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Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>Date: 2/28/13 10:15 p.m.

In Response To: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud. (Phoenix_9286)


:

: The above is a pretty clear comparison that on average, Halo 4 is twice as
: loud as Reach. All I did was load Audition, jump in Forge, fly around,
: fire off a few mags from the AR, expend my grenades, and then leave. I
: didn't edit the volume for either game afterwards, and I've marked what's
: what.

: My audio setup is as such. The 360 plugs into the TV (serving as secondary
: display on my computer). The Audio Out on the TV plugs into the Line In on
: the computer. This allows me to use the same sound system for both devices
: without playing with plugs. The Line In volume is adjusted to be roughly
: in line with the Windows System volume, and both are adjusted to be
: comfortable for use with headphones (when I'm not using headphones, just
: turn up the speaker volume).

: That solution has worked for years, and always been very comfortable. While
: the above shows Halo 4 is louder than Reach, I'd hazard it's frequently
: also louder than any other game I play as well. And since Halo 4 is also
: far more noisy than past Halos (seriously, the game is like a wall of
: constant audio, seemingly nothing is ever quiet or silent) the game
: literally makes my ears hurt if I play with headphones for any lengthy
: duration.

: Yeah. I could just go turn the volume down and that would solve the problem,
: but why is the game that loud in the first place? The audio mix just isn't
: that good. You see it with music. You see it with dialog. You see it with
: sound effects. You see it with ambient environmental audio. It's like the
: audio team just normalized all the audio.

: While audio adjustment sliders would be nice (personally I don't care if we
: ever get them or not), that's only patching the problem (and forcing the
: end user to fix your bad audio mix). Whatever happened to Halo 4's audio
: levels needs to not happen in Halo 5.

You didn't have Halo 4 Warthog. I think that's the loudest thing in the game. Certainly the most distracting sound.

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Replies:

Halo 5 needs an Audio slider.bryan newman 2/28/13 4:46 a.m.
     Re: Halo 5 needs an Audio slider.iForge 2/28/13 11:11 a.m.
           Re: Halo 5 needs an Audio slider.}SoC{BrownSound 2/28/13 12:35 p.m.
                 Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Phoenix_9286 2/28/13 10:10 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/28/13 10:15 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Phoenix_9286 2/28/13 10:23 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.uberfoop 3/1/13 1:30 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Phoenix_9286 3/1/13 3:55 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.General Vagueness 3/1/13 4:35 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Gravemind 2/28/13 10:42 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.General Vagueness 3/1/13 4:33 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Phoenix_9286 3/1/13 5:47 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.RC Master 3/1/13 6:04 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo 4 is overbearingly loud.Phoenix_9286 3/1/13 6:17 p.m.
     Re: Halo 5 needs an Audio slider.Jironimo 2/28/13 2:59 p.m.
     Why should we do the work?Kermit 3/1/13 6:19 p.m.



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