Done, but issue persists.Ĥ) The last solution I've found is to go to the 'Enhancements' tab of Speakers Properties AND Microphone Properties and check 'Disable all sound effects'. Done, but issue persists.ģ) Go to Control Panel > Sound > Recording Devices > Properties > Advanced > Unselect 'Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device'. So it's not a Skype issue.Ģ) Go to Control Panel > Sound > Select 'Do nothing' for communications activity. However, the auto-leveling issue I'm facing happens in other software, even when I'm not using Skype. Searching for answers on the internet gave me these common answers:ġ) Turn off auto-audio adjustment in Skype - Done. I don't want that and it's problematic when I'm recording audio for work. It's obvious there's some auto-leveling going on in the background, be it by my audio driver or Windows.
Whenever I'm using the microphone, I've found that the microphone automatically lowers its volume when it's too loud. Hi, I just bought my HP laptop, a HP ENVY 15-q008TX, Windows 8.1.