Microphone not recognized

So my mic hasn't been working in Apex since I got it, I have an MXL 990 microphone going through a Tascam midi interface. This setup has always given me great sound in all games. Today I decided to try and figure out why it wouldn't work. My mic would be recognized as a valid input in the origin software, but no signal was coming through when I was testing it. Today I was messing around with the settings on my mic through windows because the software settings hadn't helped, and I figured it out. When I disabled the Exclusive Mode in the properties of my mic, It started working. The exclusive mode allows an application to take exclusive control of your device. Some background app must have been hogging the permission. What I don't understand is why it always worked in other games with it enabled. anyways I hope this fixes someone problem. Good Luck!