60 Hz humming is caused by your electricity outlet.
Unfortunately for this cam, it's not that. Here's a demonstration of what it sounds like. I have two of these cameras and they both sound exactly the same.
Lifecam HD-3000 bad audio
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Hi I have Win 10, and I have a Lifecam HD-3000, and the audio has a hum.
I've tried a couple of units and they are the same, so I know it's not a physical fault.
I also tried changing the sampling rate, a solution offered in other forum answers, but that didn't work.
Does the Lifecam HD-3000 simply not work with windows 10, or is there a solution to get the sound working properly ?
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Anonymous
2020-12-18T23:15:55+00:00 HI all,
I have exactly the same problem. I installed the HD-3000 webcam on a Windows 10 laptop and this mic records a loud hum.
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Anonymous
2020-12-03T15:19:43+00:00 Hi Ingrid and all,
I have exactly the same problem. I use the HD-3000 webcam on a Windows 10 PC and it is affected by a hum which makes it unusable for Skype conversations (and for any other use indeed). It is recorded by the voice recorder app too.
I discarded the previous one (same model) thinking it was defective and I received a brand new one from my company, which however has the same behaviour. In the meanwhile I also changed the PC, moving from a Lenovo X250 to a more performing T490, but the hum remains the same. I tried to attach/remove the USB port expansion as well as to use different USB ports (all of them are 3.0) and to move the cam away from the PC and from other electric appliances with no results.
A couple of really cheaper Chinese webcams I have, while showing a lower image quality, do not have any sound issue.
Hope that Microsoft can fix the problem which seems to be quite common, it is a pity having to keep the cams in a drawer and to replace them with cheap Chinese devices!
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Anonymous
2020-09-19T12:33:27+00:00 Hi thank you for going to the trouble to do all that.
I've got all those settings. Like I said I tried it on other machines, and also different parts of house.
The software I am using is the Win 10 camera app.
So I tried voice recorder and it's the same problem.
I have the lifecam app but it doesn't detect the lifecam (!).
I also use a logitech webcam, and that doesn't have any audio interference or hum.
Which means it's got a better microphone or is better shielded.
There's always a whiny hum with the lifecam. When I adjust the microphone input level to 30% it's not badly intrusive, but everything is quiet.
Any more than 30% and it gets bad.
I should add that the microsoft online store has this lifecam for £39.99, and that's way overpriced for something with bad audio.
And, no, I'm not working for Logitech :-)
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Anonymous
2021-02-24T06:25:50+00:00 Hi, all...been following this thread with frustration, until today. I retraced my steps and made sure my settings matched Techfreak's suggestions, yet the buzz/drone continued. However, I then took a closer look at this 'Listen' tab:
"Listen to this device" was unchecked by default, but the change I made was to switch to "Speakers" from "Default Playback Device" and voilà! No more annoying buzz. Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I hope this can work for others also.