Copyright: Audio Control Panel, Version 1.06. Copyright Aureal Semiconductor 1998.


A3D Settings Tab

This tab is only visible if your computer supports A3D Interactive real-time positional audio.

A3D Output Mode

Select between different output listening modes. This setting only affects output from applications using Aureal's A3D Interactive positional audio technology.  The different modes are:

Headphones:  Use this selection if you are listening through headphones

Monitor speakers: Use this selection if you are listening through speakers placed closely apart

Satellite speakers: Use this selection if you are listening through speakers placed far apart

Quad speakers: Use this selection if you are listening through four speakers.  For optimal experience, place two speakers in front of you and two speakers behind you.

Test

Use this button to test the speaker placement in any output mode.  Click on the speaker you wish to test and you should hear audio coming from that speaker.

Fading

Use this button to control volume balance between rear and front speakers.  This slider is only active when the A3D Output Mode selection is Quad Speakers.

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.  (Do not change the splash settings while an A3D application is open.)

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.