Issue microphone Elgato Wave Dx + external sound card Wave XLR

Hey. I saw that microphone with XLR on Linux is quite complicated to use but i didn't find any revelant answer. I know that Elgato and Linux are not friend and i don't care. If I am on Linux it's because I believe in gaming on this Os.

So I don't care if I can't use the app Wave Link. I saw that the audio manager already do the same and i can adjust the sound of every application. Exactly what I need.

My problem is the quality of my Wave DX. I don't want to buy a another external sound card for my DX. I spend 160€ on my Wave XLR so I don't want to change my sound card. The DX is awesome I love it but I have so much difficulty to use it. Sometimes i have sound from my DX but it's really poor. So how to improve my DX with the Wave XLR on linux ?

System:
Kernel: 6.3.1-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4d5d47c4-1a68-4950-9fcf-fbcb1a98265c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G513IC_G513IC v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G513IC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: G513IC.329 date: 03/01/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 53.4/56.0 Wh (95.3%)
volts: 17.2 min: 15.9 model: AS3GWZC3KC G513-36 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
ID-2: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 24% condition: N/A volts: 3.7 min: N/A
model: Logitech G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter>
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8600106
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4284 high: 4294 min/max: 1400/4299 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 4276 2: 4276
3: 4279 4: 4279 5: 4279 6: 4275 7: 4276 8: 4276 9: 4292 10: 4294 11: 4293
12: 4292 13: 4292 14: 4292 15: 4294 16: 4291 bogomips: 92625
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-05) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:25a5 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Renoir vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1
empty: none bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 64.0 C
Device-3: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1.2.3:10
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5360x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1418x381mm (55.83x15.00")
s-diag: 1468mm (57.81")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary,top-left
model: Samsung LC34G55T serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 3440x1440 hz: 100
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 869mm (34.2")
modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP pos: bottom-r model: BOE Display 0x090f
built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.3.1-zen2-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Device-5: Elgato Systems GmbH Wave XLR driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1.2.2:9
chip-ID: 0fd9:007d class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-6: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1.2.3:10
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
Device-7: Logitech G935 Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-2:11 chip-ID: 046d:0a87 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.3.1-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:5 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 76.83 GiB (16.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZ
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 76.83 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 76.83 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 76.83 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 76.83 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.05 GiB used: 210 MiB (1.4%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 64.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1900
Info:
Processes: 431 Uptime: 1h 17m wakeups: 10 Memory: available: 15.05 GiB
used: 8.96 GiB (59.6%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1451
libs: 453 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-05-11
Last full system update: 2023-05-12
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

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My microphone just don't work properly. I tried on Discord and others app I also tried to install wave link but yeah its not possible so i will bump this topic because im new on linux and i need help i dont know what to do