When I speak into my microphone with Preview turned on, I can hear my voice (my regular voice) played back to me, and yet the mic level meter is empty, as if the app can't detect my mic's signal. That doesn't make sense that it can't detect it though, since it IS playing it back to me.
I've tried changing my recording device in options, that's set correctly. I've tried opening windows record mixer to toggle "listen to this device."
BTW, the app was working fine yesterday, and I haven't changed things since, aside from installing VB-cable, which is not currently being selected in options.
The log reads: