the mic if you do that.

I've simply gotten into the habit of checking and adjusting the mic gain while the game loads and don't worry much about it beyond that.

FYI and pro-tip - RS will set a higher mic gain if your instruments input level (read, your volume knob" is set lower. but this can cause problems with note detection.

[Ubi-Borealis]

Thanks for sharing your experience and workaround, Buck!

- Ubisoft Support

[RuanHSG]

Hasn't this problem been fixed yet?

[76561198885856812]

Hello RuanHSG,

Sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue and apologies for the delayed reply.

Can you please perform all the troubleshooting steps listed in {LINK REMOVED}this article? It will help you to eliminate any software conflicts.

Many thanks and if you have any other questions, please let us know.

- Ubisoft Support

[Colonel Torchere]

Originally posted by Ubi-Borealis:

Thanks for sharing your experience and workaround, Buck!

- Ubisoft Support

Thanks for doing nothing about a decade old issue

[toymachinesh]

that's just what Rocksmith does, if you don't want it to do that use the gain override option and never calibrate.