Quiet microphone

Hello I have a problem with microphone in Flash Player version 10.7.700.224. No voice - as if it was turned off.
I use Windows Vista 32-bit ( Home Premium SP2 ). I tested both on Opera 12.15 and on IE 9.0 - same result. I have embedded mic ( Realtek HD Audio ) not muted, with the volume adjusted. I enabled the flash player in the popup settings.
Other applications can use the microphone and gather the sound. I tested it on the beta version 10.8 and the problem still exists. And less then month ago it was working.
Any advice?

We also started experiencing a similar problem in June-July 2013. The issue is very sporadic: sometimes the microphone produces sound, sometimes it doesn't. We have Realtek HD Audio with Windows 7 on the test machine. Downgrading to Flash Player 11.6 as well as a bunch of other workaround attempts didn't help. Here's a link to a possibly related issue:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5505795
Could it be some Microsoft update pushed around this time that broke the microphone functionality in Flash Player?

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