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lith/heli

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Registered: 2021-07-26

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Mic outputs static/white noise

When using my microphone i hear allot of static noise,
ive tested this on discord and OBS and they both gave the same result allot of white noise.
ive tested on my phone and the microphone does not have the static noise.

im using pipewire with the pulse pipewire package.

i have updated everything to the latest version

ill give more information if needed.

Last edited by lith/heli (2021-08-09 18:52:31)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

Make sure your mic boost is not set too high. You'll not be able to set that via pipewire but will want to check the actual card controls with alsamixer/amixer -c0 or whatever the correct index for the relevant recording device is.

lith/heli

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Registered: 2021-07-26

Posts: 66

Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

i cant seem to find alsamixer or amixer is it on the aur?

lith/heli

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Registered: 2021-07-26

Posts: 66

Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

okay i finally found alsa mixer.
i tried messing with the dials here https://imgur.com/BzD5GJk
but no matter what i do discord and OBS still give me a constant static noise.

me without making any noise:
https://imgur.com/EP90TAH

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

The alsamixer I'm talking about is a console application and it is part of alsa-utils

Lower the rear mic boost and/or the line mic boost you should even be able to put those to 0

Last edited by V1del (2021-08-09 21:18:20)

lith/heli

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Registered: 2021-07-26

Posts: 66

Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

first i figured out that when you have the pipewire pulse package instead of pulseaudio you arnt able to use alsa-utils,
so i uninstalled pipwire pulse and installed the normal pulseaudio package and im able to use alsa-utils.

ive put down both the sliders you said but im still getting static.

share

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Registered: 2022-01-04

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Re: Mic outputs static/white noise

For me following this link worked fine on laptop using pipewire on Arch linux
https://medium.com/@gamunu/linux-noise- … f997f6764d

Last edited by share (2022-01-04 06:39:59)