CS2 - MIC NOT WORKING - [!SOLUTION!]

[NJÁLGI]

A new update has fixed this issue. Open CS2, go to Settings > Audio and select your input device and adjust your mic threshold!

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO hopefully FIX YOUR IN-GAME MIC

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MIC ACTUALLY WORKS BEFORE DOING ANY OF THIS. I RECOMMEND USING "AUDACITY": https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL YOUR AUDIO & GRAPHICS DRIVERS ARE UP-TO-DATE (ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A USB MIC)

SOLUTION 1:
Step 1: Open Steam & launch CS2.
Step 2: Open Steam overlay (Shift+Tab) and open the "Settings" window.
Step 3: Go to the "Voice" tab & select the correct mic/input device.
Step 4: Make sure your "Input/Volume Gain" is set to max & turn off "Voice Transmission Threshold"
Step 5: Now go to the "In-game Voice" tab (it only appears after talking ingame, its a bit random when or if this tab appears)
Step 6: From there you can repeat Step 3 & 4.

SOLUTION 2:
Step 1: Find & open "Sound Control Panel" in Windows.
Step 2: Go to the "Recording" tab & find your correct mic/input device.
Step 3: Make sure to disable all other input devices that you don't want to use (Sometimes CS2 thinks your webcam or game controller is your default mic input).
Step 4: Right-Click on the correct mic/input device and go to "Properties".
Step 5: Go the "Levels" tab and make sure your mic/device input volume is set to 100%.
Step 6: From there you should experiment with the "Microphone Boost" level as this may be the only reason why CS2 is not picking up your mic. I've set mine to 20% but this varies from mic to mic. (NOTE: you might have to lower your input volume on Discord after this.)

SOLUTION 3:
Step 1: Literally just move your mic closer to your mouth or talk louder.

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With love,
♥♥ NJÁLGI ♥♥

[Maleslayer Emma]

nothing works and i think i've tried everything, hope they update it and fix it cuz idk

[Adane]

guess i will have to join the club of this "mic not working" its starting to get on my nerves, ive been looking everywhere, tried everything, i dont think there is anything i HAVENT tried, and still nothing.. i see the voice icon, but NO sound comes out.. FFS VALVE GO FIX...!

[Heiliger Bimbam]

hello valve
same issue, not working.
USB Focusrite XLR Mic - works everywhere except in CS2 :-) good job very solid experience in 2023 - I know I'm a ♥♥♥♥♥ to complain like everyone else these days but for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake such things worked flawlessly 10 years ago! Let me just set up the mic ingame ffs!

[s1rkus]

Hey everyone, I've managed to fix my issue after nothing else worked.
For me, it was EqualizerAPO. If you have any APO or similar programs installed and running, uninstall them completely and you should be completely good to go.

[Nightcrawler]

Works for me...

On Steam:

Go to Voice Settings and Disable Voice Transmission Threshold

In game:

Settings > Audio > Stramlined Push to Talk > No

or

voice_always_sample_mic 0

[Fließen Flüsse]

Thank you <3

[s1rkus]

Originally posted by gRiMM:

hello valve
same issue, not working.
USB Focusrite XLR Mic - works everywhere except in CS2 :-) good job very solid experience in 2023 - I know I'm a ♥♥♥♥♥ to complain like everyone else these days but for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake such things worked flawlessly 10 years ago! Let me just set up the mic ingame ffs!

Hey man. CS2 absolutely hates XLR mic. Try and find out if you have a software that forces your mic from stereo to mono. If you do, that’s what’s causing your issue, make sure it’s fully disabled

[0iQuwubzolati7olwati]

same !!

[FrezZz]

same here

[Homeschooliazon]

I wish we could set which device is used a a mic. We can only choose which speakers are used. This causes problems for me.

[s1rkus]

Originally posted by Homeschooliazon:

I wish we could set which device is used a a mic. We can only choose which speakers are used. This causes problems for me.

Hey man, just change your default mic in windows settings and also steam voice settings.

[GLURRIN]

Originally posted by s1rkus:

Originally posted by Homeschooliazon:

I wish we could set which device is used a a mic. We can only choose which speakers are used. This causes problems for me.

Hey man, just change your default mic in windows settings and also steam voice settings.

S1rkus whats Ur headphones and r u still having mic issues

[s1rkus]

Originally posted by GLURRIN:

Originally posted by s1rkus:

Hey man, just change your default mic in windows settings and also steam voice settings.

S1rkus whats Ur headphones and r u still having mic issues

No I'm not. I fixed my issue at absolutely no help by steam support or even the lead composer of audio at valve. I use an XLR mic to an interface with studio headphones plugged in. What cause my issue was a program I was running called EqualizerAPO which had always worked fine, until an update made it break. Check if you have any audio or APO program running and uninstall, and your issue will be fixed

[Golden Boy]

same here

[namvn]

same for me, I'm using Samson C01U, works everywhere, even with Steam mic test. But not this game. when I push the in-game key to speak I can see I have a voice icon but with with only 1 wave (anyone talking would have voice icon with 3 waves). This must mean the game recognizes my mic but could not output sounds.