Beyerdynamic PRO X USB-C cable microphone suddenly started making “scratchy/static” noise
Hi everyone,
I’m using the Beyerdynamic PRO X USB-C cable with the built-in microphone. On the first day, the microphone sounded clean, even with the Windows input volume set to 100%.
Today, without unplugging the cable or changing anything physically, the microphone suddenly started making a scratchy/static noise, almost like a “scrubbing sponge” or electrical noise.
Important details:
- The headphones/playback sound is still perfectly clean.
- The noise is only on the microphone input.
- It happens in Adobe Audition and also when recording through Chrome/browser, so it does not seem to be only an Audition problem.
- I tested a clean recording with no effects, no compressor, no limiter, no normalize, and the noise is still there.
- The noise seems to get louder when I speak, then goes down when I stop speaking.
- Restarting Windows did not fix it.
- The recording is set to 48 kHz.
- In Adobe Audition, DC Offset shows 0.00%, and there is no clipping.
- It worked fine on the first day, so I’m confused why it suddenly started.
Has anyone experienced something similar with USB-C microphones or the Beyerdynamic PRO X USB-C cable?
Simple recording here