Microphone doesn't work after update. Only cracks

hello, since an updates month ago, my microphone on laptop doesnt work. You only hear cracks and so on. Also when i am using headphones with microphones with aux...

Fixed a spelling error in the title..
Which headphone are you using? And please edit your profile to mention which edition you are using. By the way do you mean that the headphone's audio output is cracking or is it the audio input?

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Each smartphone headset doesnt work also the onboard microphone. If i use windows, i have no problems with the communication and my laptop microphone.
Zorin Lite OS

Please give your a model laptop and a chip audio on your motherboard than we can take a research a problem.

Acer Aspire E1- 570. What do you mean with chip audio? @Bourne
Thanks.

in terminal try:

arecord -l

or

sudo lshw -c sound

Beschreibung: Audio device
Produkt: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
Hersteller: Intel Corporation

Realtek Audio Driver chip this laptop have.

Put command in terminal inxi -Fxz

Might try editing:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Add the following line to the end:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

tap; ctrl+x to exit, then the y key to say yes to save, then the enter key to save as current configuration.
Reboot and test.

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