In-Game Voice Chat Audio Extremely Quiet
Afternoon yall,
I posted this issue to the Discord as well but wanted to make a post here.
None of my audio settings have changed at all since the last time I played Marathon, but today I booted up the game and every game I play in matchmaking, the in-game voice audio for both other players is extremely quiet, to the point of being totally useless for communicating unless I basically turn off all other audio settings in the menu, and then it's still very hard to hear them.
Like I said no settings changed on my end, and I even have my audio mixer set to 100 in-game volume, so I know it's not that either.
Please advise because this makes matchmaking frankly worthless because I cannot communicate with the other players I'm playing with. And yes, they can hear me just fine from what I can tell.
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Hello there,
Thank you for reaching out.
Here are some steps that might be able to help
Run through these, in order:
1. Check Marathon’s in-game audio settings
In Settings → Audio:
Make sure Voice Chat Volume (or equivalent) is not way lower than Master / Effects / Music.
If there’s a “Voice Chat Mix” / “Dialogue Boost” or similar slider, push that higher.
If there’s a per-player volume control in the scoreboard/roster, make sure people aren’t individually turned down.
2. Confirm the output device for voice vs game
Sometimes the game sends voice chat to a different device than the main audio:
Alt-Tab and open Windows Volume Mixer (right-click volume icon → Open Volume Mixer).
Find Marathon in the Apps list:
Make sure its slider is at 100%.
If Windows lets you pick an output device per app, confirm Marathon is using the same headphones/speakers as the rest of your audio.
If you’re using any virtual devices (Voicemeeter, SteelSeries Sonar, DTS, etc.), double-check they’re still set up the same way.
3. Disable Windows “communications” ducking
Windows can automatically lower other sounds by up to 80% whenever it thinks a “call” is happening, which can make game voice absurdly quiet:
Right-click the speaker icon → Sounds → go to the Communications tab.
Select “Do nothing”.
Apply and restart the game.
Also check any sound card / headset software for a similar “lower other sounds during calls/voice chat” setting.
4. Double-check OS and device levels
In Settings → System → Sound → Volume Mixer, verify:
System volume is high.
Marathon’s app volume is high.
If you’re on a headset:
Make sure there’s not a hardware chat/game balance wheel turned all the way to “game”.
Some headsets have separate Chat and Game channels; ensure chat isn’t minimized in their companion software.
Thank you!
This ended up being a Windows 11 issue and not a Marathon one.
I had forgotten that Windows 11 made me push an update the night before, and it messed up something with my sound mixer so all my levels were low. A firmware update and a restart fixed it.
Thank you again and sorry for the mix up!
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