microphone audio unable to be heard

so Im currently trying to edit a video and I need to hear my microphone audio in order to time stuff properly. however i cant hear my microphone in after effects.

I can hear the gameplay perfectly fine and my microphone audio is able to be heard in preimere pro

Ive already gone through many tutorials on how to fix the issue but none have worked so far

I use NVIDIA Shadowplay to record my audio and I have two seperate tracks in order to adjust my microphone audio independently of the gameplay being recorded

I believe that could be the issue but im not sure.

the audio track doesnt have any waveform at all and the file is visibile in effect just not able to be heard

I am using adobe effects version 2024