Robotic mic input due to multiple channel microphone

TeamSpeak 6 Client
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Hi,
My microphone sound sounds robotic in ts6 client. But in any other programme this problem does not occur. Even when I try two applications at the same time, the sound sounds robotic on the ts6 side, but it sounds clear and smooth in the other application. What do you think the reason could be?

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How high is the sound volume set on your mic under windows sound?

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Hi, I am currently having an issue with TeamSpeak, specifically a robotic voice I get when trying to talk.

  • Curiously, the voice is barely recognisable - just a mishmash of technical sounds.
  • The problem happens when trying to talk to people on a server, as well as when checking how I sound in the audio settings.
  • When listening to myself in the audio settings, the noise keeps going for a little while even after I stop the recording, or it ends by itself.
  • Trying to toggle various TS audio settings has not helped.
  • The issue seems to be consistent, i.e. my voice seems to be robotic for me and my friends 100% of the time.
  • I cannot replicate the problem when using Windows settings, Discord, Steam or Telegram; that is, the problem for me occurs only in TS. All of it using the same earbuds.

I am currently on version 6.0.0-beta2. This is my first time using TS, so there are no specific points I can locate after which the change occurred. I havenā€™t been able to find any info online that would help me. Nor have any of the suggestions from similar posts here have been able to help me.

Any suggestions for troubleshooting? Something I can try to do to see where the problem lies? I would be really grateful!
Let me know if I should provide additional info.

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You use the earbuds via bluetooth, donā€™t you? If so, it is likely that this is why windows activates the headset handsfree mode, which significantly reduces the quality.
try do disable it in your device settings in windows!

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Unfortunately, no, I use good old wired JBL earbuds, but I still appreciate the suggestion! Perhaps there is something else I may try to see where the problem (roughly) lies?

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You could test it in Teamspeak 3 to narrow it down to Teamspeak 6 or Teamspeak in general.

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Could you share your Audio settings and your client log?

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Uh, this is a late reply, but I tried it, and I have found no difference, unfortunately. Still, thank you for the suggestion!

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Thank you for your response! Here are the logs + a short recording of how it sounds (the ā€œlisten backā€ recording in the video is very quiet, but hopefully itā€™s still useful) TeamSpeak bobrit26 debugging - Google Drive
My audio settings are what you get by default with the client, i.e. Voice Activity Detection (VAD), noise cancellation and automatic regulation of volume (if that is the correct translation) are on. Please let me know, if I can share anything else or somehow export my settings. And sorry for the late reply!

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From the logs it shows that your microphone is initialized with 4 channels. Normally a Microphone is being initialized with just one channel so this may be too much data for the Client to handle.

2025-06-08 19:16:58.344] [info] Initialized with 4 channels in 32bit, 48kHz. - ŠœŠøŠŗрŠ¾Ń„Š¾Š½ (Realtek(R) Audio)

  • Have you tried the TS3 client and setting the capture mode to Direct Sound instead of Automatically / Windows Audio Session?

  • What happens when you lower the Bitrate / mix all of these channels together to one? (Windows Audio Settings / using a 3rd party audio mixer like Voicemeeter)

From past reports Windows Audio Session resulted in a robotic voice.
Direct Sound is a deprecated part of Windows and so we also do not longer use it or have plans to use it.

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Hey! Sorry for not responding - I didnā€™t realise I received a reply and I was too busy the last month and a half to get back to TeamSpeak.

  • I have just tried using the TS3 client and set capture mode to Direct Sound, just as you suggested. That helped!

  • I then downloaded TS6 and Voicemeeter Basic, added my mic to it, then set TS6 input device to Voicemeeter Out B1 and that also helped! I donā€™t know why it works or how, but I very much appreciate your suggestions.

Unfortunately, my Windows audio settings for my mic suggest, that it is on 2 channels and doesnā€™t give me any other options in terms of channel selection. But I can now happily use TS6, so thanks again! Hopefully, this also helps other folk.

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This may be irrelevant, but I had the same problem on my new laptop. I found a solution that might work for others, so I wanted to share it here.

To explain: I use a USB microphone (Blue Yeti) on Windows 11. No idea if thats relevant or not.

I opened the Windows audio settings and clicked on ā€œMore audio settingsā€ at the bottom. Then, in the ā€œSoundā€ tab, I double-clicked on my microphone i use, clicked on the ā€˜Moreā€™ (the one on the verry right) tab, and disabled the ā€œSignal enhancementā€ option at the very bottom.

I should point out that I translated the names of the settings from my original language, so I canā€™t guarantee 100% that they are exactly as I have listed them here.

I really hope this helps some of you in the future!

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Thank you for this! I used VoiceMeeter, but your solution actually worked for me! Cheers

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