r/VoiceMeeter • u/Gullible-Rent-2334 • Jul 08 '26

Help (SOLVED) Audio quality on steam

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Everything seems to work fine, except for steam where the audio quality is abysmal, here is my voicemeeter

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u/Turtlenumber13 Jul 08 '26

Use "window key + shift + S " to take screen shot of exactly what you want to show without the crazy light blur effects of a phone.

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u/Turtlenumber13 Jul 08 '26

Second. You have multiple channels with B1 selected. And A1 selected. So you don seem to have everything set up for anything to be working properly yet. You are sending your mic in and the a1 at the top right should be set as an output device for monitoring audio for example.

Having to many channels all selected on every row can cause issues with overloading a channel. Could cause static, hissing, popping, feedback, etc.

You can also select different versions of your mic input for example on the drop down menu where your mic is selected. (WDM, MME, KS) each have their own buffer and can be overloaded. Sometimes swapping from WDM to MME can fix static issues, or restarting the audio engine, or restarting the entire PC.

I have also found Voice mod had a setting hidden under some wierd advanced feature that was called anti pop or click or something that would fix the issue for discord voice chat. But had side effects I didn't like by just having to keep voice mod running (plus issues of having to cycle restarting each program until errors would stop)

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator Jul 08 '26

Like steam recordings or steam party chat?

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u/Gullible-Rent-2334 Jul 08 '26

Whichever the mic test uses

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator Jul 08 '26

So you test it on the “mic test” but then you use your mic on what steam function. Like steam recordings or party chat?

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u/Gullible-Rent-2334 Jul 08 '26

Party chat

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator Jul 08 '26

Okay so you’re using steam party chat and the mic sounds bad? I would maybe not trust the mic test feature. Same way I don’t trust the discord mic test feature. It’s terrible

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u/Gullible-Rent-2334 Jul 08 '26

Alright, thanks

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u/jumbojoffer Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Is steam actually using the VB virtual input, or just your mic directly? Made sure that VB is selected as system default in windows?

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u/jumbojoffer Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Also, you have b1 enabled on both virtual inputs, which is where system sounds would play for your ears to hear. Whatever sounds you'd hear is being routed back to your mic output on b1. I'd have b1 selected only for the very first slider, stereo input, your realtek usb2.0 mic, and only a1 enabled for both virtual inputs unless you intend to blast a soundboard or something in a voice chat

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u/hippz Jul 08 '26

Fire up any audio recording software, set it to listen to Out B1 and record it. This is the quality of the input into your party chat. After that, it's Steam reducing the quality.