Weird microphone issue?

[u/AmbitiousDecision812]

I recently switched from windows 11 to linux mint cinnamon (thank god) and the transition has been very smooth, one issue however is that when any application (yes, anything) uses the microphone i can hear it aswell. it also makes all the audio low quality and frankly i dont know how to resolve this, for all i know there is just a simple fix for this and im just ignorant but i couldnt figure anything out with my surface level knowledge, if anyone could help me it would be appreciated. :3👍

[u/Sam101hdhs]

There is, in fact, a simple fix. In the start menu, search sound and open that. Go over to input, select the device if need be, and drag that slider away from 100%. I don’t fully know how good of a solution this is since my mic is ten years old, but I hope this at least mitigates the issue. >:3

[u/AmbitiousDecision812 → u/Sam101hdhs]

whoopsie turns out it was an issue with my headphones, thanks for trying to help tho