Mic echoing desktop sound

[K3nobi]

When I get into a call in Discord, my friends can hear themselves, so I then turn on Echo Cancellation. Their voice no longer echo but when I watch a video with not even that loud volume, my mic picks it up and feeds into the output.

 

Info:

Laptop: Huawei Matebook D 15

OS: Windows 11

I also have Equalizer APO installed with rnnoise installed to remove background noise

 

I did not have this problem on my previous setup, which is a 10 years old laptop Win10, so yeah

 

And I'm highly positive that it's not rnnoise causing the problem as it as already doing the same thing with every audio enhancement thingy installed or turn on.

 

Edit: Forgot to mention my laptop has a mic and aux combo jack and I'm using a Y Audio Splitter to plug in my earphones and mic separately, didn't mention it at the first place because it wasn't a problem on my old setup

Edited July 16, 2023 by K3nobi

[Psittac]

Are you using a wired headset?  I've found this as a common problem with wired headsets because there are only so many conductors in the cable and the input and output share a ground wire so they give off feedback.  It's just inherent in the cable and nothing to do with the headset itself.

 

Solution being a separate mic that has it's own cable

[K3nobi]

3 hours ago, Psittac said:

Are you using a wired headset?  I've found this as a common problem with wired headsets because there are only so many conductors in the cable and the input and output share a ground wire so they give off feedback.  It's just inherent in the cable and nothing to do with the headset itself.

 

Solution being a separate mic that has it's own cable

No but I am using a Y Audio Splitter to convert my laptop's combo jack to separate mic and aux(is that the correct term?) input, forgot to mention it in the post because it wasn't a problem before, could it be a problem now?

[Psittac]

On 7/15/2023 at 9:28 PM, K3nobi said:

No but I am using a Y Audio Splitter to convert my laptop's combo jack to separate mic and aux(is that the correct term?) input, forgot to mention it in the post because it wasn't a problem before, could it be a problem now?

The Y audio splitter has the same issue, or rather can have the potential for it

 

If the problem wasn't there before I'm not really sure what to think