Please increase your microphone volume

[Cassius]

too many of you guys have to increased your mic volume and with how crazy this game gets its very hard to hear you. Please remember to increase you mic volume

[Corbs]

VOIP in this game is atrocious at times. SO many people have their mic output far too high and it sounds like a very noisy strangled cat with Covid...
Or just ♥♥♥♥ quality mics....

[tone]

I thought I was the only one experiencing this.

[Oli]

You can balance this by turning game SFX volume down and main volume up on headset, stereo amp, etc.

[Teh_Diplomat]

We desperately need individual volume controls (sorry console kids) attached to the numpad or something.

The inability to adjust the channels independently is a major gripe, especially when someone is far too loud in Command comms, but is too quiet in Squad or Proxy comms.

[Lexy]

the problem is that settings can vary hugely between clients in terms of quality
i literally had games where one person can hear me fine while another hears me too loud and a third almost doesnt hear me at all
all at the same time
changing your personal settings rarely gives you the desired outcome
this alongside with the fact that the VoIP keeps killing itself in this game over and over
basically leads me to the realisation that the voice system they are using is utter garbage
if this is either due to the devs having it badly implemented or if its an inherent fault within the voip-programm itself i dont know ... but the results speak for itself ... voip in this game is awful

[Sgt.Schmidt_11B]

i thought the same thing too, until i realized my sound bar in my PC is going out. which is going to suck to replace. UGH :(. now even on full max and depending on the person, i can either hear u good.. or yeah.. i didnt hear anything u just said.. i play alot in tanks.. so annoying to try to listen to my crew and command and everything else while trying to focus on the enemy when there is just so much lol. i turn down my SFX volume to try to help because i rather i have comms then cool explosives and other BS, some people speak like mice, others never shut up, and then u have the fanboys who are just Dbags saying random childish things and claiming their grown.. once i get my sound fix in my PC, i still will mute or avoid these type of players., Good thing i am in a unit now and mostly play clan vs clan battles which is so much better, no hackers, no lone wolf Rambo types, team work is actually there. and the community is way more professional and play with honor..

[kingsbishop7]

OP - This is game bug, I run max mic volume all the time and people still complain they can't hear me. I don't have this issue in other games.

P.S. This makes it very difficult to play the Officer Roles. So I tend to choose a different roles these days...

[~ Requiem ~]

The problem is that if i set my microphone too loud then people hear a lot of strange noises and if i set it too low people don't hear me.
This game have the worst in-game voice chat i've ever seen to be honest.

[JimboIncinerator]

If you search for "Change System Sounds"--> Recording Tab---> Click on your primary recording device in the list---> Click properties--->Levels Tab.
Besides the normal microphone volume most will have a microphone boost options at +0db, +10db,+20db,+30db. What setting to choose here will vary widely depending on your setup.
Most people will probably be at +10 or +20. The downside with to high of boost is people can hear background noise and worse case voice clipping (its so loud it removes aka clips) part of your voice.

Personally I recommend downloading a free program called Audacity and record yourself at the normal volume you play games at and play it back. Adjust your settings accordingly. This program has sound meters to hear how loud you are. Try to be in the -12 to -6 db range.

Side note a db change of 10 is actually 10x the power change however we humans experience this as a 2x as loud.


Later,
Incinerator

[M4TT]

Originally posted by Cassius:

too many of you guys have to increased your mic volume and with how crazy this game gets its very hard to hear you. Please remember to increase you mic volume

you do realise that voice volume is to increase other players voices in chat? how high do you have that it could be your end if its down low.

[Valentine Michael Smith]

I think it's mostly because players don't turn down the sfx volume. I had to turn it down to like 20% and I still hear footsteps fine.