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Glossary:Sound

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Speaker setup

Many games use the speaker configuration reported by the operating system so having it set correctly is crucial.
Configure speaker layout (Windows)[citation needed]
  1. Open Sounds in the Control Panel (mmsys.cpl).
  2. Ensure your output device is the default (marked with a tick True icon.svg)
  3. Click Configure.
  4. Choose your speaker layout and click on each speaker to ensure it is detected and positioned correctly.
  5. Adjust the speaker configuration as needed until it is correct.
  6. Click Next and follow the steps to save your new configuration.

Issues fixed

Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.)

Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz (Windows Vista and later)[citation needed]
  1. Open the Start screen/Start menu, type mmsys.cpl and press Enter.
  2. Open the Default Device (marked with a tick True icon.svg).
  3. Go to the Advanced tab.
  4. Change the Default Format box to 24 bit, 48000 Hz (Studio Quality).
  5. Click Apply and close all windows.
If the problem remains, repeat and choose 24 bit, 44100 Hz (Studio Quality) instead.
Adjust hardware sound acceleration level (Windows XP only)[citation needed]
  1. Press ⊞ Win+R, type dxdiag and press ↵ Enter.
  2. Choose Yes if prompted.
  3. Go to the Sound tab.
  4. Adjust the Hardware Sound Acceleration Level slider and test the game. If it is not already at Full, try Full first.
Setting the acceleration to Basic or No acceleration may affect advanced sound features in some games.

No surround sound

Instructions
Make sure OpenAL games aren't using outdated libraries[citation needed]
  1. Navigate to <path-to-game>, where game executable is located
  2. Find OpenAL32.dll and rename it

Notes

Hypothesising OpenAL is already perfectly configured
Verify DS and OAL games hardware buffers number[citation needed]
  1. Download RightMark 3DSound
  2. Start RightMark3DSoundBench (aka CPU Utilization test)
  3. Note under the offended API node, the number of Hardware 3D Buffers available for the in use device.
  4. Check in game configuration files if number of "Buffers", "Channels" or "Voices" corresponds.

Game volume decreases

Disable communications activity sound reduction[citation needed]
  1. Open the Start screen/Start menu, type mmsys.cpl and press ↵ Enter.
  2. Go to the Communications tab.
  3. Choose Do nothing.
  4. Click OK to save your changes.

Can't enable EAX

Please refer to Restoring DirectSound hardware path for more information.

CD music not playing

CD-DA music (shows up as a music CD in media players)

Instructions
Instructions

Non-CD-DA music (does not show up as a music CD in media players)

Instructions


References