No Surround Sound?

[Kamakaze]

I use Razer Tiamat 7.1 Surround Sound headphones but no matter what settings i try to tweak the audio sounds really wierd ingame, it sounds muffled with not enough bass. All my other games work fine.

[lieutenantduran]

surround sound headphones are a scam. 7.1 means there should be a:
center channel
front left
front right
right rear
left rear
thats 5.0

add a subwoofer. making it 5.1

add a left and right sideways channel makes it 7.1

you can't properly fit all those speakers in a headset.
the post processing used by headphones to give this "effect" likely isnt tied in any way to codecs used for dolby atmos.

[Kamakaze]

ok fair enough, but the overall sound just isnt right at all its completely off. Any possible reasons as to why? It has to be the game..

[lieutenantduran]

well alot of games have yet to support dolby atmos, perhaps your tiamats firmware doesnt support/recognise the new codec?

[Extra411]

Virtual surround doesn't work in this game.

To fix this, go to your appdata folder ( Username\AppData\Local\Gears5\Saved\Config\PC )

Open

GameUserSettings.ini

and change sg.AudioQuality from 3 to 1 (or 0)

[Tao]

my sounds a little weird too. i have the same headset. tiamats do have proper 7.1 (obviously not a good as a theatre setup). surround does work but it all seems tinny. not an issue i have with any other game. seems like very poor sound on the games part. i didn't have this issue with gears 4

[Kianooshsh]

I have this problem too

[oOANIMEXOo]

Originally posted by Extra411:

Virtual surround doesn't work in this game.

To fix this, go to your appdata folder ( Username\AppData\Local\Gears5\Saved\Config\PC )

Open

GameUserSettings.ini

and change sg.AudioQuality from 3 to 1 (or 0)

it work THX

[TAN86GO]

Originally posted by Extra411:

Virtual surround doesn't work in this game.

To fix this, go to your appdata folder ( Username\AppData\Local\Gears5\Saved\Config\PC )

Open

GameUserSettings.ini

and change sg.AudioQuality from 3 to 1 (or 0)

Thanks man !! This metod works for me !! Thank you very much !!

[Adiazpolo]

I have the same headset and it sounds alright in game for me after I turned on something called Windows Sonic or something like that in windows sound settings along with the 7.1 surround option turned on the razer app

[Shakespoone]

Both 5 and 4 use the WindowsSpatialAudio API. You need WIndows Sonic, THX Spatial, DTS:X or Dolby Atmos for Headphones to activate stereo Binaural-Simulation. You must set the Tiamat to 2.0 mode, or the spatial audio will not work, it will try to spread the binaural LR signal across all 7 drivers (Windows will still send Stereo with HRTF, Tiamat controller will up-mix to 7.1)

If using a standard Virtual Surround Sound Headset, the default windows audio device needs to be set to 5.1/7.1 (Depending on the software used). That will enforce the 7.1 signal from the game (Most games look at this if you cannot change channel types in game).

The Tiamat 7.1 is weird. I had an old TurtleBeach headset with multiple drivers like the Tiamat, so if it's anything like that, you're best off ensuring your PC has Dedicated 7.1 audio output, either on the motherboard or a PCI-E Soundcard. Both Windows and whatever audio controller software your 7.1 ports use, need to be set to 7.1. If you use the external DAC for the Tiamat, that will also need to be set to process a 7.1 signal.

If you want to listen to true-stereo signals, Windows. additional Audio Drivers, and the DAC need to be changed. Just turning off 7.1 on the DAC will down mix the signal from windows into Stereo. Many games have different stereo mixes that are only available if windows reports a 2.0 channel default device at launch (GoW 2019 has integrated Binaural audio for headhones)