Xbox Game Bar - audio interface is detected but no audio is coming through
Not sure if this is the right place to post this as it is mainly an issue with Xbox game bar.
The issue that I’m running into is that I mainly play with my Xbox friends when I’m on pc and I talk to them from the party chat function in Xbox game bar.
Yesterday, my usb microphone broke (that worked perfectly fine in game bar), and since I already have an audio interface (Scarlett 2i2) I figured I’d buy my first xlr microphone (AT 2040).
The problem is that the audio coming from my microphone doesn’t register in game bar. I’m able to select my audio interface in settings for party chat but my profile pic doesn’t light up when I talk and no one can hear me. The interesting thing is I also have my audio interface selected for outputting audio and it works just fine. Additionally the microphone works just fine in discord, sound recorder, and teams.
I’ve tried a bunch of the support tips online (repairing game bar / Xbox app) and I just got off the phone with Microsoft support for 2 hours.
The simple solution is definitely to just return the mic and get a new usb one but I was curious if anyone else had this problem and knew how to fix it.