Better mic selection logic | Voters

Better mic selection logic

planned

sal james

I want to select a microphone to use, and not use System Default.

However, When that microphone isn't available, I want it to default back to the system input. But the current behavior is that nothing will record because it's trying to use the microphone that isn't currently available.

March 13, 2024

Leon Bennetts

I'd be fine if the Mic option just appeared in the pop-up - similar to how Loom confirms it first.

Regardless of if the logic is improved - I always want to double check before starting that it's correct.

sal james

For my personal use case, adding it to the menu wouldn't really solve anything. I just want a one time "set it and forget it" microphone to use, and if it's not available, use system default.

For context, I want to minimize the amount of times my AirPods mic is used, because when AirPods have to switch Bluetooth usage to two-way I/O (vs just output), it makes output quality shitty -- but only temporarily, while I'm recording.

So in a super ideal world, I could set a hierarchy of microphones to use, going to the next if the current one is not available. i.e.

MacBook internal mic
Webcam mic
System default

Neil Chudleigh

Thoughts on adding this capability to switch to the menu?

Neil Chudleigh

marked this post as

planned

Brandon

Neil Chudleigh- glad this is marked planned. This is my biggest frustration currently. Nothing like doing a long dictation and realizing that you used AirPods and the input is garbage.

j conf

Brandon i agree.

Steven Skoczen

This, so so this. It is the single most annoying thing about using superwhisper. I hit the keyboard shortcut, wait for it to load... and then nothing. Then have to find the icon, go to settings, choose the SAME MIC every time, and then re-start. Hopefully I haven't forgotten the thought I was trying to capture in the process. Please fix this, or, related to https://superwhisper.canny.io/feature-requests/p/easierautomatic-way-to-change-mic-input - just give us an easier way to switch inputs.