X-Fi Titanium HD ASIO Issue: Microphone Always Monitoring

Aaron Nieze

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May 31, 2013
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Hey guys, so I just got an X-Fi Titanium HD with ASIO for some pretty casual music recording (Windows 7 x64). The issue I'm having is that even when I'm not "listening to this audio device" (the microphone/input), I'm still hearing the microphone. So when I go to record in any music software, I hear that along with the ASIO playback (sounds like an echo) when in reality, all I want to hear is the ASIO playback.

So, I eventually found in Windows audio settings under my Speaker Settings, there's a separate Microphone Playback level under the "Levels" tab. So when I mute that, I get rid of that initial microphone monitoring. But, when I go into music software, I now no longer get any recording input/ASIO playback. This is killing me. Any ideas?