(In reply to comment #36) > > -older games that rely much on multichannel to inform the player of the > position of things all around like: Counter Strike, Star Trek Armada II, > Homeworld 1 2, Giants - Citizen Kabuto, Command and Conquer 1 2 3
Those 3D game work best work with headphone when your sound card support Head Related Transfer Function , Interaural time-delay and interaural level difference The sound signal arrive at slightly different time/level at your left and right ear when your are wearing a headphone since your left and right ears can determine the location of the sound source from the delay and level difference if your are using 4 speakers , it will depend on whether the speakers are placed at the desired position (same distance ) and angle ( cross- talk between the speakers ) for your ear to get the same delay/level as same as in the game environment , Those 3D game usually use surround40 instead of surround51 unless your sound card (e.g. SB Live! emu10k1) has a treble/base control to boost the bass and specical control reverb , echo using FX chip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344588 Title: Wine doesn't support 5.1 and 7.1 sound -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs