Deep Rock Galactic built its cult following on two pillars: punishingly dark caves and a squad culture so tight it produced one of gaming’s most beloved rallying cries. “ROCK AND STONE” is not just a line — it is a covenant. When Ghost Ship Games announced Deep Rock Galactic 2, the community immediately began asking how to carry that identity into the sequel. A well-tuned voice changer is a significant part of the answer.
This guide covers everything a DRG player needs: per-class voice presets for all four dwarves, how Easy Anti-Cheat interacts with voice tools, Discord and OBS integration, and an honest assessment of what is confirmed versus anticipated about DRG 2.
TL;DR
- Deep Rock Galactic 2 is anticipated, not yet released — Ghost Ship Games has announced the sequel but no launch date is confirmed as of mid-2026
- The original DRG uses Easy Anti-Cheat; DRG 2 will almost certainly do the same — low-latency audio capture user-mode voice changers are EAC-safe
- Four dwarf classes, four distinct voice personas: Driller (deep growl), Gunner (cocky brawler), Scout (chirpy energy), Engineer (reserved tactical)
- “ROCK AND STONE!” moments hit hardest when the whole squad reacts with distinct character voices
- Discord co-op and OBS streaming both work simultaneously with proper routing
- Sub-300ms end-to-end latency keeps callouts relevant in fast cave combat
Deep Rock Galactic 2: What We Know
Ghost Ship Games developed the original Deep Rock Galactic into a beloved co-op shooter over years of post-launch support. The announced sequel builds on the same cooperative mining-and-combat formula but with new biomes, expanded enemy factions, and a generation-jump in environmental scale.
What is almost certain based on the original: four playable dwarf classes, procedurally generated cave systems, and a squad-first design philosophy that rewards communication. The social glue of the game — the callout culture, the class banter, the terminal “ROCK AND STONE” — will transfer. That is the exact context where a voice changer pays off most.
For reference on where the franchise has been, Deep Rock Galactic on Wikipedia gives a detailed history of the development arc from early access through the Season system.
Why Voice Changers Fit Deep Rock Galactic’s Culture
Most shooters treat voice chat as utilitarian infrastructure. DRG treats it as part of the experience. The game’s own NPCs have distinct vocal identities. The classes feel like characters, not loadouts. Players who lean into that roleplay dimension consistently report richer sessions — the engineer who stays deadpan tactical during crisis, the scout who pitches their voice higher during a swarm, the driller who drops to a gravelly rumble when tunneling solo.
Voice changers are not about deceiving teammates. In DRG’s community they are a performance layer — a way to commit to the bit. Squads that coordinate voice personas before a mission report it as one of the most memorable aspects of their sessions.
The Four Dwarf Classes: Voice Preset Guide
Driller — Deep Growl
The Driller is deliberate, territorial, and speaks in short declarative sentences. The voice target: a gravelly bass with a sense of contained power.
Settings: Pitch shift down 5–7 semitones. Add a touch of low-frequency resonance boost at 180 Hz. Short cave reverb, pre-delay 20ms, decay 120ms. Avoid excessive distortion — the Driller sounds authoritative, not damaged.
In play: Use the deep voice for tunnel announcements (“Going right, watch your six”) and hold the voice effect steady during tense moments. The contrast when the Driller drops into silence is itself part of the character.
Gunner — Cocky Brawler
The Gunner talks the most and means it. Confident, borderline obnoxious, built to hype the squad during a swarm.
Settings: Pitch shift up 1–2 semitones — just enough to sharpen the tone without going high. Light overdrive effect for grit. No reverb — the Gunner’s voice is dry, upfront, immediate.
In play: The Gunner is the hype man. Save the voice effect for the crowd moments: swarm callouts, revive announcements, and — critically — “ROCK AND STONE!” The brawler energy is amplified by the slight edge in the processed voice.
Scout — Chirpy and Excitable
The Scout is fast, mobile, and talks like someone who has had too much Blackrock Brew. High energy, fast-paced callouts.
Settings: Pitch shift up 3–4 semitones. Light tremolo effect at a slow rate (around 3 Hz) for an underlying excitement. Short reverb for cave environment but high-pass the reverb return above 500 Hz — you want the space without weight.
In play: The Scout shines in the chaos moments. Fast observations, quick warnings about enemies above, the slightly breathless quality of someone who has just ziplined across a 200-meter drop.
Engineer — Reserved Tactical
The Engineer is the thinker. Fewer words, more precision. The voice persona is quieter and more measured.
Settings: Light high-frequency shelf cut above 10 kHz — takes the brightness off and adds a sense of age and experience. Slight pitch down 1–2 semitones. No reverb. The engineer’s voice should feel like it is coming through a radio, not an open cave.
In play: The Engineer is most effective when silent until it matters. When they speak, the clean, slightly dark voice lands harder by contrast with the Gunner’s bravado.
”ROCK AND STONE!” — The Rally Moment
Few phrases in co-op gaming carry as much weight. “ROCK AND STONE” is the DRG equivalent of a war cry, a celebration, and a sign-on check rolled into one. The ritual is community-defined: someone calls it out, every dwarf in the lobby responds, and the group is briefly more than the sum of its parts.
Voice changers amplify this ritual in two ways.
First, the transformed voice makes the callout feel like it is coming from the character, not the player. There is a qualitative difference between a squad of four processed dwarf voices all responding to a ROCK AND STONE versus four different human speaking voices. The former sounds like a scene from the game’s own cutscenes.
