You may hear certain sound effects, especially in battles, coming out of the DualSense controller when playing Final Fantasy XVI. To see how you can mute the gamepad speaker while playing the Japanese role-playing game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
Method #1
For the first method, you can use the System menu while playing the game. You can do so by taking the following steps:
1. To start off, you need to head over to the System menu, which you can do by selecting Config from the title screen.
If you are currently playing the game, then you need press the Options button to bring up the Main Menu. From there, use the L2 and R2 buttons to change tabs until you get to System.
2. After getting to the System tab, use the L1 and R1 buttons to change section until you get to Sound Settings.
3. From the Sound Settings section, move the cursor to Controller Audio, which should have the following description:
“Toggle controller sound effects on/off.”
4. Make sure that the Controller Audio setting is disabled.
5. Press the Circle button to exit the System menu and return to your game.
You should no longer hear any audio output coming out of your DualSense.
Method #2
You can also try muting the audio output of the DualSense controller for all PlayStation 5 games by doing the following:
1. Press and hold the PS button to return to the home screen of your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition.
2. Select the gear icon located on the top right side of the home screen to head into Settings.
3. Scroll down and then select Sound from the Settings menu.
4. From the Sound section, select Volume on the left side.
5. On the right side of the same screen, you should see the slider for the Controller Speaker. To mute the DualSense audio output for all PS5 games, you need to move this slider all the way to the left.
