#5.1 sound control software driver
#5.1 sound control software software

As the name suggests it is all about increasing the amount of bass with the bass level slider, but also at what point the bass is filtered out if it reaches the limit set with the cut off frequency slider.

The entire setup can be rotated either clockwise or counter-clockwise, or the speakers can be moved manually one at a time.įlex Bass II is the last of the speaker options and could be considered a bass boost feature with a twist.

#5.1 sound control software software

Through some software witchcraft the sound is modified to give the impression that the speaker location has been changed. The next stop is the 7.1 virtual speaker shifter where users can modify the “location” of each speaker. Another environmental effect is the room size option that allows users to change the way the sound is perceived as coming from a small, medium or large room. By adding environmental effects, the output can be changed to sound as if it were being played in various venues such as an auditorium or concert hall and off-the-wall locales like a padded room or a sewer pipe. Some folks like to add effects, and the Sirus has them covered too. A user-created preset can also be deleted by selecting the trash can icon. If tweaking has been done manually, users will also have the option of saving the changes as a preset by selecting the disk icon in the lower right corner and selecting that preset from the drop-down above to load it. This can either be done manually by moving the various sliders or by using one of 12 presets. Moving on, we find the equalizer (EQ) that allows users to fine-tune the sound to their liking once enabled.

The choice will likely come down to what sounds better on a situation-by-situation basis. It used to be that 44.1 KHz/16-bit was best for music and 48 KHz/24-bit was ideal for movies, but that isn’t always the case now seeing how modern formats are using higher sampling rates. Next up is the sample rate with either 44.1 KHz or 48 KHz available. There is also an option called Surround Max, but we’ll get to that soon enough. The Speaker Settings screen allows users to choose whether the sound output is in stereo, quadraphonic with four channels, or 5.1 surround. Navigating through the various speaker and mic settings is as easy as right-clicking on the respective icons and selecting an option, so let’s run through each screen quickly. Otherwise, they will remain locked in proportion to each other.

#5.1 sound control software driver

If the user so desires, the left and right channel of each driver can be unlocked and set independentl.

Setting either as the default device can be done from within the software and once the speaker is set as such the volume controls for the different channels can be accessed. The interface is broken up into two sections the speakers and the microphone.

Xear’s software has been called upon once again, however. The last two surround sound headsets that I had looked at both used the same software with the same interface, so when the Sirus Audio Center was fired up after the driver was downloaded and installed, it was nice to see that things at least looked different.