Comment by darknavi

9 days ago

It's funny because Microsoft Teams does this today, in 2026.

I almost didn't believe this, but I just tested and you're absolutely right.

I've never noticed because I use a Steel Series headset which presents as two output sound devices to Windows, the idea being that you can independently control the volume of your "game" and your "chat" application. Turns out it's useful for Teams as well.

Good solution that works is setting up something like voicemeeter, passing audio through a virtual device and then muting it in vb panel

  • Until you invariably end up dealing with sampling rate disparities and other bugs that lead you to hear crackling or make you sound like a robot.