My desktop audio makes my mic audio low

luchi

New Member
When im recording a gaming video and there is a loud noise on my desktop audio, my microphone audio cuts or gets lowered for some reason. i've tried lowering my desktop audio but it still doesnt work.
 

AaronD

Active Member
Do you have a ducker? In OBS, that would be a Compressor filter on the Mic, with its Sidechain set to the Desktop. You (or someone) would have had to add that; it's not there by default.

Another possibility, if you really don't have any processing in OBS (lots of places it could be), is that Windows is doing that, trying to be smart and helpful, and falling flat on its face like it often does. Take a good full day to look through ALL of Windows' settings, figure out what each one does, and get rid of everything that is not "a straight dumb wire". Several things are on by default, either for "consumer candy" or to make a conference call work in a terrible environment. You don't want any of that.
 
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