Microphone level auto-adjusts back to 100; no sound settings fix it

[Cotroneo]

My USB microphone keeps resetting its level back to 100 no matter what I try. I've tried closing and disabling access to the microphone for every program I can think of, and no matter what I google, it keeps bringing me back to the 'solution' of unchecking the box that allows other applications to take control of the device. That has always been unchecked, and no matter what I do, it will ALWAYS reset back to 100. I have absolutely zero clue on what to do, and I wish Windows would include something that prevented that 'level' from rising no matter what.

 

I use Discord, and Steam, and I've disabled anything in the settings that would increase the gain/volume. With every program that could be affecting it, and every Windows feature that would be using it disabled, I still have this issue.

 

I'm ready to give up at this point, so I'm hoping somebody else here has had a similar problem that they found a workaround with. I have a Blue Yeti, so I even tried to physically reduce the gain with the knob on the back of it, but it's still obnoxiously loud whenever I play games with friends. 

[Shimejii]

Its when you are launching the games, Certain games like CSGO have a Volume option to turn it to 100% as the game launches.

 go to your GO folder for example: x:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg\config.cfg and search for voice_mixer_volume in that file, set it to your standard mic volume and make the config read only, but remember to set anything else beforehand cause of the read only.
 

Do this for all your games on steam that cause the issue

[Vascro]

Hi, I have the exact same issue. I've got an Audio Technica AT-2020 USB microphone and whenever I get into a softphone call or a teams call, it slowly raises the volume level of my mic to 100%. This is a very sensitive mic and I don't want it over about 70% because of that. I can't find anything online as to why this happens or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.

[Vascro]

8 minutes ago, Vascro said:

Hi, I have the exact same issue. I've got an Audio Technica AT-2020 USB microphone and whenever I get into a softphone call or a teams call, it slowly raises the volume level of my mic to 100%. This is a very sensitive mic and I don't want it over about 70% because of that. I can't find anything online as to why this happens or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.

I should note, it doesn't adjust when I record via audacity.