Gta V Surround Sound Settings

[Christopher]

Surroundsound is a term used for audio systems that have multiple speakers placed around a listener to achieve a more immersive audio effect. With a surround sound system, you will be able to hear sounds coming from multiple directions, which should also improve the audio clarity.

You can tell how many speakers a surround sound system has by looking at the number in its name. The first number tells you how many speakers are in the system, while the second number tells you how many subwoofers the system has. For example, a 5.1 system comes with 5 speakers and 1 subwoofer.

If you see a sound system that has a 2 at the end, like a 7.2 system, that means it comes with two subwoofers. Adding a second subwoofer helps even out the bass, which might be too loud on one side with only a single subwoofer. If you do get a sound system with two subwoofers, they should be placed on opposite sides of your screen.

Each speaker in a surround sound system has its own purpose, and each speaker should be placed in a specific location for the best audio experience. Here are the different kinds of surround sound setups, what each speaker in the system does, and how to set each of them up.

A 2.1-channel surround sound system has two front speakers that give you stereo sound and a subwoofer that adds deep bass. You should place the front left and right speakers at a 22-30-degree angle and the subwoofer should go on the floor to the right or left of your screen.

A 3.1-channel surround sound system has two front speakers, a subwoofer, and a center speaker. You should place the center channel speaker just below the middle of your screen. This center channel adds more depth and clarity to the audio, especially to the dialogue.

With a 3.1-channel surround sound system, all the sound effects will come from the stereo speakers, while the dialogue will be played from the center channel. This makes it easier to actually be able to hear what the characters are saying.

A 5.1-channel surround sound system has two front speakers, a subwoofer, a center channel, and two surround speakers. With a 5.1 setup, you should place the surround speakers behind the listener at a 110-120-degree angle.

The two surround speakers create a much more immersive effect, which can instantly improve your home theater experience. But, if you do not have room to place your surround speakers at an angle behind you, they can also be placed on either side of your seating area at a 90-degree angle.

A 7.1 surround sound setup has two front speakers, a subwoofer, a center channel, two surround speakers, and two rear speakers. With this setup, you should place the rear speakers behind the listener at a 135-150-degree angle.

Unlike a 5.1 speaker setup, a 7.1 surround sound system gives you audio from behind. Since all of the audio that comes from behind is now handled by the rear speakers, you can move your surround speakers to either side of your seating area at a 90-110-degree angle.

A 9.1 surround sound setup has two front speakers, a subwoofer, a center channel, two surround speakers, two rear speakers, and two wide speakers. The two wide speakers should be placed in front of the listener at a 50-70-degree angle.

To set up a surround sound system, you will need an AV (audio/video) receiver. This device allows you to hook up and control multiple speakers. It then processes, separates, and amplifies your audio to drive your speakers.

Depending on what kind of AV receiver you have, all you need to do to set up your system is to run wires from your speakers to the AV receiver. You should see the name of each speaker next to a connection on the back of your AV receiver.

On Sound settings, I was expecting I would be able to see the new configuration, something along the lines of the Realtek Sound driver where you have all 6 elements there... but I could only see this:

I am unable to understand what does alsamixer showw when I open it. Yes, a lot of bars there, but I don't grasp how to use it. On this matter, launching alsamixer I always get Nvidia GPU HDMI as default, needing to select the proper sound card (F6). When managing to select the correct card, as I said, I only see this:

I suspect there might be a wide variety of opinion here, but if you listen to your sound system using the surround sound mode on your Sony system how have you got the "sound settings" adjusted? Try as I may I can't get the bass so that it does not dominate the total sound profile. I find I can get a pretty satisfactory end result in the "Stereo mode", but it lacks some of the (for lack of a better term) "force" that the surround mode offers, though the Stereo mode does seem to respond better to tonal adjustment. To me when in the surround sound mode, the tone adjustments don't seem to make much difference to the overall sound. Is this just me?

I like my treble all the way up, mid halfway maybe a little less and all I need is about 2-3 notches of bass...I Think the bass is pretty powerful with the stock and I listen to a lot of rap/R&B on Sirius and Spotify. I've never ever had the need to make the bass any higher than 3 notches..Keep in mind I have the 2011 sport Sony radio, not sure what changes were made for the '15 and '16's...

I feel the premium Sony system in the 2015 Edge Sport is pretty poor. Audio quality is very muddy from all sources. HD radio is marginally better but I cannot find a setting that is not dominated by muddy bass, vocals are washed out without any semblance of clarity in the mid and treble range. Tweaking the settings does not seem to compensate for the over amped bass line.

Interesting, my second day with the Edge and am quite disappointed in the Sony stereo. I have the treble up all the way, mid I think -2, and bass 0 I think, surround is terrible, using stereo. Am amazed this was not tweeked in the design of the car in this era of technology. Muddy bass, over resonance and no crisp highs or clear mid highs. I will be glued to the forum for those that have figured out how to improve the sound in this car. Cheers, Bruce.

Ditto. My wife just got a 2017 Edge and the sound is hideous. I wasn't sure I wasn't just a bit biased since I've gotten used to the Polk Audio speakers I put in my own 2010 Edge, so I'm glad to see it's not just me. I'm definitely going to upgrade these in her car once I get a handle on what may work best here.

Same response to your multiple posts on the same subject, Sounds like you have a defective product which should still be under warranty, so return the vehicle as you plan, or get it repaired under warranty - by no means is what you describe the norm.

I have a 2016 Edge Sport and I agree the system is atrocious. Worst I have had in a vehicle thus far actually. In particular the high mids and highs are unlistenable. It also sounds like there is some kind of compression on the content that I would LOVE to remove. The content just doesn't sound nearly as dynamic as I know it should (this is from known content sources like high quality AAC [i know that statement sounds contradictory ]).

I have been starting to think about replacing just the tweeters and then seeing where things are at after that. I have used DLS UP6i components in my past two cars (Acuras) and got really good results. The are a little power hungry, but the audio system in these Fords is actually powered pretty well. I think they just have some terrible DSP processing going on and/or their speaker components (notably the tweeters) are just complete junk. I think the DLS components would be a safe starting point, although I should mention that if you plan to do something like just replace the tweeter, you'll have to do a custom crossover to tone it down and cross it over at the right frequency. I have done plenty of this. If I move forward, I'll document what I do.

Darn, the radio is ALWAYS on in my car. I have found that louder is better. Some satellite stations sound horrible unless you crank it. I use FM, Satellite, CD and USB. Great to have choices. Oh, and it is fun to pick up AM radio from NYC once in a while, 550 miles away.

Thanks Mark, do keep us posted on changes if you make them. I changed out the single dash speaker and that change made a pretty nice improvement to the overall sound, but front door speaker replacement would help more I think.

Kid behind me zpiped over into the right lane, and shot around me giving me a nasty look as he passed. He then cut over in front with inches to spare and floored it. The radar detector was now flashing. (Right now y'all know where this is going). Now he was about 500 ft ahead of me, floored, probably doing at least 80, and .... brake lights; toooooooo late.

I find surround mode terrible.. but as a musician, sound engineer, and recording engineer (self-titled) I really don't find a whole lot of issues with the sound system on my sport. I have a pretty good knowledge of EQ's and frequencies and my only gripe would be the low end below 80hz or so, causing a bit of "mud" on the low end. I always pull the mids down a few notches, the bass down some, and bump the treble some. I wish they had a graphic EQ on there so I could tweak the mid-highs a bit but overall I was actually impressed.

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