Best SteelSeries Sonar Settings 2024 - Sound & Mic Settings

In this tutorial I show you the best SteelSeries Sonar settings for gaming. These settings will help you hear footsteps better, and make movies and music sound better. Additionally, Sonar can also be used to remove background noise from people you are talking with. Therefore making it easier to hear game sounds.

Although SteelSeries Sonar might seem overwhelming at first, it comes with plenty of presets that you can use. Each preset can then be adjusted to fine tune the audio settings to best match your headset. Additionally, SteelSeries Sonar allows you to use different sonar settings for gaming, media, and aux. While these can be set up to be used for anything, media is often used for movies and shows, while aux is used for music. By seperating these settings you can fine tune the immersive experience when watching a film or listening to music.

If you typically play FPS games then the Warzone 2 game configuration is a great option. I've found that the audio works well across multiple games, improving the clarity of footsteps. Additionally, for people that play Call of Duty games this is a great option.

While the preset configurations are good, to get the best SteelSeries Sonar settings you will want to make some changes. To hear footsteps better you can increase the voice level slightly. This can help isolate footstep sounds and other sounds made by opposing players.

The game audio settings also allows you to enable spatial audio. With spatial audio enabled you will get a more immersive experience, which does tend to be louder. With spatial audio enabled you may find it easier to identify where sounds are coming from. However, spatial audio isn't for everyone.

The SteelSeries Sonar chat settings allow you to adjust how people you're talking to will sound. In most cases you will want to use the Default configuration as everyone's mic is different. If you only talk to friends that all have good microphons then you can try using the Broadcast configration. This will often imrpove the sound of friends when chatting.

Another useful feature of SteelSeries Sonar is the ability to add noise reduction to your chat. This helps eliminate background noise coming from other people's microphones. Unfortunately, this can be difficult to get right if using game chat. However, when talking to friend's this can help eliminate distracting sounds. Ideally, you will want to use somewhat subtle noise reduction settings.

Additionally, you can also add a noise gate to your chat. A noise gate will only allow audio to be heard if it is over a specified volume. This eliminates background noises, such as electronic humming or fans.

Regarding the SteelSeries Sonar media settings, you will usually want something immersive. Because of this spatial audio will typically be enabled. For configuration the Movie: Immersive option is usually the best setting. Additionally, you can increase the bass, voice and treble slightly for a more enhanced sound.

For the aux settings you are adjusting how your music will sound. While you may prefer Sonar settings for your specific music genre, the punchy setting is a good option for most. You can then increase the bass, voice, and treble to your liking.

Using SteelSeries Sonar you can make your microphone sound better. While many of the presets are great, the deep voice and less nasal options give a great base to work with. Both options will improve how your voice sounds, with Deep Voice giving a more professional sound. If you're after the podcast or radio sound then you can also play with the broadcast configurations.

Once you have your microphone configuration you will then want to add noise cancellation. This will decrease the background noises that are heard. To do this you will want to enable the background and impact noise reduction filters. While the best settings for these vary for each microphone, using 0.40 for background, and 0.50 for impact is a good base line. This should remove a lot of the lower sounds from your audio, without reducing your vocals. Additionally, adding a noise gate to your microphone is a highly effective method to reduce background noise.

Once you have your SteelSeries Sonar settings set up you can then assign different applications to use different outputs. For example, you can set Chrome to use the Media output, ensuring that any content you watch has the correct audio settings.

► Background Music

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[moobalol]

Thank you so much! Helped a lot with mic quality and the sound quality was amazing.

[peet]

This was an awesome video thank you so much. For almost all of my setups i didnt have spatial audio on now everything sounds so immersive and in my face, love it

[mako]

one of the best tutorials for setting up Steelseries GG, great work

[TriggsterChris]

I can recommend to use the Broadcast Low Pitch if you have a female voice as the option he shows can get a little muffled and grainy Great video though can't wait to test my settings :D

[general_fail]

oh wow the settings have actually improved my sound quality overall, thanks for that 👍

[ShaggyJ]

This was definitely helpful, I was so confused on how to use sonar. I am gonna keep messing around with it but thank you so much.

[QuocNguyen-sv]

Thank you so much, i never had this experience before, i found it no difference between my arctic 7+ with my old headphones but thanks to this video, it's obviously different from each other.

[Candinite]

My microphone settings for my HyperX Quadcast:
(This preset doesn't really work with headset mics, It's mainly for mics that is attached to a microphone arm)

-8.0 dB, 26.0 Hz, 0.500, Peaking EQ
-5.1 dB, 61.0 Hz, 2.607, Low Shelving
6.0 dB, 125.0 Hz, 0.707, Peaking EQ
2.5 dB, 250, 0 Hz, 0.707, Peaking EQ
-7.0 dB, 500.0 Hz, 0.707, Peaking EQ
-7.0 dB, 1000 Hz//kHz, 0, 707, Peaking EQ
-7.0 dB, 2000 Hz//kHz, 0, 707, Peaking EQ
2.5 dB, 4000 Hz//kHz 0.707, Peaking EQ
6.0 dB, 8000 Hz//kHz, 0.707, Peaking EQ
9.0 dB, 16000 Hz//kHz, 0, 707, High Shelving

Clearcast AI Noise Cancellation 50
Noise Gate Threshold -50
Compressor Level 1.00

[therealchunkyy]

Great tutorial mate! Really really helped me!

[ellababesflores]

which mic setting should I use to maximize the noise cancel? There are many people in the house and still can detect noise

[IQof.]

how do I raise the volume of the rear speakers? I cant hear them

[ShinigamiQS]

Can you do for gaming ? I can’t hear footsteps (I have nova pro )

[tiagotorres]

thank you for your video I have one more question for example I use the astro mixamp for the a40, to use sonar I have to put the eq how in command astro center? I thank you

[marcodomonte]

i hope you can help, but i feel like my chat mix doesnt work at all. my mix chat would be all the way and peoples mics continue to be extremely loud

[MrH-GB]

If I turn clearcast off on the mic you can hear my fan blowing onto the mic constantly, so I have to keep that on.

[rasmuskirkschwaner]

love this tutorial its the best one yet 100%

[Nomokuto]

If I change the sound output in the windows taskbar it doesn't change my device anymore. Also if I turn off my headset it doesn't switch to my speakers... It always keeps the device I set in the Mixer Tab no matter what. Is that normal?

[gremou]

Can u help me with Steel Series Arctis Nova 5 Wireless? When im joining discord or talk anywhere, my sound is more quieter and it has more echo. Like its lower quality now, please.

[Mbuee]

Since your videos are amazingly transparent, you should consider creating a video on how to combine sonar GG with OBS for people who are unaware of It and are also starting content-creating

[shissct]

Hello, I have made all the settings and I am much more satisfied with the sound I get, but my voice is cut off when it comes to the microphone, it cannot be detected clearly, I tried different things but the result is the same, I wonder why?