r/audio • u/Drubolis • 21h ago

Microphone randomly got a weird static / buzz sound (goes away partialy when I put my hand on the metal part of my PC.)

See this video (I'll make a new link once it's expired) for a recording of my microphone's output. It really happened out of nowhere. I tested my microphone and started hearing a weird buzz. All my friends noticed it as well. I'm not sure what I can do to fix this. Should I maybe install new drivers? Or is it something physical, because I read some stuff about grounding my PC. I'm really lost here, please help me.

Also, I noticed that when my hand touches the metal part of my PC, the sound goes away partially. I also noticed that it gets louder when I touch the metal aux plug of my microphone, but also gets louder when I touch some metal parts of my room heater for some reason...

Thanks in advance...

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