Can I use Sound Booster with the Zoom or Discord desktop app?
No. A browser extension only works on browser tabs. Use the web versions of Zoom or Discord in Chrome with the extension, or use the volume controls inside the app and your system.
Zoom and Discord Too Quiet? How to Boost Call Volume
Someone on the call is barely audible, or everyone sounds far away, and your volume is already at maximum. Before you reach for a booster, it helps to know where the sound is coming from, because the right fix depends on it. Quiet call audio has three different causes, and a different fix for each.
Who is actually quiet?
- One person is quiet. Their microphone level is low, they sit far from the mic, or their noise suppression is cutting the signal. The real fix is on their side.
- Everyone is quiet. Your output volume, the app volume or your headset is limiting the sound.
- A recording is quiet. A saved meeting has a low level, and the recording itself needs to be made louder.
Quick decision guide
Find your case in a few seconds
- One person is quiet: ask them to move closer to the microphone or raise the microphone level. In Discord you can also raise that person yourself.
- Everyone is quiet in a browser tab: raise the tab with the extension.
- Everyone is quiet in the desktop app: check the app volume, the system volume mixer and your headset.
- A recording is quiet: make the file louder in the website.
Where does Sound Booster help?
This matters, so here it is in plain words. A browser extension can only change the sound of browser tabs. It cannot reach inside separate desktop apps.
| Where the sound plays | What helps |
|---|---|
| Zoom or Discord in a Chrome tab | The Sound Booster extension can raise the volume of the tab. |
| Zoom or Discord desktop app | The extension cannot change it. Use the in-app and system volume controls below. |
| A saved meeting recording on your device | Open it in the Sound Booster website and download a louder file. |
In your browser
Calls in a Chrome tab
Join the meeting from the browser, then use the Sound Booster extension to raise the volume of that tab.
Install Sound BoosterOn your files
A meeting recording
Open the recording in the Sound Booster website, normalize or boost it, and download a louder copy.
Open Volume BoosterQuick fixes inside Discord
- Turn up one person. Right-click their name and drag the user volume slider. It can go well above the default level, which fixes the one quiet friend.
- Check the output volume. In the voice settings, make sure the output volume is not turned down, and that the right output device is selected.
- Ask them to check their input. A low input level or an aggressive noise suppression setting on their side makes the voice quiet for everyone.
Quick fixes inside Zoom and on your computer
- In the audio settings, play the speaker test and move the speaker volume slider, then check that the right speaker or headset is selected.
- Open the system volume mixer and check that the app is not set lower than the rest of your sound.
- Ask the quiet speaker to move closer to the microphone, or to raise the microphone level in their sound settings. This improves the sound for everyone on the call, not just you.
- Use headphones. They make quiet voices clearer than speakers, and they avoid the echo that appears when your microphone picks up the sound from your speakers.
If you host the meeting
Hosts can make a whole meeting easier to hear with a few simple rules, and they help far more than any volume tool:
- Ask people to use a headset or earbuds instead of the laptop speakers and microphone.
- Ask everyone to mute when they are not speaking, which also cuts echo and background noise.
- Run a short sound check at the start, so a weak microphone is found before the meeting begins.
- Avoid speakerphone for a group in one room, and give the quiet speaker a microphone of their own.
What a booster cannot do
Sound Booster changes only what you hear. It does not change how loud your own voice is for the other people on the call, because it does not touch your microphone. If people tell you that you are quiet, raise your microphone level in the app or system settings instead.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sound Booster make my microphone louder?
No. It only changes the sound that you hear, not the sound that other people hear from you. To raise your own voice, increase the input level in your app or system settings.
How do I make one quiet person louder on a call?
In Discord, right-click the person and use the user volume slider. In other apps, ask the person to move closer to their microphone or to raise their microphone level, which fixes the sound for everyone.
Can I make a recorded meeting louder?
Yes. Open the recording in the Sound Booster website, normalize or boost it, and download the louder file. The processing happens in your browser.
Try it now
Install the extension for sound in your browser tabs, or open the Volume Booster to make a file louder. Both work without an account, and files are processed in your browser.