Mic is working but not detected by programs

Sweeds

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Mar 24, 2015
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my mic under control panel > hardware and sound > sound shows its picking up sound but in programs like shadowplay and audacity are not recognizing a mic and when i select my mic in audacity and then hit record it won't pick up anything. It randomly started doing this the other day and I can't fix it my mic is on my headset which is the plantronics gamecom 780
 
Solution
you need to right-click on the mic that the soundbars are moving in the display in "Hardware and Sound" and select "Set as Default" and maybe on Apply after that.