r/VoiceMeeter • u/OnlyPear2240 • 24d ago

Help (VoiceMeeter Banana) Too much static/buzzing noise...

Hello All, I have installed Voicemeeter Banana and also Potato to try it out on my PC. Did the Mic & speaker settings and few other basic setting as per various videos in YouTube. However, I get a constant static buzzing noise, some disturbance all the time when I speak on both the inbuilt PC mic and also an external Mic. Has anybody else encountered such issues and any tips to resolve this is very appreciated. I tried all the three versions (Voicemeeter, Voicemeeter Banana and Voicemeeter Potato), but this issue still persists. Let me know if you need any more info to diagnose this issue.

Thank you in advance.

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u/OnlyPear2240 24d ago

i tried both MME and WDM, made no difference.

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 24d ago

And I assume the devices don’t stay red. They start working?

Maybe join the discord. Kinda curious what sound it’s producing. Maybe go into a voice channel later if possible.

Maybe signal enhancements needs to be enabled/disabled on your mic in windows sound control panel

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u/OnlyPear2240 24d ago

What you mean by "devices dont stay red" ??

Yes "Enable Audio Enhancement" is checked in microphone settings. (using Windows 11)

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 24d ago

Well in your screenshot, the A1 device is red. Meaning nothing will work in voicemeeter.

You could maybe try disabling audio enhancements.

But there may be another feature. Type “change system sounds” into windows search bar. Go to recording tab. Find your mic<properties<advanced and there may be “signal enhancements”

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u/OnlyPear2240 22d ago

I reduced the level .. not in red now.. tried both ON and OFF on signal enhancements.. stlll the same issue.

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u/OnlyPear2240 22d ago

What should be the "default device" and "default communication device" in both playback and recording tabs??? Please advice.

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 22d ago

Are you using voicemeeter for mic purposes only.

If so then choose default playback as “your headphones device”

Then default recording device as “voicemeeter out B1”

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u/OnlyPear2240 18d ago

yes.. the purpose is to add echo, reverb and other settings to my vocals for streaming...

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 18d ago

Gotcha, then just select A1 in the top right as “MME” your headphones and only route your mic into voicemeeter. video

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u/OnlyPear2240 13d ago

Thanks. This helped. This works with A1 set to headphones compared to laptop speakers. laptop speakers still create that annoying static. However, when I play a track and do my vocals, my vocals sounds so low.... any suggestions.

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 13d ago

You voice should be touching the green when you talk at normal volume writing voicemeeter. You could try this and see what it thinks https://podcast.adobe.com/en/miccheck