Tetsuo Time

IntroductionThere's one thing I want to talk about today and it's the state of 3D sound for games on Mac OS X… but first some background. Warning, this is fairly technical and you should know your way around a config file or in-game command line console although an increasing number of games don't need such "arcane" trickery. You might also want to make sure that if you are using surround sound speakers rather than headphones that your speakers are setup correctly such as in the example picture shown above. A relatively simple guide can be found here at Dolby's site. Subwoofer placement is more tricky and should be done via a "subwoofer crawl" rather than just placing it front center or tucking it in any old corner. There are also other resources on the web to help you with speaker placement if you need more in depth information.

It also goes without saying but if 2.1, also known as regular stereo is good enough for you then this article does not apply to you at all.

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