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Change-Spatial-Sound-Programmically

Adjusting spatial sound settings such as Windows Sonic or Dobly Atmos in Windows 11 can be a time-consuming and cumbersome task. Users are required to navigate through multiple menus to toggle settings to a different option or turn them off completely. As a user of Corsair HS65 headphones with Dolby Atmos support, I often find myself needing to toggle spatial sound off depending on the game or video I'm watching. However, there are no readily available shortcut keys to simplify the process, making it unnecessarily complicated.

Setup Windows

Download SoundVolumeView

Extract ZIP

  • Extract to folder somewhere on your PC like C:\SoundVolumeView
  • SoundVolumeView program allows "extensive command-line support, which allows you to save/load profiles, change current volume of every sound component, and mute/unmute every sound component, without displaying any user interface."

Add this folder Path to Environment Variables

We need to add the SoundVolumeView.exe to PATH to enable use to execute a script from anywhere, shown later in the steps.

Add C:\SoundVolumeView to Path using PowerShell

  1. Open a PowerShell instance with administrative privileges:

    • Right-click on the Start button.
    • Select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)" from the context menu.
    • Click "Yes" when prompted by User Account Control (UAC).

  2. Copy and paste the following command into the PowerShell window: but replace C:\SoundVolumeView with the parent folder path where you placed the SoundVolumeView.exe in.

    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$env:Path;C:\SoundVolumeView", "User")

  3. Press Enter to execute the command.

  4. Close the PowerShell window.

  5. Restart any open command prompt or PowerShell windows for the changes to take effect.

Get Device Name of Headphones

  • Open SoundVolumeView directly
  • Take note of Device Name
    • Example from my system: CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter
    • image

Python

  • Install auto-py-to-exe pip install auto-py-to-exe
  • This will allow us to convert the .py file to a .exe file

Commands

SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" "Windows Sonic For Headphones"
SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" "Dolby Atmos For Headphones"
SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" "Off"

Python Scripts

Create python file such as: SetSpatialSound_Off.py

Paste Script Below But Change Device Name "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" to your own Device Name Retrieved from SoundVolumeView Program

import subprocess

command = [
    "powershell.exe",
    'SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" ""'
]

subprocess.run(command, shell=False, text=True, capture_output=True)

Create python file such as: SetSpatialSound_Dolby_Atmos.py

Paste Script Below But Change Device Name "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" to your own Device Name Retrieved from SoundVolumeView Program

import subprocess

command = [
    "powershell.exe",
    'SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" ""'
]

subprocess.run(command, shell=False, text=True, capture_output=True)

Create python file such as: SetSpatialSound_Windows_Sonic.py

Paste Script Below But Change Device Name "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" to your own Device Name Retrieved from SoundVolumeView Program

import subprocess

command = [
    "powershell.exe",
    'SoundVolumeView.exe /SetSpatial "CORSAIR HS65 SURROUND USB Adapter" ""'
]

subprocess.run(command, shell=False, text=True, capture_output=True)

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