Microphone Volume Monitor

If you are having trouble with your microphone features, the following information can help you troubleshoot and resolve issues.

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Make sure apps have access to the microphone

A great way to monitor the effect of the filters is to open the advanced audio settings by clicking the settings cog in the mixer section. Change your Audio Monitoring for you microphone to “Monitor Only”. Well, here's how you can continually monitor the live input from the microphone. Read on for more details. You can test it out by turning up the volume on your computer and speaking into the. Stage monitor loudspeakers project your personal mix from the floor. This design cuts down on visual clutter; it also aims the sound at the performer while minimizing microphone feedback. If you play in loud environments with a band or enjoy the open sound afforded by stage volume, then monitor speakers make a great choice.

If your microphone isn't detected after updating Windows 10, you may need to give your apps permission to use it.

To let apps access the microphone, select Start ,then select Settings > Privacy > Microphone . Select Change, then turn on Allow apps to access your microphone.
After allowing access to the microphone, you can choose which Microsoft Store apps can access these features under Choose which Microsoft Store apps can access your microphone, and give access to non-Microsoft-Store desktop apps by ensuring that the switch beneath Allow desktop apps to access your microphone is set to On.

Others can't hear me

Try the following solutions:

If your headset has a Mute button, make sure it isn't active.
Make sure that your microphone or headset is connected correctly to your computer.
Make sure that your microphone or headset is the system default recording device. Here's how to do this in Windows 10:
1. Select Start, then select Settings > System > Sound .
2. In Input, ensure your microphone is selected in Choose your input device.
3. To test your microphone, speak into it and check Test your microphone to make sure Windows is hearing you.

The microphone volume is too low or does not appear to be working at all

Try the following solutions:

Make sure that the microphone or headset is connected correctly to your computer.
Make sure that the microphone is positioned correctly.
Increase the volume of your microphone. Here's how to do this in Windows 10:
1. Select Start , then select Settings > System > Sound .
2. In Input, ensure your microphone is selected under Choose your input device, then select Device Properties.
3. On the Levels tab of the Microphone Properties window, adjust the Microphone and Microphone Boost sliders as needed, then select OK.
4. Speak into your microphone while checking under Test your microphone to make sure your settings work. If you see the line moving from left to right, your microphone is working. If you see no change, the microphone is not picking up sound.

Others cannot hear me in Skype calls

Make sure that your microphone or headset is the Skype default recording device. Here's how:

If Skype is not open, select Start , then Skype to open it.
In the upper right corner of the Contacts List in Skype, select More , then Settings.
In Audio & Video, under Microphone, make sure your microphone or headset is selected.
Under Speakers, make sure your preferred speaker or headset is selected.

Windows has more than one different volume level so it’s obviously important you know how loud or quiet the overall level is set. Most multimedia keyboards and laptops will have volume dials or buttons to control the overall volume so you can easily increase, decrease or mute the level. What you don’t always get to accompany the volume controls is an on screen display indicating to you what level it’s currently at.

Some laptops will have software installed from the manufacturer that displays an indicator on screen that tells you the volume level, but not all do and many desktop computers don’t. Even devices from companies like Logitech that come with their own hardware volume buttons don’t have this basic functionality. Newer versions of Windows have some basic on screen displays but they’re not brilliant.

If you’re stuck with the basic Windows volume control options using the icon in the system tray, there is a solution. There are third party tools around that can add a nice on screen volume indicator to your desktop, here we have 5 for you to look at. All have been tested on Windows 7 and 10.

1. 3RVX

The 3RVX software has been available for a while and it’s a dedicated on screen display indicator for audio volume. It does have a few other functions to display on screen such as brightness, eject and keyboard although they are currently in development and not complete.

Currently there are 5 volume indicator skins available which can be selected from the drop down in General Settings. The 3RVX source code on Github does actually contain another 10 or so skins. You can download the source Zip file, extract and copy the skin folders into Skins in the 3RVX directory. It’s also possible to download third party skins from Deviantart.

