Change microphone output to mono in Windows

Narigaur · May 28, 2016

I have a mono microphone, but when I plug it in, it comes out of the left audio channel, since the plug uses stereo, not mono. Is there a way to get it to output to mono from within Windows?

Lehti · May 28, 2016

Right-click on the speaker icon in the task bar and select Playback devices, then look for the device with a green V on it, select it and click properties. Search for "Microphone" and click "Balance". From there, set the sliders at the same value, click OK in both windows and you should be all set.

Narigaur · May 28, 2016

There is no balance button.

thekeemo · May 28, 2016

15 minutes ago, Narigaur said:

There is no balance button.

That means it is mono.

Narigaur · May 29, 2016

18 hours ago, thekeemo said:

That means it is mono.

When I go to advanced, it shows that it's 2 channels. The mic output still comes out of the left channel, regardless of whether there's a balance button or not.