Music is in mono? Why?
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Music is in mono? Why? I've now, having played for a few days, have heard only one track in stereo. All other sounds are stereo... and intro is in stereo when the game loads.
I'm almost certain it is a bug. I don't think the composer Karel Antonin or any sound designer would approve of this. At least I wouldn't.
Please fix!
I have the same bug
And just for testing, I started the game in 1.194 Frostbite and everything is in stereo as it's supposed to, so it is a bug.
And just for testing, I started the game in 1.194 Frostbite and everything is in stereo as it's supposed to, so it is a bug.
Hello, uximer,
thanks for letting us know. However, I did not manage to reproduce you issue. I´m not assuming you have some weird setting of HW sounds, but.. can you at least share the Audio settings you have, please?
Also when sharing those setting, it would be beneficial to share the save with us so we can investigate it further.
You can access your save files by typing %appdata% into your Windows search bar and you will be redirected to the hidden Roaming folder. After that just follow: \Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Saves. There should be a folder with your SteamID and your saves.
Please zip the file and attach it here. If you are having difficulty attaching files you can optionally use Google Drive. When sharing a google drive link please make sure it is set to be downloadable by anyone with the link.
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
Hello, uximer,
thanks for letting us know. However, I did not manage to reproduce you issue. I´m not assuming you have some weird setting of HW sounds, but.. can you at least share the Audio settings you have, please?
Also when sharing those setting, it would be beneficial to share the save with us so we can investigate it further.
You can access your save files by typing %appdata% into your Windows search bar and you will be redirected to the hidden Roaming folder. After that just follow: \Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Saves. There should be a folder with your SteamID and your saves.
Please zip the file and attach it here. If you are having difficulty attaching files you can optionally use Google Drive. When sharing a google drive link please make sure it is set to be downloadable by anyone with the link.
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snQcMsVm0IsWy555_C3wnIK7yXCMEsg2/view?usp=sharing
What do you mean by "HW sounds" ? Also by Audio settings you mean Windows audio settings?
If everything was in mono I'd suspect a problem on my side, but it's just music, and most of the tracks, except one and except the intro. It's like the music files are being played back using only on channel (either left or right) mixed to center, or probably left and right mixed into a mono stream. And again, there is one track that is stereo and as the tracks crossfade the difference should be audible to most anyone.
And while we're at it, a bit higher bitrate for music wouldn't do harm either, wouldn't sound so "mp3-ish". Yes it will tax the system a little but, but music audio cpu resource usage should be quite negligible compared to everything else.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snQcMsVm0IsWy555_C3wnIK7yXCMEsg2/view?usp=sharing
What do you mean by "HW sounds" ? Also by Audio settings you mean Windows audio settings?
If everything was in mono I'd suspect a problem on my side, but it's just music, and most of the tracks, except one and except the intro. It's like the music files are being played back using only on channel (either left or right) mixed to center, or probably left and right mixed into a mono stream. And again, there is one track that is stereo and as the tracks crossfade the difference should be audible to most anyone.
And while we're at it, a bit higher bitrate for music wouldn't do harm either, wouldn't sound so "mp3-ish". Yes it will tax the system a little but, but music audio cpu resource usage should be quite negligible compared to everything else.
Hello uximer,
I mean whether you are using some other PC/music application... are you composing the music (Magix, FruitLoop..) by yourself or using some animation software (Source film maker or similar?). That can change your computer audio settings.
Audio setting, I meant ingame audio settings.
Do you hear the music stereo, if you try to play it e.g. in windows music player? All other music/tracks/videos on your computer are playing stereo? Are you using some pro-gaming headphones? Did you check the setting for the, through the manufacturer app? That might be problem as well, as you can set various settings in headphones settings as well.
Regarding your other issue/proposal.. please write it in our Feedback section: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/topic/add
as there are other people viewing this and decide what to do with the proposals.
You did not share any save file, so we can not take a look at your particular game/world. Can I ask for it once more?
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
Hello uximer,
I mean whether you are using some other PC/music application... are you composing the music (Magix, FruitLoop..) by yourself or using some animation software (Source film maker or similar?). That can change your computer audio settings.
Audio setting, I meant ingame audio settings.
Do you hear the music stereo, if you try to play it e.g. in windows music player? All other music/tracks/videos on your computer are playing stereo? Are you using some pro-gaming headphones? Did you check the setting for the, through the manufacturer app? That might be problem as well, as you can set various settings in headphones settings as well.
Regarding your other issue/proposal.. please write it in our Feedback section: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/topic/add
as there are other people viewing this and decide what to do with the proposals.
You did not share any save file, so we can not take a look at your particular game/world. Can I ask for it once more?
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
Hello,
No I'm not using any other software and everything else is playing stereo, and as I said, the game runs in stereo which includes the sounds game-objects in-game, intro music and one track in-game. But the rest of the music sounds mono.
About audio settings, assuming you mean "Audio Options", here is a link to the screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZIwZUMsQ4xXMYB1gjNED65Uj_nF3xgk/view?usp=sharing
And about the save file, I did post a link to it in the beginning of my last post:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snQcMsVm0IsWy555_C3wnIK7yXCMEsg2/view?usp=sharing
Here you can see a save of Lost Colony scenario,
I don't suppose you want me to send the whole Saves folder with my ID? It's 860MB and it should makes no difference what save you use. The issue is also present in Never Surrender and also in Splitsie's custom Survival Impossible scenario. The issue is "global".
Hello,
No I'm not using any other software and everything else is playing stereo, and as I said, the game runs in stereo which includes the sounds game-objects in-game, intro music and one track in-game. But the rest of the music sounds mono.
