Copyright: Audio Control Panel, Version 1.05. Copyright Aureal Semiconductor 1997.


A3D Settings Tab

This tab is only visible if your computer supports A3D Interactive real-time positional audio. If your computer does not provide A3D Interactive support, this tab is hidden.

Output Mode

Select between speaker and headphone output in the list box. This setting only affects output from applications using Aureal's A3D Interactive positional audio technology.

A3D Rendering Mode

A3D can either provide greater speed or higher audio quality. If you select "speed optimized" mode, A3D uses left/right pan and volume to position sounds. If you select "quality-optimized" mode, A3D uses advanced Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) and atmospheric filters for superior audio rendering.

A3D Splash

By default, when an A3D-enabled application starts up, the A3D audio signature plays and the A3D logo displays. You can deactivate the audio signature and A3D logo at startup using these checkboxes.

About A3D

Click on this button for more information on Aureal's A3D Technology.

Disable DirectSound Hardware Accelerator

Some games using DirectSound do not check the hardware resources correctly. If no sound is audible, you can disable hardware acceleration of DirectSound with this checkbox. Applications will then use the generic, slower and lower-quality software DirectSound drivers supplied within DirectX.