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how do you emulate 5.1 sound

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oh headphones? i remember doing this a while back when caleague forums were still up.

could be done with xfi card or audigy
you use 2.1 on the card and 5.1 in game?
or was it 5.1 on the card and 2.1 in game?
and there was some console settings you had to set also
i cant remember

What? Use headphones or two speakers...
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What?

autoexec:
dsp_enhance_stereo 0

Launch options:
-snd_digital_surround 1
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wear two sets of headphones and plug them into the correct jacks
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restart steam
you betta believe it
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I play 5.1 in windows and source, then have the creative audio drivers use the X-Fi CMSS 3D nonsense to mix it down to headphones.

This comment was edited at 07/03/2009 11:33 PM
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you cant have surround sound on headphones, jackass.

not unless you have an ear on your neck and an ear on your forehead, anyway.
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Source does a poor job with positional audio on two channels, so it's quite the gain you get from exporting 5.1 and using software to down-mix the channels. Your ears can tell what's behind you from only 2 sources based on the changes sound goes through while traveling through your ear. X-Fi has made software to mimic that, and it works quite well.

Besides, EAX5 support makes a world of difference in other games.

This comment was edited at 07/03/2009 11:36 PM
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What # 6 said works pretty good.

#7 http://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/zz-_Sh..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBK4aDfjbRY

Another no need for lots of speakers to get surround.

Virtual Barber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJ..

This comment was edited at 07/04/2009 9:24 AM

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