Microphone only picking up desktop audio (like videos running) and nothing else (not my voice nor any background noise in the room)

[Windows 10]

I currently have apple earbuds (they work fine for audio and the mic on my laptop) running through an audio splitter for my desktop.Right now my desktop does detect a microphone but the only sound that goes through is desktop audio from youtube videos and the like and nothing else. Not my voice, nor background noise around me.I've tried re-installing Realtek Audio drivers but I've only gotten an error code -0001 or something whenever I reach the end of it. I've tried also plugging the splitter on both the front and back of my PC and neither work still.Not sure if this comes down to the splitte

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