Why is Arctis 7 mic so low?
When users have an issue with the Arctis ClearCast mic it's most often due to poor positioning. The microphone is highly directional, so it must be placed properly to achieve the best sound quality and maximize the noise cancellation.
Try the following solutions: Make sure that the microphone or headset is connected correctly to your computer. Make sure that the microphone is positioned correctly. Increase the volume of your microphone.
- Within the Sonar Mixer tab, you have the ability to adjust the audio level. ...
- If the audio coming through your headset is too low, check the Gaming and Chat levels.
The SteelSeries Arctis 7+ Wireless features a good microphone for a gaming headset. It's not quite good enough to record a podcast with, but it's loud and clear—great for voice chat and lengthy work calls.
- Open GG.
- Connect your Arctis Nova 7 to your PC.
- Go to the Engine tab.
- Click on the product banner for the Arctis Nova 7.
- On the bottom right-hand corner of the Audio tab, there will be a setting called "Volume limiter" ...
- Click save, and you will notice an increase in the volume.
- Ensure a stable connection.
- Adjust mic positioning.
- Adjust microphone sensitivity & volume.
Update the audio driver in Device Manager
In Windows, search for and open Device Manager. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers. Right-click the name of the sound hardware, and then select Update driver. Select Search automatically for updated driver software, and then wait for Windows to search.
Go to the bottom right corner of your screen→ Right-click on “Audio.” You can see the sound settings of your PC; scroll down till you see the “Test your microphone” option. Below the option, click on Troubleshoot and start detecting what's wrong with your microphone.
For a quick access to your headphone volume, follow these steps. Right-click the sound icon found at the lower right corner of the taskbar. Click on Open Volume mixer. Adjust your headphone volume and audio output for your applications using the different sliders accordingly.
For wired headphones, muffled audio can be caused by a loose connection to the audio source. If the plug of your headphones isn't properly plugged in the audio port, sound quality will be inconsistent. For Bluetooth headphones, it can be caused by mismatched codecs.
How do I fix my Arctis 7 surround sound?
Disable and Enable DTS
That said, even if it's already enabled, we recommend that you try turning it off and turning off the Arctis 7 too. Now restart the device and enable the feature once more before trying it out. It should work after this.
From your desktop right click on sounds and select open volume mixer while Apex is open. Then scroll till you find it. It seems to lower the volume on its own this way for some reason and most of the time it sits at half of the total system volume so up it so its equal to general volume and you should be golden.

Leave the Arctis Series 7 headset off and set the base station back to pairing mode by holding the button on the side for 6 seconds. Hold the power button on the Arctis 7 headset until it not only comes on, but pairs again with the Arctis 7 base.