Holycannoli
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I have an Audigy 4 (not SE) and when I use any of the EAX settings ingame the music is in mono, compared to that nice rich stereo I get from the Stereo or System Config options. This also occurs with the music when zooming in on cities, in the info screen after double clicking them (the sounds of people chatting, car horns etc.), the movies etc.
The problem is that combat and the map's environment sounds like workers building things, windmills, farms, mines etc. sound a lot better with EAX and are even positional: if a worker is on the right of the screen I'll hear it through my right headphone and the sound will move as I move around the map.
Why is there a choice between bad music and city sounds but good environment and combat, or good music and city sounds but bad environment and combat? All I want is to get those mono sounds in stereo with EAX and it will be perfect. I can't see any setting that would affect this, not ingame or in my sound card settings.
The problem is that combat and the map's environment sounds like workers building things, windmills, farms, mines etc. sound a lot better with EAX and are even positional: if a worker is on the right of the screen I'll hear it through my right headphone and the sound will move as I move around the map.
Why is there a choice between bad music and city sounds but good environment and combat, or good music and city sounds but bad environment and combat? All I want is to get those mono sounds in stereo with EAX and it will be perfect. I can't see any setting that would affect this, not ingame or in my sound card settings.
