The audio in fallout 4 modding seems to always get left on the backburner so i decided to create a video / article on all the mods i use to create a more immersive and atmospheric expierence with a focus on realism from a pure audio perspective. Keeps it vanilla friendly but can be added to / removed from without issue.

I've made this article to bring all these mods together in one spot and a couple of variations depending on what you want from your game audio. 

As there are many mods that do things indivdually it also means this list is modular so you can pick and choose what you want.

Please view my video walkthrough for a example / comparison with all these mods enabled and explanations on what the mods do if you can't be bothered to check all the mod pages individually.

Video - Fallout 4 | How to Improve Audio With Mods

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MODS

Atmosphere & Ambience 

Mute and Silence Ambient Audio Effects - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/75097  (Has two seperate options one for wood creaks the other for vault rumbling)
Realistic Reverb and Ambience Overhaul - VR and FP - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/61140
Removed or Reduced Interior Wind and Rumble Ambience - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/46032 (Choose an option from the files page i recommend reduced all in one)
Quieter Settlements - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2819
Quiet Ambient wind - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/59891 (I recommend the quieter version)
Ambient Wasteland - Fallout 4 Edition - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25343
HighTech Audio Distortion and Crackle Fix - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/65929
Annoying Metal Creak Sound Remove - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4504

Volume Settings

Persistent Volume Sliders - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/58416 (Required if using the Reverb and Ambience Mod Patches)

Animals & NPCS

Radiant Birds - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2397
Radiant Birds (Less Radiant) - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16296
Dogmeat Pawsteps - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/29638
NPC Footstep Overhaul - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/65948
NPC Gun Sound Immersive and Intense - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9674 (Use if using default weapon audio not Resound Project Guns)
Horrorghouls - Normalised - Soundpack - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/68496
Die In Silence - Raider Edition - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/60498 (Two seperate files make sure to get both)
Disable Dogmeat Whining - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2385
Hush Dogmeat - No Idle or Whine Sounds While Sneaking - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3855

Weapons

Fallout 4 Resound Project - Guns - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/83453
Bullet Impact Overhaul - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/64891 (Incompatible with VR unless you remove esl flag)
Melee Impact Overhaul - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/65093 (Incompatible with VR unless you remove esl flag)

Items & Object Sounds

BetterVertibirdSound - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4755
Can Chime Disarm Sound Removed - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18072
Nostromo Terminal Sounds - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/54725
Jolly Item Sounds - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/53833
Physics Impact Overhaul and Bullet Casing Sounds - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/65489

Pipboy

Immersive Pip-Boy Radio - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18541
PipBoy Flashlight Sound - Metro Version - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11119
Pip-Boy Sound Overhaul - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/57931

Player

Project Reality Footsteps FO4 - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/35904
No Longer Out of Breath - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/7103
Silent Protagonist - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20097 (Don't use this if you prefer player voice lines)

UI / Game

No more cash register sound when XP gain - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/100
No Level Up Sound FX - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/58395
No Legendary Item Pickup Sound FX - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/58394
No Legendary Enemy Mutation Sound FX - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/58400
No Location Discovery Sound FX - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/58392
No Sound On Perk Menu - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2841
Immersive Bullet Time SFX (VATS Sounds Replacer) - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/54249 (Use with VAFS for just bullet time with heartbeat instead of VATS)
Not Great Not Terrible - Scarier Geiger Counter Sounds - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/45354

Music

NO MORE COMBAT MUSIC - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9425
Disable Or Lower Main Menu Music - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6073 (I recommend 0 or 25% in the options)

Soundstage

Binaural 3D Surround Sound for Headphones - HRTF - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/39692 (This mod needs installing manually)

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Enjoy good audio!