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Microphone displays that I'm talking, even when mic is muted.

CoolMarquis97
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that's going to be noise floor. Wireless headsets especially bluetooth ones have a minimum volume before the mic activates on the headset itself, wired microphones don't need that circuit to save battery life. The in game signal will be coming from the input signal from windows which is read from the jack prior to the mute. 

 

It's likely the front panel jack has more electronic noise in the signal and is showing signal at the jack even when there is nothing coming from the mic. A DAC can have less noise but you would have to spend more than it's probably worth just to clean up the mic signal. 

 

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I have a very peculiar issue and could use some help. Recently, I've purchased multiple headsets trying to find the best fit for me. Razer Blackshark V2 Pros (which are wireless) never had this issue. Only my wired headsets (SteelSeries Arctis Pro and Sennheiser PC38Xs) have this issue. When I'm playing Warzone, even if my mic is muted, the in-game symbol still goes off and shows as if I'm talking. Similarly, even if my mic isn't muted and I'm silent as a mouse, the in-game symbols flashes as if I'm talking. Currently, my PC38Xs are connected through the front panel of my case. Now when I use this headset on PS5, I absolutely have zero issues. Mute the mic and it stops showing that I'm talking. It's strictly something to do with my PC that is causing some issue with any wired microphone. 

 

I've been thinking of buying a dac to solve this issue but I'm not sure that will even do anything. 

 

Motherboard is a MSI B450 Tomahawk and I think that along with the Realtek audio drivers is my issue here. 

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You mention the in-game chat showing input. What does the Windows Sound Control Panel show?

 

How are you connecting all these headsets? I'm not familiar with all those models. Are you using USB or analog?

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that's going to be noise floor. Wireless headsets especially bluetooth ones have a minimum volume before the mic activates on the headset itself, wired microphones don't need that circuit to save battery life. The in game signal will be coming from the input signal from windows which is read from the jack prior to the mute. 

 

It's likely the front panel jack has more electronic noise in the signal and is showing signal at the jack even when there is nothing coming from the mic. A DAC can have less noise but you would have to spend more than it's probably worth just to clean up the mic signal. 

 

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@CoolMarquis97 I'm having the exactly the same issue.  Did you ever have any luck?  I've spent hours trying to figure this out, I haven't had any luck.

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