Setup for 2.0 Surround

kuja · Aug 15, 2003, 08:49 AM

I am a humble headphone user, and with the release of 3534 I have been trying to get HW accelerated 3D working in my games. At the moment, I have the DSP configured like so:

http://www.netspace.net.au/~genmcfat/DSP.jpg

And it works, to some degree, however the center channel is very muted in comparison to left/right, rear left/right sounds become rear center and rear center is extremely tinny. The surrounder is set to 2.1 surround - setting it to off results in the loss of most of my sounds. What am I doing wrong?

Edit:
2.1 copy works ok, although I'm missing rear/front center

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Aug 16, 2003, 12:02 AM

our driver currently doesn't support real HRTF (head-related transfer function)
that is, there's no support for 'phantom' speakers (especially if you are using headphones)
so, the 'center' channel doesn't sound as a "real" center

perhaps, the situation will change as soon as we write a special DSP effect for emulating n-speaker set via headphones

/Eugene

Aug 15, 2003, 08:49 AM	#1
kuja DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Setup for 2.0 Surround I am a humble headphone user, and with the release of 3534 I have been trying to get HW accelerated 3D working in my games. At the moment, I have the DSP configured like so: http://www.netspace.net.au/~genmcfat/DSP.jpg And it works, to some degree, however the center channel is very muted in comparison to left/right, rear left/right sounds become rear center and rear center is extremely tinny. The surrounder is set to 2.1 surround - setting it to off results in the loss of most of my sounds. What am I doing wrong? Edit: 2.1 copy works ok, although I'm missing rear/front center

Aug 16, 2003, 12:02 AM	#2
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	our driver currently doesn't support real HRTF (head-related transfer function) that is, there's no support for 'phantom' speakers (especially if you are using headphones) so, the 'center' channel doesn't sound as a "real" center perhaps, the situation will change as soon as we write a special DSP effect for emulating n-speaker set via headphones /Eugene