Razer Leviathan sound bar problem

[FalconC45 162]

I got a Razer sound bar that does surround sound and when I play SF2 on it a couple sounds are missing. The sounds for jet engine in the cockpit and the sounds for the gear and the flaps aren't playing. I tried everything in the soundblaster card GUI to get those sounds to run. The ironic part is I don't have any problems in NoS Shift. Any suggestions? Also does SF2 have the ability to do surround sound?

 

Falcon

[+streakeagle 871]

SF2 does support surround sound, but it doesn't come out very well. Turn your head one way or the other and sounds disappear or are only heard in one ear. It is better to use stereo with sub woofer and then use virtual surround. The truth is that we only have two ears and with good enough processing, it should take only a stereo headset to provide a true-to-life surround experience, though a sub woofer is still badly needed to generate true bass. 

[FalconC45 162]

SF2 does support surround sound, but it doesn't come out very well. Turn your head one way or the other and sounds disappear or are only heard in one ear. It is better to use stereo with sub woofer and then use virtual surround. The truth is that we only have two ears and with good enough processing, it should take only a stereo headset to provide a true-to-life surround experience, though a sub woofer is still badly needed to generate true bass. 

 

The soundbar comes with a subwoofer. How do I use virtual surround?

 

Falcon

[+streakeagle 871]

I have two ways to configure stereo as virtual surround:

1) via a Razer sound package (which I tried but never used and uninstalled), last version I used was: RazerSurroundInstaller_v2.00.10 about 2 years ago.

2) via my onboard Realtek sound card software as updated by Asus: Republic of Gamers SupremeFX, which has a Sonic Studio tab that includes a Virtual Surround button as well as a Sonic Soundstage tab that lets me adjust crossover to make sure I don't hear a sound exclusively in one ear no matter which way I turn my head.

 

The Soundblaster GUI should have similar settings available, though they may only be available if you specify a simple stereo or headset output.

If it doesn't, you can always try the Razer sound software.

Razer now has two versions, free and pay for Pro. It is set up for headphones and is up to version 7.1.

 

http://www.razerzone.com/surround

[FalconC45 162]

D/L it before you answered buddy, I apologize. I need to register my soundbar to unlock the pro. But it works. Some sounds are distorted but once I register I hopefully can tweak it. Only wished they put sound bar setup in this software.

 

Falcon

[+streakeagle 871]

I hope you can get SF2 to sound the way you want with or without software enhancement. So much has been focused on graphics while sound remains buggy and inconsistent depending on what hardware and software you are running. Of course the sound card companies (especially Creative's Soundblaster series) were hit hard when Windows stopped supporting direct hardware acceleration. But to be fair, Microsoft had little choice given all the stability problems Windows PCs had over the years due to mismatches between motherboards, sound cards, drivers, interrupt assignements, and games. I had to buy Turtle Beach sound cards for my Pentium 3 based PCs because sound blaster cards wreaked havoc with the stability of my ASUS motherboards based on VIA chipsets. Even with the brand change, it was a battle trying to find the right slot combination so the interrupts used by the AGP video cards didn't cause conflicts with the slot used for the sound card or the ethernet card.

 

To date, I have been lazy and rely on motherboard realtek chipsets rather than trying to find the right sound card to suit my taste. I principally use headsets to avoid bothering my family with air combat sim noise and to mount my TrackIR clip, so the motherboard chipsets generally do the job well enough for me. If I didn't have a wife and kid, I would probably use a high end 7.1 stereo system connected by fiber to rock the house. But, that isn't going to happen as long as I am married.