Voice Chat not picking up microphone (Linux Pipewire)

putper

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My in-game voice chat seems to not pickup my microphone. The Voice Level flickers between 0 & 50, and doesn't pickup audio. I've tried playing with the Input Device and trigger threshold with no success.
Other apps/games have no issue with my mic (including CS2).

View attachment Kooha-2026-02-12-17-08-55.mp4

It's a mono USB mic (Rode NT-1).

I'll gladly hear it if you have any idea where the issue could lie.


I'm running Deadlock on CachyOS (Wayland) via Proton CachyOS (slr). Ive tried others, Experimental has the same issue and Proton GE crashes on boot for me.

Launch Commands:
Code:
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command% -no_prewarm_map

I attached a txt file with the result of:
Code:
pactl list sources

Here's more device info that might be relevant:
Code:
           .-------------------------:                    jasper@igor
          .+=========================.                    -----------
         :++===++==================-       :++-           OS: CachyOS x86_64
        :*++====+++++=============-        .==:           Host: B550 AORUS MASTER
       -*+++=====+***++==========:                        Kernel: Linux 6.18.9-2-cachyos
      =*++++========------------:                         Uptime: 2 hours, 4 mins
     =*+++++=====-                     ...                Packages: 1780 (pacman), 23 (flatpak)
   .+*+++++=-===:                    .=+++=:              Shell: fish 4.4.0
  :++++=====-==:                     -*****+              Display (ASUS VG249): 1080x1920 @ 0.8x in 24", 144 Hz [External]
 :++========-=.                      .=+**+.              Display (GBT3215): 3840x2160 @ 1.45x in 32", 240 Hz [External] *
.+==========-.                          .                 DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
 :+++++++====-                                .--==-.     WM: KWin (Wayland)
  :++==========.                             :+++++++:    WM Theme: Breeze
   .-===========.                            =*****+*+    Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
    .-===========:                           .+*****+:    Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
      -=======++++:::::::::::::::::::::::::-:  .---:      Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
       :======++++====+++******************=.             Cursor: capitaine (24px)
        :=====+++==========++++++++++++++*-               Terminal: konsole 25.12.2
         .====++==============++++++++++*-                CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (16) @ 4.55 GHz
          .===+==================+++++++:                 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti [Discrete]
           .-=======================+++:                  Memory: 8.53 GiB / 31.24 GiB (27%)
             ..........................                   Swap: 1.15 GiB / 31.24 GiB (4%)
                                                          Disk (/): 682.59 GiB / 929.51 GiB (73%) - btrfs
                                                          Disk (/mnt/sheila): 344.52 GiB / 915.81 GiB (38%) - ext4
                                                          Local IP (enp2s0f0u1u4u2): 172.19.14.142/24
                                                          Locale: en_GB.UTF-8

                                                                            
                                                                            
❯ pipewire --version
pipewire
Compiled with libpipewire 1.4.10
Linked with libpipewire 1.4.10

❯ wireplumber --version
wireplumber
Compiled with libwireplumber 0.5.13
Linked with libwireplumber 0.5.13

❯ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 2: ALC1220 Alt Analog [ALC1220 Alt Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: AI1 [RODE AI-1], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

❯ pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 1622
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: jasper
Host Name: igor
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.4.10)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.usb-iFi__by_AMR__iFi__by_AMR__HD_USB_Audio_0003-00.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_input.usb-RODE_Microphones_RODE_AI-1_4C65F92F-00.mono-fallback
Cookie: 279c:865b

❯ lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy          12288  0
snd_hrtimer            12288  1
snd_seq               139264  7 snd_seq_dummy
snd_hda_codec_alc882    20480  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_alc882
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi    16384  1
snd_hda_codec_generic   126976  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc882
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     61440  1 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi
snd_hda_intel          65536  2
snd_usb_audio         655360  3
snd_hda_codec         233472  6 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc882
snd_usbmidi_lib        57344  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_core          163840  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib
snd_ump                40960  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_intel_dspcfg       49152  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_rawmidi            53248  2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_ump
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     16384  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_ump,snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep              24576  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               229376  6 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              57344  3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
mc                     90112  1 snd_usb_audio
snd                   159744  25 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_
codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_ump,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
soundcore              16384  1 snd
 

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I noticed in Steam Settings > Voice that my microphone is really loud, sounds blown out and distorted and half of it cuts off.
Disabling Echo Cancellation fixes it there.
 
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