disabling then enabling the microphone, or.switching from plugging the microphone into the back 3.5mm plugin instead of the front plugin,.While doing the above made the hum quieter, it still did not completely fix it.īeyond that software solution approach, some issues can be fixed simply by: Sound > recording > microphone > properties > enhancementsĪnd then from there enable both the noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation features. To try to fix the problem via Windows internal software you can click from If I spoke or didn't the bar continued to stay stuck at 2. The following picture shows how the microphone had a green bar level stuck at 2 or 3, which was associated with that hum noise. On Windows there is also a setting in the sound control panel to try to fix some humming issues. Nothing has been wrong with Skype, but sometimes when I plug in headphones and a microphone I hear a loud humming or buzzing noise.
I frequently use Skype to talk online and over the past 3 or 4 months I have had a bit of a struggle using it.