Second, soundboard integration lets you bind the original game’s audio assets — or custom dwarf-appropriate clips — to a hotkey. A ROCK AND STONE response that comes back in the game’s own audio signature, milliseconds after the call, lands differently than even the best human impression.
EAC Compatibility: The Technical Truth
Easy Anti-Cheat is one of the most widely deployed anti-cheat systems in PC gaming. The original Deep Rock Galactic uses EAC, and DRG 2 will in all probability do the same.
EAC’s protection model targets kernel-level cheats, memory manipulation, and code injection into the game process. It monitors ring 0 driver behavior and hooks into protected game memory regions.
A voice changer that operates through Windows Audio Session API (low-latency audio capture) does none of these things. The audio transformation happens entirely in user-mode audio pipeline — the same space where your headset software, Discord, and Windows spatial audio all live. EAC has no visibility into this layer because it is not relevant to its threat model.
VoxBooster specifically installs no kernel driver and makes no modifications to game memory. It presents itself to Windows as a standard audio input device, which is exactly how Discord, OBS, and in-game voice chat see it. The chain: microphone → VoxBooster processing → virtual audio output → game/Discord input. The game never knows voice transformation happened.
The practical advice: do not install any voice tool that requires a kernel-level driver. If the installer requests access to ring 0 or installs a kernel service, that is an unrelated risk surface. User-mode low-latency audio capture tools are inherently outside EAC scope.
Discord Co-op Integration
Most Deep Rock Galactic squads use Discord rather than in-game voice — better audio quality, persistent history, easier to coordinate across sessions.
Setup for a four-player DRG co-op squad with individual personas:
- Each player sets their Discord input device to the virtual microphone output from their voice changer
- Discord receives the already-transformed signal — no Discord plugin required
- Soundboard clips can be routed to the same virtual device or through Discord’s own soundboard feature (which has file size limits; a dedicated voice changer soundboard gives more control)
- PTT (push-to-talk) keybinds in Discord work normally — the key activates transmission, voice changer processing is always active in the background
One practical note: Discord’s own noise suppression and voice processing can fight with an already-processed signal. In Discord’s Voice & Video settings, set Noise Suppression to None and Echo Cancellation to Off when using an external voice changer. Let the voice changer handle the audio cleanup.
OBS Streaming Setup
Streaming DRG 2 with a character voice adds a production layer that plain gameplay footage lacks. The setup is straightforward.
In OBS Studio, add an Audio Input Capture source pointing to the voice changer’s virtual microphone output. This is your stream microphone — what viewers hear.
For your personal monitoring (what you hear in your own headset), configure your headset as the playback device in VoxBooster’s settings. You hear your natural voice locally; your stream and teammates hear the character. This split monitoring prevents the cognitive interference of hearing your own transformed voice in real time.
For each class persona you plan to use, save it as a named preset in your voice changer. Assign OBS hotkeys to scene transitions. When you switch from Engineer to Gunner between missions, the preset swap takes about 200ms — transparent in practice.
Voice Changer Comparison: Approaches for DRG 2
| Feature | DSP-only tools | AI persona tools | VoxBooster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latency | Under 10ms | 200–500ms | Under 300ms (AI mode) |
| EAC safety | Yes (low-latency audio capture) | Depends on driver | Yes (low-latency audio capture, no kernel driver) |
| Dwarf persona depth | Pitch + reverb only | Full voice character | AI cloning + DSP layer |
| Discord integration | Manual routing | Manual routing | Direct virtual device |
| Soundboard | Separate app needed | Separate app needed | Built-in |
| OBS compatible | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 10/11 | Yes | Varies | Yes |
The tradeoff is between latency and persona depth. For competitive-paced games, DSP-only effects are always safer. DRG’s combat tempo is slower than a twitch shooter — 150–300ms is within comfortable range for cave callouts, which makes AI persona modes viable.
Recommended Presets Summary
| Class | Pitch shift | Key effect | Reverb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driller | -6 semitones | Low resonance boost | Short cave, 120ms |
| Gunner | +2 semitones | Light overdrive | None |
| Scout | +4 semitones | Slow tremolo | High-passed cave |
| Engineer | -2 semitones | High-shelf cut | None |
Save these as named presets before your first DRG 2 session. Switching presets mid-lobby when someone claims a class takes seconds, not re-tuning.
FAQ
Is it worth setting up a voice changer before DRG 2 releases?
Yes — all the setup work applies immediately to the original Deep Rock Galactic, which has an active player base and uses the same EAC stack. By the time DRG 2 launches, your class presets will be second nature.
Can the whole squad run different voice changers and still sound cohesive?
Yes. Each player uses their own tool. Cohesion comes from coordinating the character concept for each class beforehand — “Gunner is cocky, Engineer is dry, Scout is fast” — rather than everyone using identical software. The result is a squad that sounds like a cast, not a cacophony.
Final Thoughts
Deep Rock Galactic 2 does not exist yet as a finished product. Ghost Ship Games has shown enough to confirm it will carry the cooperative identity of the original, and that identity has always been partly about voice — the banter, the callouts, the ROCK AND STONE rituals that bind squads together.
A voice changer built on low-latency audio capture, with no kernel driver and sub-300ms latency, fits inside the EAC safety model, routes cleanly through Discord and OBS, and adds a genuine dimension to the class roleplay that DRG rewards. The four preset archetypes above cover every class. The setup takes one session to nail down.
When the sequel drops, you will be ready. For the dwarves. For the caves. ROCK AND STONE.