

When you reload a weapon in Counter-Strike, audio events are generated in real-time to accompany the visuals on screen. Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.Īn audio event is the result of an in-game action. Subtle audio events will be enhanced at times so that you hear better – you can map audio events to follow the action and position yourself precisely. Scout Mode works in such a way that it doesn’t focus on specific audio events at the expense of other events that could be important in your gaming experience. The aim of Scout Mode is to enhance the aural hearing but not at the expense of overall gaming experience.

Sound is the essential component that helps you make the informed decision to strategize your gameplay. I would love to know how it works on different brands and models of headphones.If one split second could change your gameplay and emerge victorious, it would be that second when you hear your opponents beyond what you see. Well that's all! Let me know what you guys think if you happen to try my settings. It should be used to help make communicating over a headset mic when you have all that background noise and such while playing a game.ĮQ: (Once again please remember to be careful applying different EQ's to headsets because what sounds great on one set could blow out the speakers on another set!) This really isn't designed to enhance every audio source that has voice in it. VOICE CLARITY: This should be used for VOIP in games ONLY. SOUND NORMALIZATION: This is more for VOIP or gaming but I set mine to 10 just to play it safe but the difference in sound levels adds a lot of character to Movies especially so I suggest you play around with the levels to suit your taste and use this only if you really need too. I suggest you lower these settings even more when listening to music because it can really muddy certain songs. I have my Bass Boost set to 60 or 70 depending on the game or video, this gives it a good amount of extra "oomph" without causing the sound to distort or drown out the other frequencies. Yes it's cool to hear explosions and feel the beat in a kick-a$$ song but you have to remember that you have a tiny speaker (driver) next to each ear and not a subwoofer so be careful when adjusting levels so you don't blow your drivers. More bass does not always mean better sound. Stereo Enhancement is up to you, I personally don't hear a big difference but in some games it helps so that's your choice.īASS BOOST: This is always a touchy topic.

Please keep in mind that I am using a set of Hyper X Cloud 2's (with the Cloud 's 7.1 emulator button always turned off) so results may vary from headset to headset BUT I did use these settings with the Kraken before mine broke so I can only vouch for those.įirst thing, and I notice most people skip this part, is to calibrate the 7.1 surround settings to the best of your ability because it makes a BIG difference when its tuned to your ears and not just left on default. I have recently been trying some of the EQ settings and stuff other users have posted over the years and I wanted to share mine because I found most of them to be lacking especially when it came to Movies which these days is pretty much the same sound quality and Frequency range you will find in most games.
