Question / Help Mic has minor buzz - but only in games, not as they load, not on desktop

[Matthew Paluch]

I just did a test where I was both streaming and recording. The mic sounded great (to me) when I was on desktop, and when game was loading and I was on loading screens... but as soon as the game loads, there is a weird buzz when i talk that was not there before. When i am not talking, there is total silence (good)

If anyone could take a look at this from 13:55 where i say a few clear words, *as the game is loading*, and you can stop it at 14:15 as the buzz will be obvious.

thanks in advance!

No buzz then Buzz

 

[John Difool]

it seems that the noise filter is not working well.

 

[Matthew Paluch]

I have:

Gain
Noise Removal VST
Noise Gate VST
Equalizer VST
Compressor VST
Limiter (OBS)

you suspect the Noise Gate?

and thanks!

matt

 

[Matthew Paluch]

SOLVED!

Gain was set to be way too high. The reason this wasnt immediately obvious, like the mic volume pegging out into the red zone, was that I had configged the Noise Gate based on me talking softly, and then adjusted the compressor as well. So basically I was screaming, but the noise gate and compressor made it sound great. i mean really good.

Except for that buzz...

A friend convinced me to lower gain a good bit, change the gate to match, change the compressor to match new gate, and bingo, no buzz!

Its a *little* too quiet, but ill experiment slowly raising gain again to see if i can get a little more volume without buzz kicking in.