Question / Help OBS mutes Desktop Audio when mic is activated

[cdtommy]

Don't know why this is happening, but whenever OBS activates my headset mic, all the sound through my headset is muted. I've done the Sound -> Communications
-> When Windows Detects Microphone nonsense also tried messing with all the settings that Realtek would let me mess with. I honestly don't know what's going on. I've also tried regressing my OBS version all the way back to 22.0.2 and updating to 23.2-rc and it still hasn't fixed it. Any help would be appreciated.

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[koala]

In case you have a Bluetooth headset connected, see for explanation why audio gets silent on OBS start/activating the Mic and how to avoid: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/how-to-record-microphone-in-seperate-file.106146/post-405669