I just upgraded to Windows 10 with a clean install and I have a Sennheiser G4ME1 USB Soundcard.
The default Windows 10 driver for this card is just usbaudio.sys. It sucks.
Fixing Volume Level
I found the volume to be much too loud with the default driver. Setting windows volume to 2 sounded as loud as 20, and setting it to 20 sounded as loud as 100 which is extremely uncomfortable for me in headphones.
Sennheiser did provide a Windows 8.1 driver last year:
http://www.senncom.com/download
http://www.senncom.com/comm/home_en.nsf/resources/3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5.zip/$File/3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5.zip
However, setup.exe refuses to run with an error message "Don't support this platform".
Here's a workaround for the volume issue, just install the driver directly from zip:
Fixing Dolby Headphone
The default windows driver will not come with Dolby Headphone.
Moving the DH switch on the USB dongle yields no results, the blue light will not even turn on.
If you enjoy Dolby Headphone and want it back, simply run the application directly.
The default Windows 10 driver for this card is just usbaudio.sys. It sucks.
Fixing Volume Level
I found the volume to be much too loud with the default driver. Setting windows volume to 2 sounded as loud as 20, and setting it to 20 sounded as loud as 100 which is extremely uncomfortable for me in headphones.
Sennheiser did provide a Windows 8.1 driver last year:
http://www.senncom.com/download
http://www.senncom.com/comm/home_en.nsf/resources/3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5.zip/$File/3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5.zip
However, setup.exe refuses to run with an error message "Don't support this platform".
Here's a workaround for the volume issue, just install the driver directly from zip:
- Download and extract 3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5.zip
- Goto Control Panel > Device Manager > Sound, video and game controllers
- Right click Sennheiser 3D G4ME1 > Properties
- Driver Tab > Update Driver
- Select "Browse my computer for driver software"
- Point it to the following folder in your extract zip: ..\3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5\WIN81(WHQL)\SoftwareDriver\Driver
- You may be asked to reboot. If so reboot.
- Audio volume when set to 2 will properly be soft.
Fixing Dolby Headphone
The default windows driver will not come with Dolby Headphone.
Moving the DH switch on the USB dongle yields no results, the blue light will not even turn on.
If you enjoy Dolby Headphone and want it back, simply run the application directly.
- First install the Sennheiser driver as noted above.
- Browser to the following folder inside the zip: ..\3D_G4ME1_Win_8_1_V1_5\WIN81(WHQL)\SoftwareDriver\DLL
- Double click "3DG4me" to run the software application.
- This will add the familiar Sennheiser tray icon.
- The DH switch on the USB dongle will work when turned on. The blue light will come on and DH effects will be heard. The tray icon will also change colors.
- You can also select 2, 4, 5.1, and 7.1 CH speaker emulation from the tray icon.