
Why you should change snd_mixahead to 0.05 Sensitivity of your microphone when using voice activation instead of “Push-to-talk” Mutes ingame sounds while CS:GO is inactive (window mode) or minimizedĬontrols the volume of incoming voice chat General sound volume (adjust it to your personal preference)Īctivates the sound preset for headphones Use the Audio Test Chamber to test your settings We also prepared a short video for you, which shows the difference between the default and tweaked settings (+10dB to 2K, 4K, 8K and 16K frequencies): The screenshot above shows you completely neutral settings, so don’t take it as a recommendation – we just want to give you an example how the graphic equalizer of your sound card could look like. You will find the higher fequencies on the right side of the equalizer ( 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K etc). We also highly recommend you to increase the sliders slightly and cautious. Please don’t forget to create a custom preset for your tests, so you can delete it anytime if you are unsatisfied with the results. You can use the graphic equalizer of your sound card to boost the volume of footsteps. However, we can explain some basic things and give you more general advices how you could optimize the settings by yourself. Every single headset and every soundchip sounds different, so we can’t give you specific recommendations or exact values to optimize your individual equipment. You have to understand that there are no “one perfect sound settings for everyone”. From our experience the locational sound algorithms for headphones are pretty good, so we highly recommend you to play with the “headphones” preset ( windows_speaker_config “1”). The graphic shows you the virtual speaker placement and cross-fading algorithms of the 3 optimized presets for headphones, speakers, and surround-sound setups. What you see above is the new sound spatialization in CS:GO. In this guide we will help you to adjust your sound settings, explain some basic things and give you a handy overview what your enemies can hear ingame. The exact knowledge of what is hearable for your enemies and what not, can give you a huge advantage in competitive matches.

As you might already have noticed, one of the most important gameplay mechanics in CS:GO is the sound.
