mcarma 19 Posted August 24, 2016 Is there a way to improve the sound separation and direction? Most of the time I cannot tell from what direction a weapon is firing from? Yes I have two ears, lol. Forgot to mention I am using a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ineptaphid 6413 Posted August 24, 2016 Check in your sound options-have you got Sound Sources set to 128? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcarma 19 Posted August 24, 2016 Check in your sound options-have you got Sound Sources set to 128? Yes to 128. System has proper settings. Sound positioning in other games such as BF4 are okay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pooroldspike 128 Posted September 1, 2016 Is there a way to improve the sound separation and direction? Most of the time I cannot tell from what direction a weapon is firing from? Yes I have two ears, lol. Forgot to mention I am using a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z card. Are you using a headset or speakers? I use two speakers and have them spaced as far apart as possible in front of me to get a decent realistic stereo effect to tell which direction the sounds are coming from in a frontal 180-degree arc. But the effect doesn't work if the sound is coming from behind you in the game because the speakers are in front of you, so sounds that are behind you come out of the speakers that are in front of you if you see what I mean.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcarma 19 Posted September 1, 2016 Are you using a headset or speakers? I use two speakers and have them spaced as far apart as possible in front of me to get a decent realistic stereo effect to tell which direction the sounds are coming from in a frontal 180-degree arc. But the effect doesn't work if the sound is coming from behind you in the game because the speakers are in front of you, so sounds that are behind you come out of the speakers that are in front of you if you see what I mean.. Both headset and speakers depending on circumstances. In either case A3 does not seem to have good sound placement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigpoppablunts 52 Posted September 10, 2016 Headsets in my opinion will always give a greater sense of sound source direction compared to speakers. I have a very nice surround system and still play with a headset for that exact reason. On another note, I notice that when I am close to someone who cannot locate the shooter, 9 times out of 10 they are looking in the direction of the "crack" sound. Thats just the bullet whizzing by. I tell them to listen for the deeper "bang" sound which come very shortly after to locate the shooter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
