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Meka868
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3 years ago
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Cannot hear audio/noise when character's back is turned away. Windows 11

I'm having a sound issue in Apex where when I turn away from sounds, I don't hear it. Apex is saying my Windows Sound Configuration is set to 7.1 Surround, but I do not have surround sound speakers. I use normal Headphone with Mic when playing Apex. So if my character's back is turned away from anything that make a noise I dont hear it or it is VERY low and I must be facing the noise for my headphones to pick it up.

I did a switch to Windows 11 and this happened, this was not an issue when I was on Windows 10.

Platform: Steam

GPU: RTX 3070

CPU: R5 3600

MB: Gigabyte B550M DS3H, and my Headphones are connected here via the 3.5 jacks

RAM: 32 gigs @ 3200Mhz

  • I found a fix for this issue.

    I entered "+miles_channels 2" in Steam Launch Options and the game recognized my Windows Sound Configuration as "Headphones/Stereo".

    After a few days playing with this setting, I removed it and the game did not revert to "7.1 Surround", so my issue seems to be fixed.

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  • Meka868's avatar
    Meka868
    Rising Adventurer
    3 years ago

    I found a fix for this issue.

    I entered "+miles_channels 2" in Steam Launch Options and the game recognized my Windows Sound Configuration as "Headphones/Stereo".

    After a few days playing with this setting, I removed it and the game did not revert to "7.1 Surround", so my issue seems to be fixed.

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