The 3RVX settings do allow you to have sounds effects for the volume control and to set the position and speed of the indicator. Hot keys can be configured, simply press add, set your key/mouse combination and choose the action from the drop down. While in the background the program uses around 2-4MB of memory depending on the skin used. 3RVX comes in both portable and setup installer versions.

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2. Volume Indicator Popup

Volume Indicator Popup is without doubt the simplest and easiest tool to use here. It has no configuration settings or options windows at all and simply runs in the background on launch. While this may not be enough for some, a no frills tool that does what it’s supposed to will be what many people are after.

There is only a single translucent style volume indicator but it should be large and clear enough to be satisfactory. Volume Indicator Popup is portable so just extract the Zip file and run the program. The indicator will appear in the center of the screen when you alter the system volume. One unfortunate drawback of Volume Indicator Popup is its memory usage fluctuates between 13MB and 70MB every time you alter your volume. Note you can only exit the program from Task Manager because it lacks a tray icon or options window.

Download Volume Indicator Popup

3. Nirsoft Volumouse

Nirsoft’s Volumouse is a tiny and portable tool of less than a few hundred KB. It’s primarily for using your mouse wheel to control several functions including audio volume, microphone volume and screen brightness. For example, you can control volume with the wheel when a button or hotkey is pressed, when the mouse cursor is over the taskbar or a specific window, or even when a media player is in focus.

There are two different on screen display types available, both are pictured above. A small horizontal/vertical trackbar or a full width on screen display. Although the trackbar can be increased in size to 300 pixels, it is going to be quite small to see on a higher resolution display.

A total of twelve mouse wheel rules can be applied, each can have its own choice of display indicator. Simply set the rules from the drop down menus and press the More button. In the Type drop down under Indicator Options select either On Screen Display or Trackbar. The Trackbar size will likely need to be increased from 100 to 300 pixels. The on screen display color can be changed if you wish. Click OK twice and Volumouse will sit in the background consuming around 2MB of memory. The more advanced options are available if you wish to experiment.

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4. Volume²

Volume² (Volume Squared) is a tool we have mentioned a few times before. That’s because it’s a versatile all round sound and volume tool with tons of features. Besides displaying and controlling the volume through the mouse or keyboard shortcuts it can show brightness, battery, USB and CD insert/eject indicators and also configure volume schedules.

There’s a sizeable selection of 36 skins (6 in the above screenshot) that you can choose for the volume on screen display. A few third party skins may be found at Deviantart. Download and extract to the Osd Skins folder in the Volume2 directory. Some basic text and trackbar styles offer more straightforward indicators without the eye candy. You can control where on screen the indicator appears, for how long and on which monitor.

There’s also a selection of system tray icon skins which show the current volume level. Volume² uses just over 1MB of RAM in the background, which rises a couple of Megabytes while the indicator is on the screen. Installer and portable versions are available.

Download Volume²

5. Sound Volume Hotkeys

This is a pretty simple tool that will display a visual volume indicator when you alter the system volume. It does not directly integrate with volume dials on your keyboard or moving the speaker icon slider, but instead relies on hotkey combinations. Although from 2010 and officially listed as compatible up to Vista, Sound Volume Hotkeys does work fine on the latest Windows 10.

After you install Sound Volume Hotkeys, hold down Ctrl and press either the up or down arrow. This will raise or lower the system volume and show a level indicator in the lower middle of the screen. Double clicking the tray icon opens the configuration window that offers transparency and show/hide transition effects. During testing the program consumed about 1.4MB of memory.

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Tom Pappas4 months ago

The only problem with 2 is that I can’t move it in other position.
Is annoying to be in the middle of the screen.

Thank you mate, this is just what I needed. Volume 2 is the best for me.

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Raj2 years ago

Thank You very much for this software.

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Awesome! Thank you so much. My old PC had an onscreen audio/mute display. New, updated, more expensive one, didn’t. :-(

This is just what I needed. Thank you!!!!

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Mahmoud9 years ago

thanks , ray … useful tool

Tried several and Volume 2 is the best (it also adds in KatMouse functionality). Find it here: code.google.com/p/volume2/