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ill be getting even more stuff from my friend, 5.1 boxes (i already got a guitar synth and a m-audio firewire 410, i paid a bit for it though, he's cleaning out his house) so: any pointers for the 5.1? my room is small, about 3,5m broad by 2,5m long i want to put the boxes in the corners (and one in the middle of the wall), maybe attached to something to get it from off the wall a bit, so i can listen everywhere (on my bed and behind my computer), is this correct, the backspeakers shouldnt be halfway the room? i want to put them near the ceiling as i know it's supposed to be above you, so that's about 2,4 metres up will this turn out good enough for mixing the music to 5.1 , will the music sound good enough? (it might be a bit to high to put, the middle box cant be lower though cause itll be just above a window) |
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it shouldn't be above you.. it's supposed to be where your head's at when sitting/listening. put the speakers a bit out from the corners, but as your room is rather small it wouldn't make much difference if you stick them in the corners either really... is this real surround or pc-speakers, btw? center channel in the center and sub on one of the long walls (don't stick it in the corner). |
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the rear speakers should be higher than you are |
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make sure there all pointing south south west |
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is that just so it's easier to differentiate between what's in front and what's behind? I have a desk/table thing about 5 feet behind me, and my Rear left and rear right speakers are on the corners, angled towards me. For the most part I can hear footsteps and such behind me in video games, but there are times when it just sounds like I have a 2.1 setup (even when the audio is set to 5.1 in the options) and I don't know why. |
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putting the rear speakers higher just makes the "room" larger, and it could maybe be useful in bigs case, but if your room is large, it doesn't matter. at least that's how it was explained to me... |
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ok ear height front then (there's actually a normal speaker right, besides my monitor that'll be in the way then, the middle can be in the window frame) i did read the back should be higher. and turned towards each other? this is for music, not for computer games, it's not pcspeakers |
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front are for imaging, back are for filling, i guess, just read around the 'net. |
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if you're listening to music the rear speakers shouldn't be doing anything.. if you're using pro logic, they make warbled reverb-noises which suck, so use 2.1/2.0 for music. if they don't make any sound when playing something that actually is 5.1, there isn't coded any sound for them to make.. don't turn them up way higher than they should be (they should be so that if you put them in the main out or just send a signal as loud as the front speakers (like some white noise.. most recievers have a "test" option that does this"), they should sound as loud as your front speakers do to you). |
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yeah I think it might possibly be that a lot of stuff just doesnt have 5.1 coded into it, so if anything it is just mirroring what is coming out of the front speakers, and thus it's hard to differentiate anything. |
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because I do have a 'test' option in my sound settings, and all my speakers work fine. :) |
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btw, here are two songs I mixed in 5.1... they are mostly just tests, but... they can be played with for winamp.. there are a few other players and codecs for ac3 surround out there too... |
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k the backspeakers should just point forward i presume, but should they be tilted down when they're up? |
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