Which "Miles Provider"?

johnnychangs · Jul 4, 2004, 04:57 PM

Hello

New to the kX Drivers and am enjoying them so far. I have read up a lot in these forums, lots of great info here.

I have one question. While I love the features of the drivers for recording, I do play a game every now and then. The main one I play has a setting in the options for "Miles Provider". The choices are:
EAX
EAX2
EAX3
Dolby Surround
Miles 2D Positional Audio

From what I read, there is no official support for any of the EAX modes for these drivers, and enabling it in games will do nothing.

I use headphones most of the time, which of the above settings should I use?

Thanks in advance.

thomasabarnes · Jul 4, 2004, 05:35 PM

Hi johnnychangs:

If you use headphones, you can use Miles 2D Positional Audio. If you use a multi speaker setup, use one of the EAX options, and on the KX icon in the system tray, right click it, choose settings/driver compatibilty and place a check mark in "Filter All EAX requests.

If I missed anything, surely DJ_Stick will be around to help you.

Sincerely, thomasabarnes

**dj_stick** · Jul 4, 2004, 10:25 PM

EAX is not really related to 3d audio… so it may be best to choose either none, or the 2D positional audio (which is just a fancy name for stereo)

johnnychangs · Jul 5, 2004, 07:45 PM

Sorry for posting this in the wrong area, I saw EAX under the 3-D Audio section and thought it was the proper place.

The game I am referring to is Star Wars Galaxies. I tried the Miles 2D last night and it seemed to work fine. However when the sound of a lightsaber would come on, the lightsaber would sound almost crackly while everything else still sounded fine, very odd. There are settinigs in game for "Max Sounds", which goes from 8 all the way to 64. I tried each settting with the same result. Other than that everything sounds great.

I''m going to try the EAX Filter setting Thomasbames mentioned to see if that affects anything.

Rogacz · Jul 5, 2004, 09:12 PM

If You wanna use surround, set EAX, if stereo - miles.

Setting to miles on 5.1 system, even if surrounder is set to 5.1 does at most copy signal from front output and puts it to rear, which gives fake 5.1.

Jul 4, 2004, 04:57 PM	#1
johnnychangs DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Which "Miles Provider"? Hello New to the kX Drivers and am enjoying them so far. I have read up a lot in these forums, lots of great info here. I have one question. While I love the features of the drivers for recording, I do play a game every now and then. The main one I play has a setting in the options for "Miles Provider". The choices are: EAX EAX2 EAX3 Dolby Surround Miles 2D Positional Audio From what I read, there is no official support for any of the EAX modes for these drivers, and enabling it in games will do nothing. I use headphones most of the time, which of the above settings should I use? Thanks in advance. __________________ [color=red]Asus P4PE[/color] [color=blue]P4 3Ghz 800 - Zalman CPNS-7000-Cu[/color] [color=green]2x512MB Geil PC3500 Ultra Platinum[/color] Hercules 3D Prophet 9700Pro SB Audigy 2

Jul 4, 2004, 05:35 PM	#2
thomasabarnes Long Time ***** Friend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,375 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hi johnnychangs: If you use headphones, you can use Miles 2D Positional Audio. If you use a multi speaker setup, use one of the EAX options, and on the KX icon in the system tray, right click it, choose settings/driver compatibilty and place a check mark in "Filter All EAX requests. If I missed anything, surely DJ_Stick will be around to help you. Sincerely, thomasabarnes __________________ May a song always touch you in a positive way. Sonar 8.5.3 PE, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, MOTU UltraLite MK3, 150 GB HDD, 250 GB HDD, 1 TB HDD 7200 rpm, My Music Production: Top 40, Contemporary Christian, Pop/Rock, Decent Rap, Inspirationals, and Children Songs

Jul 5, 2004, 07:45 PM	Thread Starter #4
johnnychangs DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Sorry for posting this in the wrong area, I saw EAX under the 3-D Audio section and thought it was the proper place. The game I am referring to is Star Wars Galaxies. I tried the Miles 2D last night and it seemed to work fine. However when the sound of a lightsaber would come on, the lightsaber would sound almost crackly while everything else still sounded fine, very odd. There are settinigs in game for "Max Sounds", which goes from 8 all the way to 64. I tried each settting with the same result. Other than that everything sounds great. I''m going to try the EAX Filter setting Thomasbames mentioned to see if that affects anything. __________________ [color=red]Asus P4PE[/color] [color=blue]P4 3Ghz 800 - Zalman CPNS-7000-Cu[/color] [color=green]2x512MB Geil PC3500 Ultra Platinum[/color] Hercules 3D Prophet 9700Pro SB Audigy 2

Jul 5, 2004, 09:12 PM	#5
Rogacz Porcupine Floyd Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 422 Rep Power: 0	If You wanna use surround, set EAX, if stereo - miles. Setting to miles on 5.1 system, even if surrounder is set to 5.1 does at most copy signal from front output and puts it to rear, which gives fake 5.1. __________________