Sonar Spatial Audio can be used with any headset. However, you can only use it on PC (Console are excluded for now). For Sonar specifications click here.
Sonar Spatial Audio and DTS work independently from each other. This means that if both are active the two effects will couple leading to wrong spatialization and altered sound.
Therefore, we disabling DTS (or any other third-party Virtual Surround/Spatial audio feature) is a requirement to enjoy Sonar Spatial Audio.
How do I disable DTS in engine?
To disable DTS for your device, navigate into Engine and select your device’s device card. Navigate to Settings and set DTS Headphone to ‘OFF’.
Our headsets (Arctis 5, Arctis 7, Arctis 9, Arctis Pro Wireless, Arctis Pro, and Arctis Pro + GameDAC) support DTS. If you do not currently have DTS installed, you will see a blue banner on the device card.
How do I enable Sonar Spatial Audio?
In order to use enable Sonar Spatial Audio you need to follow the next 3 steps:
Step 1: Make sure SteelSeries Sonar Gaming (SteelSeries Sonar Virtual Audio Device) is your Windows default device. If you’re having trouble with sound, follow the steps here.
Step 2: Make sure your headset is set as Game playback device in the mixer page (If you followed the all the onboarding steps this is already the case) Step 3: Enable Sonar Spatial Audio in the Game tab
NOTE: Sonar Spatial Audio and DTS work independently from each other. This means that if both are active the two effects will couple leading to wrong spatialization and altered sound.
Therefore, we disabling DTS (or any other third-party Virtual Surround/Spatial audio feature) is a requirement to enjoy Sonar Spatial Audio. See here for Engine EQ setup while using Sonar.
Need additional assistance? Visit our support page here.