On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:20:28 -0400 "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an SB Live! 5.1, which appears to use the same drivers, and it > does the same thing. I get sound in the rear speakers. > > Now, I have a question about it... > > This sound in the rear speakers is only mirrored stereo, right? Or is > it true surround sound (4 speaker) that I get? IE: in games and stuff, > should I get 4 separate channels of audio? > > > Technically speaking you get whats called 4.1 Discrete surround sound environments. In english it means that each audio "channel" that is piped to a diff speaker has its own sound coming out of it. Example: In a dungeon room, water dripping to your right, your Upper RIGHT speaker will pipe that sound if its to your upper right in a game. With Older technology *IE before the SBLIVE! series* this wasn't possible. They "fooled" the ear by piping the same audio to all channels & muting certains sounds out ... a very wasteful & useless thing to do because itmeans the cards are working 2x as hard as they have to. If you have a 5.1 surround... Bonus! Because you also get a centre channel that gives ambient & immediate sound signals your ears will interepret as "unidirectional" sounds... IE, a bomb blows up in front of your face, your ear will "hear & see" it as being directly in front of you as well as the ambient echos going to all the other speakers :). I envy ya for your sound setup. My lover has a Hercules XPGamer, comes with a great breakout box...and she's got a nice soundcard that comes with it. Wonderful alternative to SbAudigy cards. And just has one plugin on the card for a huge cable to use, the other end hooks up to the external breakout box. Heh I hear her games all the way to the 3rd floor of our house. *sighs enviously* Femme
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