Voice filters are designed to change how you sound in voice and video calls. They add a creative and engaging touch to conversations through the desktop app and make interactions more fun and expressive.
What are voice filters?
You can choose from a variety of voice filters to change how you sound on voice and video calls. Voice filters provide additional options for modifying your voice and allow you to sound how you want no matter what you’re up to–epic story telling for roleplay, hyping up your team or just hanging with friends.
Some voice filters are always free to use at any time, while some are locked. You can get access to the full collection for even more ways to customize your voice with a Nitro subscription.
NOTE: While this feature is in experimentation, your mic quality will affect how clear voice filters sound. If you're finding your filtered voice is difficult to understand, try switching to a different microphone to improve the sound quality.
How to Use Voice Filters
1. To navigate to your Microphone Settings, tap the drop-down arrow [] located to the bottom-left of the app, next to the mic icon [
].
Microphone Settings drop-down arrow icon
2. Select any of the available options to apply the voice filter to your input audio.
Example of available voice filter options in Discord
3. When a voice filter has been applied, a banner will appear letting you know which one is currently active.
Example of what it looks like when you have a voice filter enabled.
How to Enable Playback
With playback enabled, you'll hear your voice with the filter applied played back with a slight delay as you speak. This way, you can hear yourself as others do. Playback is on by default, but you can always easily disable and enable it.
1. Navigate to your Microphone Settings by tapping the drop-down arrow [] located to the bottom-left of the app, located next to the mic icon [
].
Microphone Settings drop-down arrow icon
2. After applying a voice filter, you can tap on the ear icon [] to enable audio playback. To disable, tap the same icon.
Example of playback icon
Previewing a Voice Filter
Before you decide what voice filter is right for you, you can preview each one that is available and listen to the example audio.
1. Navigate to your Microphone Settings by tapping drop-down arrow [] located to the bottom-left of the app, located next to the mic icon [
].
Microphone Settings drop-down arrow icon
2. Hover over each available voice filter and then press on the play icon [] to preview each voice filter.
Preview Voice icon
Removing a Voice Filter
1. Tap the drop-down arrow located to the bottom-left of the app to navigate to Microphone Settings.
Microphone Settings drop-down arrow icon
2. Tap the X located on the right-hand side of the active voice filter banner to disable the voice filter.
X button to remove the applied voice filter
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How come I don’t see voice filters? Can I request voice filters?
A: No, voice filters are currently in experimentation and only available to a limited group of users.
Q: Do voice filters stay on for all calls or do I need to set it up for each call?
A: A voice filter stays enabled unless you remove it. To remove a voice filter, simply tap the drop-down arrow [] located to the right of the mic icon [
] and tap on the X located in the right-hand side of the active voice filter banner.
X button to remove the applied voice filter
Q: How can I tell if I have a voice filter active?
A: You can tell a voice filter is currently active by checking your mic indicator in the bottom-left corner of the Discord app. If a voice filter is active your microphone icon will have a star on it.
Example of microphone icon when a voice filter enabled
Q: Why do I not have access to all the voice filters? How do the daily free filters work?
A: Voice filters that aren’t grayed out are always available. Filters with a clock icon [] are part of the rotating free selection. When the timer reaches zero, a new set of free filters will be available for a limited time. Filters that are grayed out can be unlocked with Nitro.
Example of a voice filter with the clock icon
Q: Does Discord store my voice data?
A: Discord does not store any voice data or use voice data for any identifying purposes. Voice filters are synthesized on your device.