Administrator Updated on December 26, 2022 Windows has its own default sound mixer for recording and playing audio files. If you are experiencing buzzing noise in microphone, this guide will help you to fix it. If you've ever listened to the recorded audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems, you may have noticed a strange buzzing or hissing noise over the sound. You are not alone as many Windows users have reported it on forums around the web. It seems to be a really common problem which gets more attention from users and experts from months now.
our PC’s sound is a vital part of the whole Windows 10 experience. Why? Because it greatly affects how you perceive games, music and movies. Almost 70% of what you’ll probably be doing with the computer will involve sound.
Sadly, there are very many hardware or software issues that could cause buzzing sounds on your audio when running Windows 10. If this is happening to you, here are a few things you can try out.
Method 1: Update the sound/audio driver
This can be done in two ways:
- Via a utility tool, and
- By letting Windows automatically update it
We’ll look at how to do it both ways.
Update Using Utility Tool
Sometimes you can be experiencing this issue because of an incompatible or outdated sound or audio driver. If this is the cause of the problem, then you’ll need a genuine driver download to update it. This utility tool will then scan the drive and select the faults it finds.
Once it’s done doing this, it’ll proceed with automatically downloading and installing the best version for the PC. Once you’ve downloaded your utility tool of choice.
- Run the utility tool and scan the PC before performing a full scan.
- You will then get a list of all the missing, corrupted, broken, incompatible or outdated drivers.
- If the sound/audio driver is on the list, fix the issue by clicking repair. The software will then automatically download the best possible version for your PC.
- Reboot the PC to initiate the new updates.
Let Windows Automatically Update the Driver
Follow the steps below to initiate this process:
- Right click your ‘Start’ button.
- Click on the ‘Control Panel’.
- Find ‘Hardware and Sounds’ and click on it.
- Go to ‘Sound’.
- Find the ‘Playback’ tab.
- Click on the sound headset/device and then click on properties.
- In ‘Controller Information’, click on the ‘Properties’ button.
- Click ‘Change Settings’.
- Go to the “Driver’ tab and select ‘Update Driver’.
The update will then automatically download. Once this is done, plug in the headset to check if the buzzing sound is still there.
Method 2: Disable your Output Audio Device
If you want to do this, click the ‘Control Panel’ tab, disable the output audio device and then re-enable it again. Do as follows:
- Click on the Start button and type in Sound in the search box.
- The next step is to find ‘Default Playback Device’ and disable it.
- The re-enable it.
Some users say that this isn’t a permanent fix because every time you wake your computer up, you need to repeat the process all over again.
Method 3: Check the Wi-Fi Adapter
The Wi-Fi adapter could be one of the causes of sound buzzing in your Microphone in Windows 10. When angled towards the audio cable, the small dual aerials can create a little continuous buzz sound.
To solve this, ensure that it’s not touching your audio cable on the PC. Also, you can try directly connecting an Ethernet cable to the PC and then disabling Wi-Fi to get rid of the buzzing sound. If you play the same content with the Wi-Fi turned off and the buzz sound isn’t there, then the Wi-Fi adapter is the problem.
Wrapping Up
There you have it! With these three ways, you can easily fix your audio buzzing problem. Hopefully, now you know what you need to do to get rid of that sound device buzzing in Windows 10. However, if you’ve tried everything and the issue persists, then you might want to get your speakers or headsets checked at an official service center.
Summary: Fix buzzing noise in Microphone in Windows 10
- launch the Sound control panel.
- Click the Recording tab.
- Select the Microphone.
- Click the Properties button.
- Switch to the Advanced tab.
- Disable Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device and Allow this device to be disabled when computer is locked.
