Notebook Audio

When i try to make a recording using the laptop's built-in microphone, there is an almost 2 second delay from ...when I start talking to ...when my voice actually starts being recorded.

For example...

When I press the "Record" button and simultaneously start counting up from 1, the sound wave that the software displays doesn't show sound activity until 1.25 seconds after I press Record. When I play back my sound-bite,

   [1] there is no sound recorded for up to 1.25 seconds

   [2] then, I can hear my recording start out at a low volume, then slowly increase until the intended volume level is reached.

So that's a total of 1.25 seconds for the microphone to wake up, then another 1/2 second to slowly increase the volume.

This is very similar to the sound delay problem that's been reported across HP's product line since 2017. That fix, was a registry tweak. Refer to a reply post by user Xaoc at URL:

    https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Audio/System-Sound-Delay/td-p/6224970/page/2

Does anyone know how to tell the microphone (driver) not to go to sleep?

The recording software I am using is Audacity v2.1.3. This problem was reproducable across HP's Omen, HP's Envy-x360 (both returned to HP) and on HP's new Spectre-x360. The audio delay problem has been systemic across HP's laptop product line and I suspect the same is true for the microphone.

 
While I know replies are well intentioned, please do not tell me to run the HP trouble shooter, re-load Windows, or delete then re-add drivers.

Thanks for your support.