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Originally Posted by Toni Wilen
Lowering sound quality is stupid.
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Rich sound fx and music are among the best assets of Amiga games. So for personal enjoyment lowering it is a no-go, of course.
At first, I wanted to have a 'WinUAE on steroids' config with 48 KHz, quad stereo and so on...
Then I realized...
- There is a limit to what the human ear can perceive and this limit doesn't exceed the 20 khz range.
- I used the not 100% accurate sound emulation, because I wanted to let it fluctuate a little, since some of the games I am willing to capture bear tremendous variations in the music intensity (noticeable when changing levels in Battle Squadron, for example).
- You can see here :
http://www.birdys.de/default.php?page=configs&menu=4
all the amigahistory.de site UAE config files have suboptimal audio settings
- I leave the A500 filter activated, as it should make the sound less strident. Some guides suggest to remove it
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- As for stereo separation, someone has to confirm it, but I am not sure how well it is perceived with quality stereo speakers (I have a 5.1 kit), may be also perceived differently with headphones...
About the 20 KHz hearing limit, I am not trying to be ponderous, it's a simple fact of life
. If dogs could appreciate music, they would enjoy the wider range WinUAE offers.
(See here :
http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html)
Ok enough of that
