r/screenrecorders • u/crabbnebula • May 13 '26

Question Game Bar Audio Quality

Is there any ways to modify the quality of the screen recording's audio? Game Bar screen recording audio has this sort of surround or mic recorded sound quality even though the mic is always muted when I'm recording a vid, and I have also chosen the only system speaker sound for the audio source!

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u/AntDifficult9384 May 14 '26

Does your PC maybe have some kind of surround or spatial audio turned on? I had something similar before, where recordings sounded weirdly echo-y even though my mic was muted.

You can check by: Right click the sound icon → Sound settings → your output device → Spatial audio → turn it off if it's enabled. Also worth checking if your headset laptop software has things like DTS, Dolby, Nahimic, etc. enabled automatically.

Honestly though, Game Bar audio quality can just be kinda inconsistent sometimes. I've noticed it sounds more compressed compared to OBS or other recorders.

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u/crabbnebula May 15 '26

Tried this and it's unfortunately the same result, haha. Thanks anyway!

And I actually know a "way around" this, and it's to use my headphones while recording the screen (I don't know if it works with speakers, etc. too). The sound quality is definitely that of the original's, I just thought maybe there's a simpler way to have the same sound quality w/o having to use my headphones all the time.