Voice Audio is extremely low

[Dreamer]

I don't understand why. The music and the FX are perfectly normal. But the voice audio is cucked. Any fixes and is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[The Nothing Man]

someone else posted this too
its again about what you use
headphones?
5.1?

if using headphones make sure to force stereo and 2 only
you are getting the 5.1 fade which exists in modern movies too (music = loud voice=low)
this is meant for 5.1 sound

remove 5.1 from this game as it doesnt use it.. and force STEREO only on a headset or speakers
voices are fine here..

[Dreamer]

Originally posted by Kaldire:

someone else posted this too
its again about what you use
headphones?
5.1?

if using headphones make sure to force stereo and 2 only
you are getting the 5.1 fade which exists in modern movies too (music = loud voice=low)
this is meant for 5.1 sound

remove 5.1 from this game as it doesnt use it.. and force STEREO only on a headset or speakers
voices are fine here..

nah i found a fix in a guide u change the audio quality to cd 16000hz or something instead of studio 24000hz in the actual windows sound options

[The Nothing Man]

ah yes that was going to be my next post.
glad you found the work around..
maybe mark your post with answered and put the fix!
others have this issue too!

[warp tool]

I had this exact problem and none of the tricks above worked for me, but I was able to fix it another way.

• Go to the game install folder and open this file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\HEAVY RAIN\user_setting.ini
  
• In there should be a section called [SOUND_SECTION]
  
• Just delete that section and everything in it. This will reset your in-game sound settings.
  
• Start the game and done! At least that's how I fixed it for myself.

My issue started when I was playing with my Dualshock 4 plugged in via USB, and then I had one of those shake-the-controller QTE moments, which unplugged the USB temporarily and for some reason ALL the sounds got muted because of that. So I decided to use bluetooth instead and eventually got the sounds back after messing with the in-game sound device settings.
After that all dialogs were quiet, and the above steps fixed it.

[迷你世界籽岷公主]

Originally posted by warp tool:

I had this exact problem and none of the tricks above worked for me, but I was able to fix it another way.

• Go to the game install folder and open this file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\HEAVY RAIN\user_setting.ini
  
• In there should be a section called [SOUND_SECTION]
  
• Just delete that section and everything in it. This will reset your in-game sound settings.
  
• Start the game and done! At least that's how I fixed it for myself.

My issue started when I was playing with my Dualshock 4 plugged in via USB, and then I had one of those shake-the-controller QTE moments, which unplugged the USB temporarily and for some reason ALL the sounds got muted because of that. So I decided to use bluetooth instead and eventually got the sounds back after messing with the in-game sound device settings.
After that all dialogs were quiet, and the above steps fixed it.

you save me

[The Nothing Man]

nice!
glad someone can help
we all had this issue in some form.

[Dreamer]

Holy... It's been 3 years, I don't think I ever finished this game properly lol

[The Nothing Man]

Originally posted by Alone:

Holy... It's been 3 years, I don't think I ever finished this game properly lol

uhm same
but mainly due to 3 bugged cheevs which some can get
the driving part?
well that was mean for a gyro to say tilt left or right

I have tried this about 900 times no hyperbole
never got that cheev

its a wonderful game and used to be company
sadly now...
microsoft owns them

FACE PALM INSERT

[Dr. Tanicى𝒯ρ]

Today, for me, I solved the issue the following way:

I had to switch sound from 5.1 to Stereo but not only in the game also in Realtek! After that it worked halfways properly though the voices still seem a bit lower in volume than they should be; adjusted that by turning down music & sound effects a bit and now it works fine for me!

Maybe it helps someone, just wanted to add it to the list of solutions here for future help!

Best wishes

[Dr. Tanicى𝒯ρ]

Originally posted by Alone:

Originally posted by Kaldire:

someone else posted this too
its again about what you use
headphones?
5.1?

if using headphones make sure to force stereo and 2 only
you are getting the 5.1 fade which exists in modern movies too (music = loud voice=low)
this is meant for 5.1 sound

remove 5.1 from this game as it doesnt use it.. and force STEREO only on a headset or speakers
voices are fine here..

nah i found a fix in a guide u change the audio quality to cd 16000hz or something instead of studio 24000hz in the actual windows sound options

Also in case someone wants to try this and is looking for the guide it is talked about here (I guess)
It should be that one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2334387883

For me it didn‘t help, also not changing the user-settings.ini

Again - best wishes!

[The Nothing Man]

Originally posted by Dr. Tanicى𝒯ρ:

Originally posted by Alone:

nah i found a fix in a guide u change the audio quality to cd 16000hz or something instead of studio 24000hz in the actual windows sound options

Also in case someone wants to try this and is looking for the guide it is talked about here (I guess)
It should be that one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2334387883

For me it didn‘t help, also not changing the user-settings.ini

Again - best wishes!

mate
ty
but please do something
google this
its hilarious how many games wont work without LOWERING WINDOWS AUDIO
imo
as a tech
NO ONE uses STUDIO audio
not even AAA devs
nope
only bands and such do..
not, not, games

one such game was oh idk every AC game
mainly valhalla
but this issue is even on older games like Call of juarez
and mafia games, watch dogs, etc etc
the list is thousands of games that CANT use anything higher than dvd audio

so yep thats a fix for MOST games

TLDR?
unless you are a band

ALWAYS turn windows audio bitrate DOWN to dvd at MAX
no higher

ever