Audio has low Bass or too much Treble

[Mad Matt Dog]

Anyone else think the game sounds a bit off? It's very tinny, there doesn't seem to be a proper balance of bass and treble, it's very noticeable when characters are talking and on some of the music and sound effects.

[Isidorius]

Yep, agreed. The voices are tinny and very hard to hear. The audio mix is atrocious. Whereas I normally keep my PC audio at around 15-20, I have to crank it up to 40 to hear this game properly. Even with the Dynamic Range set to Low. And that only solves the volume issue, not the tinny treble issue.

[Induced Apathy]

Yes, the audio is inconsistent. I have to use headphones as it reminds of commercials back in the day where everything would either be muted and then another would just blast away causing neighbors to call in noise complaints.

[Jupp]

Originally posted by Mad Matt Dog:

Anyone else think the game sounds a bit off? It's very tinny, there doesn't seem to be a proper balance of bass and treble, it's very noticeable when characters are talking and on some of the music and sound effects.

Yep, sound is extremly off, like you said, low bass or too much treble, expecially during dialogues.

Something odd is going on there :/

Tried all sorts of settings ingame and on my PC/WIndows settings, nothing.
Everything always just sounds kinda flat and wrong.

[RancidRon]

Go to spatial sound options and turn off spatial sound in windows. Fixes the characters sounding like they are in a cave a mile away from you

[TREXINATUX]

Yep, the screechy birbs are really damn annoying. I just went in and fiddled with the options on my Game and PC until I was satisfied.

[Edelgris]

I tested a few saves to check and it sounds good with my audio setup. Philips Fidelio X2HR cans with APO EQ. Voices are not hard to hear at all and the bass sounds fine.

The audio level might be slightly low, but I don't find that to be a big problem.

Edit: going to keep it in mind and report back on any changes as it might be situational, though.

[Stankyarmpits]

Sounds fine to me. Sounds like yall need to adjust your settings/whatever headphones you use.

[Jupp]

Originally posted by RancidRon:

Go to spatial sound options and turn off spatial sound in windows. Fixes the characters sounding like they are in a cave a mile away from you

Was never set to on in my case.
So this can't be the fix.

[4dri3l]

yep, something is very wrong. It's like a forced virtual surround sound is on.

[Jupp]

It sounds more like "center cinematic audio" is forced to on, always.

[Dad0ne]

Yeah the voices have no bodies (natural bass) whatsoever. It sounds like someone applied a 300hz high pass filter to them.

[Isidorius]

Dozens of games, music, movies, all sound right on this PC.. and this one game is whacked out. But sure, we all "need to adjust our settings."

No. The game is doing something dumb. The question is.. what. Maybe it's just right for very particular hardware, but it's absolutely not right for others.

I agree with Jupp and Dad0ne. It does sound like some cinematic sound placement is being forced on, despite the settings--though I'm not sure that would solve for the tinny voices that Dad0ne points out.

[Prince of Pompeii]

I had the same problem. I found audio quality improved when I switched from Vulkan to DX11.... still a little quiet but more bearable than mouse whispers

[Anaheim]

Noticed the trebley voices yesterday too

[Mad Matt Dog]

hotfix just now, maybe its fixed?

AUDIO
Fixed audio issues with grunts, shouts, and moans across gameplay and cinematics.
Fixed a line being cut off when speaking to the Restless Myconid in the Underdark.
Removed a clicking sound during the credits.
Fixed audio levels in a dialogue with Mayrina in the Lower City.

lets find out