Halo 2 - Its Maker - the audio

For testers and others who may know about Halo 2 for Xbox.

Has Halo 2 makers had the sense to add the option to
have music volume control - meaning able to lower it and turn it off ?!

Also have they had the sense to center the weapons sounds
to the center speaker in Dolby Digital 5.1 ?!
Therefore in headphone play they should be centred / balanced
between speakers.
In Halo, using headphones, your weapon sounds only come
out of the right speaker which is crap !

Halo headphone test.
My Halo is played through a Dolby Digital home theatre system
using the Advanced AV pack with the digital optical audio lead.

Listen to Halo with headphones and you should hear the
poor audio arrangement. Your weapon sounds only come
out of the right speaker !
Your weapon sounds should be balanced between the
2 headphone speakers.
I tried it with the standard RCA leads and same thing happens.
To get weapon sound balance you have to set the
Xbox audio output to mono !

How many times do I have to say this? You can change the music volume of
Halo 1!

Weapon sounds only coming out of the right speaker makes perfect sense,
since the Master Chief holds his weapon to the right of his head. Therefore,
it's just mimicking the way he would hear it as much as it can. Although
being able to change this setting would be nice...




On 8/9/04 2:26 AM, in article cf79m6$hlf$1@perki.connect.com.au, "o{O}o"
<cbeeNoJunk@smartchat.net.au> wrote:

> For testers and others who may know about Halo 2 for Xbox.
>
> Has Halo 2 makers had the sense to add the option to
> have music volume control - meaning able to lower it and turn it off ?!
>
> Also have they had the sense to center the weapons sounds
> to the center speaker in Dolby Digital 5.1 ?!
> Therefore in headphone play they should be centred / balanced
> between speakers.
> In Halo, using headphones, your weapon sounds only come
> out of the right speaker which is crap !
>
> Halo headphone test.
> My Halo is played through a Dolby Digital home theatre system
> using the Advanced AV pack with the digital optical audio lead.
>
> Listen to Halo with headphones and you should hear the
> poor audio arrangement. Your weapon sounds only come
> out of the right speaker !
> Your weapon sounds should be balanced between the
> 2 headphone speakers.
> I tried it with the standard RCA leads and same thing happens.
> To get weapon sound balance you have to set the
> Xbox audio output to mono !
>
>
>
>

Start up your Xbox with Halo and you will see that there is NO
music volume option.

You will be then sure for certain without a doubt.


Apparently there is music volume option only in
Halo 1 for PC / computer.


Devala Rees wrote in message ...
>I haven't actually played Xbox Halo in a long time, but I'm pretty sure the
>option is in both. Maybe you're right, but I think there's a way... And in
>PC Halo there definitely is.

>How many times do I have to say this? You can change the music volume of
>Halo 1!
>
>Weapon sounds only coming out of the right speaker makes perfect sense,
>since the Master Chief holds his weapon to the right of his head. Therefore,
>it's just mimicking the way he would hear it as much as it can. Although
>being able to change this setting would be nice...
>
>
>
>
>On 8/9/04 2:26 AM, in article cf79m6$hlf$1@perki.connect.com.au, "o{O}o"
><cbeeNoJunk@smartchat.net.au> wrote:
>
>> For testers and others who may know about Halo 2 for Xbox.
>>
>> Has Halo 2 makers had the sense to add the option to
>> have music volume control - meaning able to lower it and turn it off ?!
>>
>> Also have they had the sense to center the weapons sounds
>> to the center speaker in Dolby Digital 5.1 ?!
>> Therefore in headphone play they should be centred / balanced
>> between speakers.
>> In Halo, using headphones, your weapon sounds only come
>> out of the right speaker which is crap !
>>
>> Halo headphone test.
>> My Halo is played through a Dolby Digital home theatre system
>> using the Advanced AV pack with the digital optical audio lead.
>>
>> Listen to Halo with headphones and you should hear the
>> poor audio arrangement. Your weapon sounds only come
>> out of the right speaker !
>> Your weapon sounds should be balanced between the
>> 2 headphone speakers.
>> I tried it with the standard RCA leads and same thing happens.
>> To get weapon sound balance you have to set the
>> Xbox audio output to mono !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Okay, I'm pretty sure you're right. It's just that I hadn't played Xbox Halo
in a long time, so I was getting used to PC Halo, which does have the
option. Well, in this case I do agree with you that Halo should have the
option to change music volume. And since they added it to the PC version,
they obviously considered it an improvement, so it's almost certain to be in
Halo 2.


On 8/10/04 3:12 AM, in article cf9vt3$jl6$1@perki.connect.com.au, "o{O}o"
<cbeeNoJunk@smartchat.net.au> wrote:

> Start up your Xbox with Halo and you will see that there is NO
> music volume option.
>
> You will be then sure for certain without a doubt.
>
>
> Apparently there is music volume option only in
> Halo 1 for PC / computer.
>
>
> Devala Rees wrote in message ...
>> I haven't actually played Xbox Halo in a long time, but I'm pretty sure the
>> option is in both. Maybe you're right, but I think there's a way... And in
>> PC Halo there definitely is.
>
>> How many times do I have to say this? You can change the music volume of
>> Halo 1!
>>
>> Weapon sounds only coming out of the right speaker makes perfect sense,
>> since the Master Chief holds his weapon to the right of his head. Therefore,
>> it's just mimicking the way he would hear it as much as it can. Although
>> being able to change this setting would be nice...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/9/04 2:26 AM, in article cf79m6$hlf$1@perki.connect.com.au, "o{O}o"
>> <cbeeNoJunk@smartchat.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> For testers and others who may know about Halo 2 for Xbox.
>>>
>>> Has Halo 2 makers had the sense to add the option to
>>> have music volume control - meaning able to lower it and turn it off ?!
>>>
>>> Also have they had the sense to center the weapons sounds
>>> to the center speaker in Dolby Digital 5.1 ?!
>>> Therefore in headphone play they should be centred / balanced
>>> between speakers.
>>> In Halo, using headphones, your weapon sounds only come
>>> out of the right speaker which is crap !
>>>
>>> Halo headphone test.
>>> My Halo is played through a Dolby Digital home theatre system
>>> using the Advanced AV pack with the digital optical audio lead.
>>>
>>> Listen to Halo with headphones and you should hear the
>>> poor audio arrangement. Your weapon sounds only come
>>> out of the right speaker !
>>> Your weapon sounds should be balanced between the
>>> 2 headphone speakers.
>>> I tried it with the standard RCA leads and same thing happens.
>>> To get weapon sound balance you have to set the
>>> Xbox audio output to mono !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>

Just don't use the headphones then if you think the sound is so crappy. Why
would you want the music volume down any way? the audio in halo is simply
amazing

When others are sleeping or when they dont' want to hear it in the house.

Zac Rhoades wrote in message <6JOdndyxdvWYyYTcRVn-gQ@comcast.com>...
>Just don't use the headphones then if you think the sound is so crappy. Why
>would you want the music volume down any way? the audio in halo is simply
>amazing
>
>