About audio settings, assuming you mean "Audio Options", here is a link to the screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZIwZUMsQ4xXMYB1gjNED65Uj_nF3xgk/view?usp=sharing
And about the save file, I did post a link to it in the beginning of my last post:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snQcMsVm0IsWy555_C3wnIK7yXCMEsg2/view?usp=sharing
Here you can see a save of Lost Colony scenario,
I don't suppose you want me to send the whole Saves folder with my ID? It's 860MB and it should makes no difference what save you use. The issue is also present in Never Surrender and also in Splitsie's custom Survival Impossible scenario. The issue is "global".
Hello, uximer!
Yeah, I can hear it now... thanks for your patience and help :) The issue was reproduced and pun into our internal system.
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
Hello, uximer!
Yeah, I can hear it now... thanks for your patience and help :) The issue was reproduced and pun into our internal system.
Kind Regards
Keen Software House: QA Department
It's been 6 months now. Trying to be patient.
It's been 6 months now. Trying to be patient.
Is this still an issue?
I’ve got Space Engineers uninstalled at the moment so I can’t confirm it myself.
Is this still an issue?
I’ve got Space Engineers uninstalled at the moment so I can’t confirm it myself.
Waiting for this bug to finally get fixed. Warfare update 2 didn't fix it.
Waiting for this bug to finally get fixed. Warfare update 2 didn't fix it.
C'mon 17 months !!!
C'mon 17 months !!!
The music is so good, it's a shame. I never thought such a small thing would annoy me that much.
The music is so good, it's a shame. I never thought such a small thing would annoy me that much.
Well now about a year later (all together about 2 and a half years later), I come and hope to see what Automatons brings us... MONO!
Well now about a year later (all together about 2 and a half years later), I come and hope to see what Automatons brings us... MONO!
Any news on this please?
Any news on this please?
Still present in v1.203.
I'm happy to suggest some great C# game dev books that cover audio mixing for stereo channels.
Still present in v1.203.
I'm happy to suggest some great C# game dev books that cover audio mixing for stereo channels.
I'm still having this issue in 1.203.024
I'm still having this issue in 1.203.024
I played the first build of the game eariler today for the hell of it... the audio sounds perfectly stereo to me. WTH keen???
I played the first build of the game eariler today for the hell of it... the audio sounds perfectly stereo to me. WTH keen???
bruh
bruh
Launched it again. Still happening.
Launched the First Release and music is indeed in stereo...
Launched it again. Still happening.
Launched the First Release and music is indeed in stereo...
Hello team,
this has been a long standing issue with the game for me. Since a couple of years now, the game music would always play on a mono channel for me, wether it's the menu or dynamic in-game music.
The music files are just fine and play as intended in stereo in any external media playback application (that supports the file extension). Just the game would always resort to mono.
My setup provides three different audio outputs:
All these outputs provide the same result: mono music playback. The rest of the game's 3D sound works find (no system-level mixing issue). The same happens running the game on Linux via Proton, if this helps. Makes me think it might not be a Windows driver/codec issue. Even on SteamDeck, even though unsupported, the issue is the same. So even on a completely different hardware this issue persists and it might provide a more uniform platform to investigate on.
I've attached info about my setup and the recent SE log. I don't assume any specific save file would be needed, as this is an issue across the game, so also in the main menu. If there is any more info that could be helpful on this topic, please do let me know and I'll be more than happy to provide.
Cheers!
Hello team,
this has been a long standing issue with the game for me. Since a couple of years now, the game music would always play on a mono channel for me, wether it's the menu or dynamic in-game music.
The music files are just fine and play as intended in stereo in any external media playback application (that supports the file extension). Just the game would always resort to mono.
My setup provides three different audio outputs:
All these outputs provide the same result: mono music playback. The rest of the game's 3D sound works find (no system-level mixing issue). The same happens running the game on Linux via Proton, if this helps. Makes me think it might not be a Windows driver/codec issue. Even on SteamDeck, even though unsupported, the issue is the same. So even on a completely different hardware this issue persists and it might provide a more uniform platform to investigate on.
I've attached info about my setup and the recent SE log. I don't assume any specific save file would be needed, as this is an issue across the game, so also in the main menu. If there is any more info that could be helpful on this topic, please do let me know and I'll be more than happy to provide.
Cheers!
Can the team please let us know when progress will be made? It'd be nice to know when to actually consider playing the game.
Can the team please let us know when progress will be made? It'd be nice to know when to actually consider playing the game.
I noticed in a Steam thread that at least one other person had a Gigabyte B550- motherboard. Thought I would ask real quick, what CPU/Motherboard do you all have?
I noticed in a Steam thread that at least one other person had a Gigabyte B550- motherboard. Thought I would ask real quick, what CPU/Motherboard do you all have?
Also, I must reiterate, in-game music tracks are in stereo EXCEPT ONE, if you wait long enough, so it's not like it's a global issue of music not being able to play stereo, but rather that most tracks are being mixed, encoded, or decode wrong. - this is ofcourse the last time i checked, which over a year ago, but I have no interest in trying it out by reinstalling the game before I know the issue is resolved.
Also, I must reiterate, in-game music tracks are in stereo EXCEPT ONE, if you wait long enough, so it's not like it's a global issue of music not being able to play stereo, but rather that most tracks are being mixed, encoded, or decode wrong. - this is ofcourse the last time i checked, which over a year ago, but I have no interest in trying it out by reinstalling the game before I know the issue is resolved.
Attaching logs and config
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8Core
Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX
32Go
RTX 2060
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
WD Black SN770 2TB
Focusrite Scarlette Solo 3rd Gen
Attaching logs and config
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8Core
Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX
32Go
RTX 2060
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
WD Black SN770 2TB
Focusrite Scarlette Solo 3rd Gen
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