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How to Fix Sound Not Working in Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Lim How Wei
November 14, 2025

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a multimedia franchise centered on “Horse Girls”.

Become a trainer, manage the training, diet, and daily lives of your chosen girl.

After a successful race, the winning Horse Girl performs a live musical concert.

The game has simulation gameplay, deep character bonds, and real-world horse racing.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix the sound not working in Umamusume: Pretty Derby (audio problem/static glitch issue).

How to Fix Sound Not Working in Umamusume: Pretty Derby

To fix the sound not working or audio issue in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, try enabling or disabling spatial sound.

You can also try disabling headphone services, setting in-game sound to 100%, or setting your default sound device properly.

Fix 1: Enable/disable spatial sound

  1. Search for “Sound settings” using Windows Search and select it.
  2. Scroll down to “Advanced” and select “More sound settings”.
  3. Select the “Playback” tab, right-click your default sound device (e.g. Speakers).
  4. Select “Properties” and select “Spatial sound”.
  5. Select the dropdown box and set it to “Windows Sonic for Headphones”.
  6. Apply > OK.
  7. Select the “Enhancements” tab (if shown) and enable “Loudness equalization”.
  8. Apply > OK > Launch Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Note: If the dropdown box is already set to “Windows Sonic for Headphones”, set it to “Off” instead.

Fix 2: Disable headphone services (for Bluetooth Headphones)

  1. Right-click the Bluetooth icon in the system tray and select “Show Bluetooth Devices”.
  2. Scroll to the bottom and select “More devices and printer settings”.
  3. Right-click your headphone and select “Properties”.
  4. Select the “Services” tab.
  5. Turn off “Handsfree Telephony”, “Remote Control”, and “Remote Controllable Device”.
  6. Launch Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Fix 3: Set in-game sound to 100%

  1. Launch Umamusume: Pretty Derby and go to the main menu.
  2. Navigate to the audio settings and set all of the volume bars to 100%.

Fix 4: Set Default Sound Device

  1. Select the sound icon in the system tray and set the volume to 100%.
  2. Select the sound output icon and select the souynd device you’re using for the game.
  3. Launch Umamusume: Pretty Derby

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