5:1 sound ?

[Klauth]

Hi there,

Seems this game is now seriously on my radar, given the praise it received. There didn't seem to have much PR around its launch, therefore I missed it entirely. Until I read the review in progress article on dtoid ...

I'm after a propoer 5:1 sound game and was wondering if Prey has this ?

[RemmiDemmi]

Prey supports surround sound configs. I run it connected to my AVR in 5.1. (deep bass is incredible!)
However, there's some minor bugs that need to be fixed such as audiologs are very quiet (stereo works fine) and enemy sounds are out of place (enemy in front but rear speakers are active)
Other than that the surround creates a nice atmosphere ;)

[Zurv]

I'm on 7.1 and the odd is... odd sometimes. channels sometimes seem wrong. Also voices are REALLY low.. well, the incoming calls. plot voices :) a darn operator running around is what you'd expect.
but these are minor problems

[DM]

I'm on 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos with a brand new Denon AVR and getting similar issues.

Audio logs and incoming communitactions are really quiet, and some sounds in front of you also happen in the sides/rears making it really difficult to tell where enemies actually are.

It drove me mad thinking I have my settings wrong on my amp or audio devices setup, but its just the game itself.

I tried the demo on PS4 Pro before the actual launch, and the 5.1 sounded fantastic.

[Klauth]

@All, thanks for the replies, game is really gonna be a purchase for me. Also, I like to support people that do good job and live in the same country :) (Actually, Lyon is a 2 hours drive from my place ...)

@karhu, I don't mind a couple of glitches at launch time. What game is not a complete cluster ♥♥♥♥ on PC, at launch time, nowdays. So some sound glitches are acceptable.

EDIT: game purchased. thx all for replies. /me rushing for download :)

[MysticalPotato]

Originally posted by RemmiDemmi:

Prey supports surround sound configs. I run it connected to my AVR in 5.1. (deep bass is incredible!)
However, there's some minor bugs that need to be fixed such as audiologs are very quiet (stereo works fine) and enemy sounds are out of place (enemy in front but rear speakers are active)
Other than that the surround creates a nice atmosphere ;)

It does not, in fact support 5.1 whatsoever. The game is basically stereo. Bass redirected from left/right as most A/VR's do is not the same thing as a game having 5.1. Just pointing this out as an audiophile, musician who's worked in the sound industry for many years and who owns a very sophisticated sound system which I know how to configure in every way, including how sound is transmitted from my PC.

If the game was 5.1 it would be amazing, but still a good game. All I want is centre speaker voices, instead of the BOOMING voices that sound like they're inside my head. Although that's rather ironic considering the premise of the game :)

[RemmiDemmi]

Originally posted by ✅ MysticalPotato ✅™:

Originally posted by RemmiDemmi:

Prey supports surround sound configs. I run it connected to my AVR in 5.1. (deep bass is incredible!)
However, there's some minor bugs that need to be fixed such as audiologs are very quiet (stereo works fine) and enemy sounds are out of place (enemy in front but rear speakers are active)
Other than that the surround creates a nice atmosphere ;)

It does not, in fact support 5.1 whatsoever. The game is basically stereo. Bass redirected from left/right as most A/VR's do is not the same thing as a game having 5.1. Just pointing this out as an audiophile, musician who's worked in the sound industry for many years and who owns a very sophisticated sound system which I know how to configure in every way, including how sound is transmitted from my PC.

If the game was 5.1 it would be amazing, but still a good game. All I want is centre speaker voices, instead of the BOOMING voices that sound like they're inside my head. Although that's rather ironic considering the premise of the game :)

I'm not a pro when it comes to audio transmitting tech. Maybe 5.1 takes it too far. i meant that sound in his game is spatial/ surround. When turning i can easily "follow" the digital audio source which seems to be "surround" for me. I dont know about the subwoofer track and if its really implemented in the game. Of course its not comparable with a dedicated soundtrack of Blurays in Dolby or DTS where a subwoofer track is perfectly placed.
I just wanted tio point out that my subwoofer went wild in this game (which i cant say for other titles) and it was highly welcome! :D

[Mr.Crowley]

I bought/installed this yesterday - 5.1 is a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, dialogue comes from every channel at the same time and at around triple volume of everything else

[Ez Duzit]

Tried a 5.1 setup and 7.1 using Sennheiser headphones and it was kind of wonky. Sometimes the effects were spot on, but more often than not they were all over the place. So just for sh!ts and giggles I decided to try the windows version of spatial sound baked into windows 10. It was definitely better and that's what I used for the remainder of the game. Just a right click on the windows volume control and choosing spatial sound will activate windows Sonic spatial sound. It's only for headphones but seemed to mitigate some of the problems while still giving pretty good 3d sound for prey.