diff --git a/electron/ipc/ffmpeg/filters.test.ts b/electron/ipc/ffmpeg/filters.test.ts
index 9660fd29..8b8ecfdb 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/ffmpeg/filters.test.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/ffmpeg/filters.test.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ describe("getAudioSyncAdjustment", () => {
 	it("can prepend mic normalization filters before sync handling", () => {
 		const filterParts: string[] = [];
 		appendSyncedAudioFilter(filterParts, "[1:a]", "aout", getAudioSyncAdjustment(120, 120), {
-			preFilters: ["loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11"],
+			preFilters: ["adeclip=threshold=1", "loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11"],
 		});
 
 		expect(filterParts).toEqual([
-			"[1:a]loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11,aresample=async=1:first_pts=0,asetpts=PTS-STARTPTS[aout]",
+			"[1:a]adeclip=threshold=1,loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11,aresample=async=1:first_pts=0,asetpts=PTS-STARTPTS[aout]",
 		]);
 	});
 });
diff --git a/electron/ipc/recording/windows.ts b/electron/ipc/recording/windows.ts
index 9c944028..63d4e24f 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/recording/windows.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/recording/windows.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import {
 import { emitRecordingInterrupted } from "./events";
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
-// Match the browser path's "usable speech level" intent with a standard
-// loudness pass on native Windows mic audio instead of a fixed tiny boost.
-const WINDOWS_NATIVE_MIC_PRE_FILTERS = ["loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11"];
+// Repair rare clipped mic peaks before loudness normalization so headset/driver
+// overloads do not get amplified into audible pops during mux/export.
+const WINDOWS_NATIVE_MIC_PRE_FILTERS = ["adeclip=threshold=1", "loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11"];
 const MIN_NATIVE_WINDOWS_VIDEO_PAD_MS = 500;
 
 export async function isNativeWindowsCaptureAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {