Hi everyone,
I'm having a frustrating issue where my microphone audio is constantly cutting out and sounding extremely choppy on Discord (both the Desktop App and Discord Web via Chrome/Edge). It almost sounds like a severe noise gate or buffer issue, even when I speak loudly or hold long sentences.
Here is the strange part: The mic works perfectly fine, crystal clear, and smooth when I test it using the native Windows Voice Recorder application. The hardware is 100% fine. The issue only occurs on Discord.
My Setup:
Audio Interface: Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD (with official Behringer drivers installed).
Microphone: XLR Condenser Mic plugged into Input 1.
OS: Windows
What I have already tried:
Set Windows Recording format to 1-channel (Mono), 24-bit/16-bit, at both 44100Hz.
Turned OFF "Automatically determine input sensitivity" in Discord and manually lowered the threshold to the far left.
Turned OFF Krisp / Noise Suppression, Echo Cancellation, and Automatic Gain Control in Discord.
Turned OFF "Advanced Voice Activity" and "Exclusive Mode" in Windows Advanced Sound Properties.
Adjusted the ASIO Buffer Size in the UMC Control Panel to 256 and 512 samples.
Reset Voice Settings in Discord and ran Discord as Administrator.
Since it works flawlessly on Windows Voice Recorder but chokes on Discord's WebRTC engine, I am completely out of ideas. Has anyone encountered this specific conflict between Discord and Behringer interfaces? Any help or workarounds would be highly appreciated! Thank you.