[Fegefeuer]

a lot of PS5 3D Audio

PS5 tech deep dive

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Oh snap boys and girls, we no longer need surround dsps with the XBSX and PS5!

We'll see how good it is in comparison to what we are used to.

 

[Fegefeuer]

damn, they are going ALL IN with 3D Audio

 

[Yethal]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SONY LET US UPLOAD OUR CUSTOM HRTFS

 

[mindbomb]

Oh snap boys and girls, we no longer need surround dsps with the XBSX and PS5!

We'll see how good it is in comparison to what we are used to.

Well, with the ps5 at least. The dolby atmos comments were possibly a jab at microsoft's approach to still require end users to have something like dolby atmos for headphones if they want good directional audio on headphones.

 

[Fegefeuer]

yeah, MS attempt is very lazy. PS5 has a special hardware designed just for this.

 

[mindbomb]

Microsoft has a custom chip for audio too iirc, but I haven't seen them mention anything about hrtf or binaural audio for headphones.

 

[Yethal]

PS4 also has a dedicated 3D audio hardware but the only game to ever utilize it was Thief 4

 

[mindbomb]

Idk if that was dedicated hardware or just the ability to reserve one gpu compute unit for audio. I think that's why it never took off, it was just too great a sacrifice to make. Also I think it is probably related to why the ps5's audio chip resembles a gcn compute unit, if they want compatibility with the ps4 pro for audio features on a newer multiplatform title.

 

[Yethal]

Idk if that was dedicated hardware or just the ability to reserve one gpu compute unit for audio. I think that's why it never took off, it was just too great a sacrifice to make. Also I think it is probably related to why the ps5's audio chip resembles a gcn compute unit, if they want compatibility with the ps4 pro for audio features on a newer multiplatform title.

It's dedicated hardware and the reason it never took off is that it wasn't plug'n'play the way fmod is and nobody (except for thief devs) cared enough to implement support for it.

 

[SierraMadre]

PS4 also has a dedicated 3D audio hardware but the only game to ever utilize it was Thief 4

Did Hellblade not use it?
Also, I would have thought it likely used at least in part for the 3D audio modes exclusive to the Platinum wireless headset seen in the highest profile first party titles like Uncharted 4, Horizon, Days Gone, God of War etc. I can't imagine they'd be using a wireless discrete multichannel format and just leaving the headset to do all the processing.

 

[Yethal]

Did Hellblade not use it?
Also, I would have thought it likely used at least in part for the 3D audio modes exclusive to the Platinum wireless headset seen in the highest profile first party titles like Uncharted 4, Horizon, Days Gone, God of War etc. I can't imagine they'd be using a wireless discrete multichannel format and just leaving the headset to do all the processing.

Uncharted 4 I'm not sure, rest is rendering in-software

 

[SierraMadre]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SONY LET US UPLOAD OUR CUSTOM HRTFS

Given that they are already implementing that with music streaming on mobile similar to SXFI, can't see why they wouldn't adapt that for PS.
I did like what he mentioned about fine tuning possibilities, using interactive test cues to dial down positional accuracy.

 

[deadchip12]

Does anyone know how to connect iphone 6s to the sound blasterx g6 via line in? I am chatting with creative support about the pop/crack problem on the g6 and they ask me to try use the g6 as a standalone i.e. connect to an analog audio device like mobile phone. But my iphone 6s doesn’t have optical port.

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

You can literally just use an aux cable from the phone to the G6 line in. Its a combo line in/optical in. For testing purposes at least.


Oh wait, iphones don't have headphone jack anymore? This is why I never go Apple. Take away features and call it a benefit.

If your phone doesn't have a jack, you'll have to get one of those Apple dongles that add a jack through the charging port.