Discord uses a microphone as an input to send your voice to other users and is very beneficial for gamers. However, quite recently there have been many reports of Discord sending the game audio along with your voice. This means that Discord picks up the in-game audio as well as your voice and continuously projects it to other users. In this article, we will tell you the causes of this problem and provide you with viable solutions to easily solve this problem.
What Causes Discord to Pick Up Game Audio?
The Cause of the issue is usually related to certain sound settings or in some cases the sound drivers, therefore, some of the most common causes of this issue are:
Solution 1: Disabling “Stereo Mix” Setting
The stereo mix setting is used to send the input sound of the computer as output. It has no use while using Discord or gaming. In this step, we will be disabling the option in both Windows sound settings and Discord’s Settings. Now try to see if the problem is solved if this step does not solve the problem then move on towards the next one.
Solution 2: Plugging-In To A Different Audio Jack
Sometimes, if you are using the USB plugin or the Audio Jack that is fitted inside your keyboard, it may cause the problem. In this solution, we will plug the audio chacks to another port. If this step does not solve your issue, then the problem must be with the settings of your drivers; therefore, move on towards the next solution.
Solution 3: Changing Microphone Settings
There are certain Microphone settings which when enabled activate your microphone at all times and therefore this can cause the issue with the input being mixed with the output. For this
Solution 4: Disabling Sound Drivers
The very last option that we can resort to is to disable all the drivers that are installed except for the “Windows Default Driver” for which
Solution 5: Uninstalling Drivers
In some cases, the drivers that you are using might be the cause behind this issue. Therefore, in this step, we will be uninstalling these drivers from our computer completely. For that:
Xbox App not picking up Microphone sound on Windows 10Gaming Controllers: Picking up the Right ControllerHow to Fix Discord Screen Share Audio not Working?Record Discord Audio in High Quality using OBS and Craig
