Razer Surround turns stereo headsets into 7.1 surround sound; free till 2014 - Sensationalist Headlines

How exactly is would it be 7.1? 7.1 implies that there's 7 speakers/channels of audio and one sub. Not to mention with headphones stereo would create a 3D effect simply by the delay of one sound on one ear to the other.

Would be nice if there was a hotkey to enable / disable the surround sound.

The demo is such a joke though, the OFF has massively reduced bass making it sound shitty.

Creative cards have done this for ages

Yeah, I'll stick with my own headset's built in surround sound. I don't need Razer trying to laughably use software to do anything.

Doesn't OpenAL do the same thing?

sounds better than the g35 inbuilt surround sound

[QUOTE=Handsome Matt;41183605]It took me 20 seconds to make an account. Stop complaining like a little bitch, nobody cares.[/QUOTE] requires you to download synapse 2 SYNAPSE 2 TOS "By using Razer Synapse 2.0 (“Synapse”), the Subscriber agrees that Razer may collect aggregate information, individual information, and personally identifiable information. Razer may share aggregate information and individual information with other parties. Razer shall not share personally identifiable information with other parties, except as described in the policy below." what fun to have since the NSA's Prism shit has been unveiled to the world [url]http://www.razerzone.com/synapse2/privacy-policy[/url]

Sounds like shit IMO. Makes music sound very muddy.

[QUOTE=Worldwaker;41184389]Yeah, I'll stick with my own headset's built in surround sound. I don't need Razer trying to laughably use software to do anything.[/QUOTE] Who else would if they already had surround sound? In my case though, It's quite neat and I see no reason to grab it now that it's free.

Oh god this pumps up my bass to where it fucks everything up

[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;41184453]Oh god this pumps up my bass to where it fucks everything up[/QUOTE] You can disable the bass booster.

why are you guys acting as if virtual surround has never existed before this i'm sure there are way better implementations too

Honestly, I'd prefer a game that deals with surround sound internally as opposed to some application that tries to figure out how the surround sound is meant to be.

How the FUCK

Love how this works 10x better then the stock G35 surround. Synapse 2 barely sucks up any RAM/CPU, i use it since it first came around so don't be shy to download it.

This is worth a try. I have 7.1, but I wouldn't mind trying on my old set.

[QUOTE=wraithcat;41184494]Honestly, I'd prefer a game that deals with surround sound internally as opposed to some application that tries to figure out how the surround sound is meant to be.[/QUOTE] This works pretty well in Battlefield 3

Sweet! I just got a headset (h8 all you want turtle beach 21) and I was just reading about how virtual surround can be better, then this comes out for free.

I thought I could do the surround via my audio manager. So I uninstalled Razer in favour of my system's manager. Shit, I was wrong. Metro 2033, and Just Cause 2 are noticably lacking in audio now that I removed Razor. No, it's not the bass boost, or aything else, as I disabled them before playing. The 7.1 surround sound effect was gone, and now I'm going to re-install Razer's Software.

[video=youtube;IUDTlvagjJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA[/video] Used this as a test, worked fucking amazing

My G930's surround sound makes shit sound echo-ey. Is this different?

It's alright, probably great for people that didn't bother with a dedicated Creative card. Having tried it, however, I'll stick with my dedicated.

[QUOTE=Shotz;41184823][video=youtube;IUDTlvagjJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA[/video] Used this as a test, worked fucking amazing[/QUOTE] but that is supposed to be used with plain stereo equipment?

I got a problem with this. When I run it, there are no audio devices I can pick: [img]http://i.imgur.com/V9YoXSM.png[/img] There are no audio devices with names when I scroll up, and none of them work when I test them. The audio device from the program produces sound, but I can't hear it. Windows 8 x64, regular old 3.5" headphones powered by USB.

Testing this now with my g35. It already made a new audio channel and refuses to acknowledge my g35 even as a stereo speaker.

Seems to work pretty well with my Madcatz FREQ5's. Just the demo with the helicopter thing when i was calibrating gave me that weird feeling in my back when someone's right behind you with something sharp.

Sounds like any other game with decent sound work plus lots of bass. The only real claim they have as to why it's better than generic virtual surround is that it's customizable. [QUOTE=Wii60;41184445]requires you to download synapse 2 SYNAPSE 2 TOS "By using Razer Synapse 2.0 (“Synapse”), the Subscriber agrees that Razer may collect aggregate information, individual information, and personally identifiable information. Razer may share aggregate information and individual information with other parties. Razer shall not share personally identifiable information with other parties, except as described in the policy below." what fun to have since the NSA's Prism shit has been unveiled to the world [url]http://www.razerzone.com/synapse2/privacy-policy[/url][/QUOTE] Oh nooooooo quick go get rid of all of the software on your computer that said the exact same thing.

[QUOTE=Shotz;41184823][video=youtube;IUDTlvagjJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA[/video] Used this as a test, worked fucking amazing[/QUOTE] Unless I'm missing something it can't possibly work with just stereo audio You have to play a 3D game to notice something

[QUOTE=Scot;41184451]Sounds like shit IMO. Makes music sound very muddy.[/QUOTE] i think it was made for game environments, not music