Microphone distorted and making static noises in Windows 10

If you are someone who attends a lot of virtual meetings then Microphones not working properly can degrade your experience. Therefore, in this article, we present you with some of the simplest solutions to fix Microphones distorted and making noise in Windows 10.

Microphone distorted and making static noises

These are some of the things you can do if the audio from your Microphone sounds distorted or is making noises in Windows 10:

1. Check Microphone Settings
2. Disable Microphone Enhancements
3. Run Recording Audio Troubleshooter

Let us talk about them in detail.

1] Check Microphone Settings

In this section, we are going to check if your computer’s microphone is set to the one you are using. T

o do that, launch Settings from the Start Menu and click System > Sound.

Now, check if “Choose your input device” is set to the microphone you are using, if not, click on the drop-down button and select it.

You can even check if the sound is working fine by checking the deflection in the “Test your microphone” option when you speak something in the microphone.

Read: Microphone not working on Windows 10.

2] Disable Microphone Enhancement

If you are facing a Microphone’s sound distortion problem then disabling Microphone Enhancement can solve the issue. To do that, you need to follow these steps:

1. Launch Control Panel from the Start Menu.
2. Make sure that “View by” is set to Large icons and click Sound.
3. Go to the Recording tab, double-click on Microphone, go to Microphone Effects, and untick Disable Microphone Enhancements.

Hopefully, this will fix the Microphone distortion and making noise in Windows 10.

3] Run Recording Audio Troubleshooter

If you are facing any issue related to the microphone, running Recording Audio troubleshooting can fix the issue.

To do that, launch Settings from the Start Menu and click Update & Security > Troubleshoot > Additional troubleshooters > Recording Audio > Run the troubleshooter.

Follow the on-screen instruction to fix the issue.

Hopefully, you are able to fix Microphone distorted and making noise in Windows 10 with the help of these solutions.

Related: No Sound or Audio is missing on Windows 10.