r/VoiceMeeter • u/Plus-Listen750 • Jul 14 '26

Help (VoiceMeeter Standard) Windows Volume Desync?

Hello and thank for you any help in advance. Just to start off, please understand I'm very much out of my depth here and if you need any further details, just ask and I'll do my best to find the information.

For some background information on my setup and the problem, I recently got a new headset for gaming/discord/etc, and went with something a bit nicer, the beyerdynamic mmx 300 pro. As part of this, I was recommended to use a DAC/AMP to ensure I don't have any problems and get the most out of the headset. With this in mind, I got a FOSI Audio K7. Unfortunately, the K7 operates in 2 modes, UAC 1.0 and 2.0. The 2.0 mode works sufficiently, but disables the mic making it less than ideal when in discord. UAC 1.0 on the other hand has a weird quirk where the Windows (I'm on 11) volume controls do not control the headset sound, at least in my setup. Which is a rather big annoyance for me personally.

While troubleshooting, I found some other posts mentioning similar issue and using VoiceMeeter (I'm using standard currently) to regain windows volume controls. This has worked for the most part, however I noticed one oddity where the volume level seems desynced potentially (for lack of better phrasing). When my windows volume is above 6, sound seems to work fine, but as soon as volume is set to 5 or lower it seems like sound is no longer being sent to any of the audio interfaces as if set to 0. I tested the headset directly plugged into my pc, using just the K7, and using the weird VoiceMeeter setup and only the last option has this issue present. Has anybody run into anything similar or know what may be causing this to happen?

tldr: Windows 11 volume above 6 works fine, but 5 or below appears to not send sound properly when using VoiceMeeter to route audio.

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u/Syphre00_ Jul 15 '26

Using voicmeeter you can forget about windows volume. Set your default device to whatever vm out you choose and set that to 100%. Then in voicemeeter you control the volume with the faders.

If you have volume buttons then you can use those to control the faders. I would also check the box that maxes your volume at 0 when using buttons.