OS Sound lowers after testing microphone?

[Kaiserrr]

Hi all, Ive been using a logitech G733 headset, and anytime ive used the system to check my microphone in the Shift-Tab menu (On garrys mod, have yet to test it with other games) The sound I hear drops extensivly, even after the test. Restarting my computer seems to be the only fix.

Anyone got a fix?

[✟Vodka]

Check if it is connected

[fluxtorrent]

likely your OS is set to adjust when "voice communication is detected"

disable that and you should be fine

[bluPAC]

Sounds like your allowing applications to take exclusive control of a sound device or as another user said, some windows setting is getting in your way.

Follow this for disabling Voice Communications volume lowering, then follow the below steps for exlusivity.

https://www.alphr.com/windows-reducing-system-volume/

For Exclusive, right click sound icon in taskbar, select Sounds. Right click your devices, properties. Then go to the advanced tab and uncheck the box "Allow Applications to take Exclus.."

Heres an outdated visual;

https://help.audible.com.au/s/article/how-do-i-turn-off-exclusive-mode-for-a-windows-audio-playback-device

This guide is provided by Amazon but the concept is the same, just disable that check box on both Microphone and Headphone.

This means windows settings will now override application settings. I wrote a guide on microphone issues, which plagued some CSGO users, and this was similar to one of them. If another application attempted to change the value while another was treated as exclusive, it took a restart to restore audio to the default setting.

Good Luck!

EDIT: Fleshed the steps out for anyone finding this through google, good luck.


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STEAM VOICE COMMUNICATIONS VOLUME LOWER LOWERING RESTART TEST AUDIO QUIET RESET MICROPHONE HEADSET MIC SPEAKER IN GAME SETTINGS DROPS EXCLUSIVE MODE COMMUNICATIONS

[Kaiserrr]

Thanks all, Ill test this next time I play Garrys mod and let ya know if its fixed