game sound too low

[24yo neet loser :)]

so i play with USB headphones normally speaking i can play any game with no issues and audio is allways good, however with Skyrim its like they are whispering i have no ida why this is the only game where the sound is this quiet

[Corinze]

You turned up the in game sound settings?

[24yo neet loser :)]

Originally posted by Corinze:

You turned up the in game sound settings?

Ofc everything is 100

[xybolt]

this is a known issue with this game. I had the same issue. You have to go in the sound settings (Sound -> "Playback" tab -> click on the device -> click on properties -> click on "enhancements" tab) to set "Loudness Equalisation" as checked (active).

[76561198140601386]

Skyrim is known to be quieter than most games.
I think the true reason behind it is still unknown.

If that bothers you too much, you can try change some settings in your audio driver, such as enable or disable "loudness equalization"; try different output formats, like 41000 Hz, 44000 Hz, 96000 Hz, etc. - settings like that can boost all your apps/games sounds (keep in mind Skyrim it will still be quieter than everything else).

[24yo neet loser :)]

Originally posted by xybolt:

this is a known issue with this game. I had the same issue. You have to go in the sound settings (Sound -> "Playback" tab -> click on the device -> click on properties -> click on "enhancements" tab) to set "Loudness Equalisation" as checked (active).

thanks ill try it, also i have no loudness equasion only equalization is that what u meant?

[24yo neet loser :)]

Originally posted by xybolt:

this is a known issue with this game. I had the same issue. You have to go in the sound settings (Sound -> "Playback" tab -> click on the device -> click on properties -> click on "enhancements" tab) to set "Loudness Equalisation" as checked (active).

didnt work:(

[xybolt]

Originally posted by NunoTheDude (Youtube):

Originally posted by xybolt:

this is a known issue with this game. I had the same issue. You have to go in the sound settings (Sound -> "Playback" tab -> click on the device -> click on properties -> click on "enhancements" tab) to set "Loudness Equalisation" as checked (active).

thanks ill try it, also i have no loudness equasion only equalization is that what u meant?

Hmm I just checked it's really "Loudness Equalization" (well, sorry for that "s" thing, it's a difference between US and UK English, like color vs colour) at my end.

Let's check the ini file first. Ensure the game is not running. If you open an explorer, go to "Documents". Inside that, you can find SkyrimPrefs.ini at this path;

Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition

Feel free to open that with notepad (rightmouse click -> "edit" ). Scroll down till you see "[AudioMenu]" Below that, there are various audio related settings. If my memory is right, fVal2 stands for Voice. See if it is not "0.0000". If so, try to change it to "1.0000". Save your changes. Close the notepad. Launch the game. Check for dialogue sound strength.

If that did not help ... Did you have tried a different usb port? What for headset are we talking about? Does it have their own drivers/software application?

[aip]

can someone pls solved this issue with other than 'Loudness Equalization" or "Updating Your Driver" or "Use 3rd party EQ software"

Loudness Equalization is to bring all sound equal, but the dynamic of the sound will lost because it's kinda 'artificially' bumping up the volume, and it WILL affect other app other than skyrim, same thing with 3rd party EQ

and 'Updating Sound Driver' will work, but to some spesific cases, something like they dont know ♥♥♥♥ about driver at all that they never updating it since they first bought the device

then i read on this article

https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-special-editions-audio-is-noticeably-worse-than-the-original/?utm_content=buffer4f379&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

that says Skyrim SE audio it really is SUCK, so he imported the audio files from the vanilla version into his SE using Mod Manager

then i come across some video that they kind ajust upping the fval1 value in SkyrimPref.ini.. stil not working for me..