How do I turn on Noise Cancellation on the microphone?
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Quite a while ago I saw it in an option, somewhere, and I turned it off because my friend said it caused annoying sounds, however now theres static in the microphone all the time, which is not only pissing me off but also my friend. So where is the option? I seem to have neglected where it is. It also had a few other quality settings.
If theres static you might want to invest in some better shielding on your cables, if you have an inbuilt sound card its probably a feedback loop causing the static.
In relation to enabling noise cancelling, how about you start by telling us what operating system your on, i mean you've gotta try and think out your questions a little better man.
Windows 7 64-bit
And I've had perfectly fine sound before, until I unticked that option.
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[editline]29th January 2011[/editline]
Yeah, rate me dumb and walk out of the thread like the answer to this should be obvious :rolleyes:
[editline]29th January 2011[/editline]
Why are people rating me dumb? :colbert:
If I'm so dumb, how about you guys stop being dicks and tell me what I'm doing wrong - prove that you're smarter than me instead of pretending so and hide behind a box.
who cares about ratings ??!?
Right click on speaker go recording devices, click on your mic and go properties it should be in there otherwise idk
[QUOTE=dude2193;27734264]who cares about ratings ??!?
Right click on speaker go recording devices, click on your mic and go properties it should be in there otherwise idk[/QUOTE]
I normally don't, but whatever.
It's not there.
Noise cancellation is usually left up to the hardware (the mic) so if you don't have it, buy a new noise-cancelling mic.
[QUOTE=Zellezra;27736727]Noise cancellation is usually left up to the hardware (the mic) so if you don't have it, buy a new noise-cancelling mic.[/QUOTE]
No, I swear I saw it as an option to turn it off - [i]somewhere[/i].
[QUOTE=FlashStock;27740795][url]http://slashdot.org/story/05/10/17/2054209/Noise-Cancelling-in-Software[/url][/QUOTE]
I read through all of that, and I am very, very confused.
Uuuggghh... Bump...
Buuuuump.
Third times a charm.
Have you tried checking if your soundcard drivers have the feature, as the article said it might be DSP based, but from what i gathered its hardware noise cancellation thats most common, so i think you might have been mistaken about noise cancellation.
Maybe the question we should have asked from the start was "how did you disable it in the first place ?"
I told you, it used to NOT have any noise [i]on this computer[/i], I switch that thing off and [i]it's there[/i].
[QUOTE=saddasta;27796513]I told you, it used to NOT have any noise [i]on this computer[/i], I switch that thing off and [i]it's there[/i].[/QUOTE]
How about you calm down and answer my question or you wont get an answer
[editline]2nd February 2011[/editline]
What did you do to disable it in the first place ? Run us through the steps you took to make it produce noise, as you said in the OP "Quite a while ago I saw it in an option, somewhere, and I turned it off because my friend said it caused annoying sounds"
You must know how you turned it off ? even a vague idea like " i opened control box 'x' and pressed something in there" will help
and did you check your soundcard drivers like i said
I don't have any idea WHERE I turned it on. By quite a while ago I mean something along the lines of 2 months ago. I do not. remember. at all. I just KNOW it's there somewhere!
did you try the soundcard drivers, like i said it might be dsp (digital signal processing) based according to the article posted back
[QUOTE=dude2193;27810967]did you try the soundcard drivers, like i said it might be dsp (digital signal processing) based according to the article posted back[/QUOTE]
I've updated to the latest possible drivers.
[QUOTE=saddasta;27811203]I've updated to the latest possible drivers.[/QUOTE]
haha im getting a laugh out of this, by drivers i implied checking the software that comes with them that allows you to turn on or off certain effects heres what mine looks like (i dont have any noise cancelling stuff though)
[img]http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5020/testqz.jpg[/img]
I never got any "software".
your onboard soundcard drivers, most often they have a control panel, find that and you'll find the mic sound cancelling.
if it's a USB mic, i dont know.
and stop bumping for christ sakes, you are not only in the wrong section but you aren't entitled to an answer.
I wouldn't know too much, all I know is that it uses Realtek HD something. Any ideas on that?
I realize that this is 2 years later and hopefully you solved this problem already. I was facing a similar dilemma as you. I have a set of Razer Carcharias headphones with built-in noise cancellation. I also have the Realtek HD driver installed.
What I noticed:
When I went to Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Recording>Microphone>Properties>Enhancements there was once a check mark selection for Noise Suppression and Acoustic Echo Cancellation. This options went away one day, and I'm not sure how or why exactly.
I do know that the quality of the Microphone (found in the Advanced tab of the Microphone properties) was once CD quality but had changed to Stereo quality. I tried reverting back to CD quality within the Mic Properties, which worked until I restarted when it reverted to Stereo.
I then decided to go to the Realtek HD Audio Manager which can be found within the Hardware and Sound section of the Control Panel, or you can type "Realtek HD Audio Manager" into the search bar of the Start Menu.
There I went to the Microphone>Default Format and selected CD Quality. You can then go back to Microphone Effects and see that Noise Suppression and Acoustic Echo Cancellation are not an option (before they were there, but were greyed out and couldn't be enabled or disabled). You can also set it to DVD Quality, 48000Hz and still access both of these features. Click okay and you should be notice the features are now implemented. You can also now see them listed again in the Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Recording>Microphone>Properties>Enhancement tab. However, I would recommend using your installed driver to alter any settings for your Sound devices in the future.
If you do not have an audio driver installed, please check with the computer manufacturers website. Look for Support/Drivers for your Model computer and the latest audio drivers will be offered to you. Different drivers/manufacturers may vary, but the basic functionality will remain the same.
Also note that some microphones do no support noise suppression.
[QUOTE=westerman.p;39480639]I realize that this is 2 years later and hopefully you solved this problem already. I was facing a similar dilemma as you. I have a set of Razer Carcharias headphones with built-in noise cancellation. I also have the Realtek HD driver installed.
What I noticed:
When I went to Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Recording>Microphone>Properties>Enhancements there was once a check mark selection for Noise Suppression and Acoustic Echo Cancellation. This options went away one day, and I'm not sure how or why exactly.
I do know that the quality of the Microphone (found in the Advanced tab of the Microphone properties) was once CD quality but had changed to Stereo quality. I tried reverting back to CD quality within the Mic Properties, which worked until I restarted when it reverted to Stereo.
I then decided to go to the Realtek HD Audio Manager which can be found within the Hardware and Sound section of the Control Panel, or you can type "Realtek HD Audio Manager" into the search bar of the Start Menu.
There I went to the Microphone>Default Format and selected CD Quality. You can then go back to Microphone Effects and see that Noise Suppression and Acoustic Echo Cancellation are not an option (before they were there, but were greyed out and couldn't be enabled or disabled). You can also set it to DVD Quality, 48000Hz and still access both of these features. Click okay and you should be notice the features are now implemented. You can also now see them listed again in the Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Recording>Microphone>Properties>Enhancement tab. However, I would recommend using your installed driver to alter any settings for your Sound devices in the future.
If you do not have an audio driver installed, please check with the computer manufacturers website. Look for Support/Drivers for your Model computer and the latest audio drivers will be offered to you. Different drivers/manufacturers may vary, but the basic functionality will remain the same.
Also note that some microphones do no support noise suppression.[/QUOTE]
This is exactly what I'd done to solve the problem. Of course, by now, You've probably got a new mic anyways. By the way, Hello once again saddasta
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