Software

As many of you surely know, Corsair's peripherals are controlled through Corsair Utility Engine (CUE), a powerful albeit somewhat confusing software package. The user experience isn't all too streamlined, and the interface definitely requires some getting used to. I caught myself discovering new features and options on my tenth or fifteenth visit to CUE, which is less than ideal. The first thing you should do, right after starting CUE for the first time, is to click the cogwheel on top of the interface to then select the "Show only connected devices" option. Don't and CUE will not only show you the settings of the peripheral you actually own, but several other peripherals Corsair sells, even though they aren't connected to your PC. I guess the idea is to check out their settings, be impressed by their sheer number of options, and buy them. I have no idea if this works as a selling strategy, but I can confirm that it's annoying as hell until disabled. Only after the clutter of those "demo devices" is removed can you actually start going through the settings of your device - the Void Pro RGB Wireless in our case. The same menu where you activated the aforementioned setting is where you'll be able to check out the battery's current status, initiate an automatic firmware upgrade, enable or disable the voice prompts, and auto-shutoff and adjust the brightness of RGB LEDs, if you decide to use them.


After clicking on the picture of the headset, you'll see its picture, two sliders, and a button. The first slider adjusts the microphone's volume and the other controls the volume of the microphone's sidetone. Here, you'll determine how loud sounds picked up by the microphone in the headphones are. If you're wondering why you'd want to use that option at all, the explanation is simple enough - hearing yourself talking (with no delay) will prevent you from shouting or sounding nasal. I found it best with the microphone sidetone slider in the middle. The button under the sliders switches between stereo and Dolby Headphone 7.1 mode.


To control the RGB LEDs, or turn them off, you need to click on the "Lighting Effects" option on the left side of the CUE's interface. Here, you'll be able to switch between available effects - Static Color, Blink, Breathe, Beat, Rainbow Pulse, and Rainbow. Each effect has a couple additional options that will help you fine-tune it, such as the color picker or a brightness and speed slider - depending on the effect. To turn the RGB LEDs completely off, you'll have to select the first "effect" from the list, called "Select Effect". It boggles my mind why this option wasn't simply called "Disabled" or "Lights Off".


If you select "EQ Presets" from the left side of the CUE's UI, you'll be able to activate and deactivate various factory sound profiles (actually system-wide equalizer settings) or create your own. The headset can switch between five of these, so if you want to add and use custom ones, you'll have to deactivate an existing one by clicking on the "switch" next to its name. I'm not a huge fan of any of the factory profiles, and I strongly urge you to stick with "Pure Direct", which is a completely flat one. "Movie Theater" adds bass and pushes the midrange forward in order for dialogues to be louder. "FPS Competiton" puts an even stronger emphasis on the midrange and should make it easier for you to hear your enemies' movements, but it alters the naturality of the sound in the process. "Clear Chat" boosts the 1-4 kHz range to makes voices louder and easier to hear. I had no trouble understanding my teammates or in-game characters without it. Finally, "Bass Boost" turns everything into a proper mess - the bass becomes boomy and the mids get a massive boost too, which is very unpleasant to the ear. Avoid it at all costs.


You can apply all of your settings globally, but you can also tie them to a certain game, if that's something you find useful. If you click on the big button in the upper-left corner of the CUE UI, you'll end up in the profile setup section of the software. Here, you can add new profiles, link them to desired games, add custom profile icons and background images, copy and delete them, arrange them by folders, etc.

The Corsair Utility Engine in its newest iteration makes a similar impression than its predecessors - it's a powerful piece of software, but not the most streamlined one. A few simple UI tweaks could make it much more intuitive. The good news is that it gets updated often, so chances are it will become more and more polished as time goes on.