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Elnee

Member

Registered: 2018-04-16

Posts: 18

Background noise on internal laptop mic

Hi all!
I read a several topics on the forum, try some methods from the wiki and nothing.
I tried this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments … ave_noise/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu … _recording
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … microphone

Also I set my digital to 24 (0 gain) and 0 for internal mic boost. Now I can barely hear what I record but even with this I have noise.
Alsamixer screen (clickable):

Installed packages:

alsa-lib 1.1.7-2
alsa-oss 1.1.6-1
alsa-plugins 1.1.7-3
alsa-tools 1.1.7-1
alsa-utils 1.1.7-1
gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7-4
lib32-alsa-lib 1.1.7-1
lib32-alsa-oss 1.1.6-1
lib32-alsa-plugins 1.1.7-1
lib32-libpulse 12.2-1
zita-alsa-pcmi 0.3.2-1
libcanberra-pulse 0.30+2+gc0620e4-2
libpulse 12.2-2
pulseaudio 12.2-2
pulseaudio-alsa 2-4
pulseaudio-bluetooth 12.2-2

Also someone gave me advice to use hdajackretask, but I don't know what settings I need set.

iojeda

Member

Registered: 2018-11-23

Posts: 4

Re: Background noise on internal laptop mic

Hi Elnee,

I think you issue is with the capture level you have defined too high (is at 100%)
In my case I have it at 40% and is more than enough and 0% mic boost
https://imgur.com/a/wypJi6Y

Also note that my pulseaudio volume for capture is 16%
https://imgur.com/a/aqSGQwZ

Last edited by iojeda (2018-11-24 00:31:12)

Elnee

Member

Registered: 2018-04-16

Posts: 18

Re: Background noise on internal laptop mic

Thank you very much for replying!

I tried to set all values as on your screens and now recording volume is too low. Even if i set maximum volume on my speakers.
And I hear static noise from my cooler or something idk.

thrylos

Member

Registered: 2021-06-09

Posts: 5

Re: Background noise on internal laptop mic

I have gone through the those steps by @iojeda and @elnee , but i still have a lot of noise and i cannot  take any input from my mic , please help me out through this , i cannot resolve this issue even after switching from pipewire to pulseaudio , i am stuck with this since 1 month .

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,331

Re: Background noise on internal laptop mic

Please don't necro 3 year old threads and open up your own detailing your setup and how you try to produce audio.

Closing.