Option to Disable Ambient Background Sound

hey there, Beezus.Fuffoon, and thank you for reaching out with this request. We know that any continuous noise can disrupt any VR session, so rest assured we'll be glad to dig into this with you and see if we can help find a resolution. To do so, we'll need some more details about the noise you are hearing:

• Are you describing something that is in the Home environment but not passthrough or menus, or something that persists throughout all the menu environments unless you are in a game?
• Are there any triggers that begin or produce the noise?
• What troubleshooting have you tried to resolve this?

The more details you provide us, the better of an idea of what you are experiencing we'll get and the better positioned we'll be to see the way forward to getting it resolved. We'll keep an eye out for your response!

If you use the Bubbles environment there isn't any background sound.  Most environments aren't all that noisy, but some are more than others.  The background/ambient noise goes away when you open a standalone app, or go into PCVR via Link, Air Link, Virtual Desktop, or SteamL:ink.  Still, I agree it would be nice to be able to mute ambient sounds.  cheers.

I think the OP is talking about the background music when in Link dashboard. I requested being able to turn this off or at least being able to change the volume separately from the main volume settings over a year ago. Very annoying as it does sound like tinnitus.

I tracked this down to an audio file mus_void_ambisonic.wav in the \Oculus\Support\oculus-dash\dash\assets\raw\audio_dash\Assets\ folder. Replacing this with a "blank" audio file of the same file name did not replace the sound, so it must be embedded somehow into the Link runtime.

Play the WAV file on infinite repeat in the background on your desktop and see how long you can tolerate it. 😅

Before the Home was removed none of the audio settings had any effect on the ambient sound without effecting audio volume universally.

Muting the headset audio mutes the audio on all apps. Not a solution.

Tolerance to repetitive sounds varies by individual. It might take longer for a dripping faucet to start "bugging" you than others.

I have also ambient sound in the link app..... it does not bother me though, it's not loud and I normally don't stay in the void but open a game.

NomadsAnIsland I don't remember, if there was a slider for ambient sound.....

But in the inventory for your home - TomCgcmfc  likes to call it "dollhouse" - were different ambient sounds which  you can select and also the option "no sound"

I think, people who had set it to this option, don't have ambient sound now.... all others have the sound from their home in the background, even after it got removed.

 BTW TomCgcmfc .....I love playing with dollhouses😂

I hear continuous, random, waterfall sounds. How do you turn them off?

Has anyone found a fix to this? although the "ambient" sound is not loud its persistent and annoying. i wanted to wirelessly link to my desktop and play some hearthstone on my quest 3 but the audio from the void area was so frustrating that i just got off my quest instead. theres no way to change the environment or control specific sounds and when im not feeling well like i am today i just want to lay down and relax while i watch something or play a game. hearing that constant sound no matter what im doing is the most annoying thing ever