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==Sound== | ==Sound== | ||
===SPU2-X=== | |||
The latest and best sound plugin at the time of writing this. It was first based on Gigaherz's SPU2 and later modified by Jake Stine (Air) of the PCSX2 team. | |||
This is the only SPU2 plugin that supports effects processing (like reverb) and Dolby Pro Logic (II) (if your sound card is able to decode it). | |||
It's also the most advanced in emulating the chip correctly. Many games only work with SPU2-X! | |||
*Interpolation: Here you can select 1 out of 5 options: | |||
#Nearest: As the description says, no interpolation is done in this mode and is the fastest one. | |||
#Linear: Does linear interpolation on sound, fast. | |||
#Cubic: This is another type of interpolation. Slower, with good highs. | |||
#Hermite: This is the recommended option. Closest to what the PS2 would produce, thus the most accurate, but a bit slower than the above. | |||
#Catmull-Rom: This is another type of interpolation. Slow, higher quality. | |||
*Disable effects processing: Checking this will disable any emulation of effects like reverb, lowering sound quality but increasing speed. | |||
*Use the de-alias filter: As described, gives more emphasis to the highs. | |||
*Enable debug options: Checking this will make the Configure Debug Options button available. When clicked it will present you with various logging options which can be enabled for debugging purposes. | |||
'''Should only be used by developers.''' | |||
*Module: Here you can select 1 out of 5 settings, which are different ways of outputting sound in your system: | |||
#No sound: Will not produce any sound (mute) resulting in best speed. | |||
#X Audio 2: Works better under Vista so XP users might want to try the third option. If you have problems with Portaudio, use this method. | |||
#DirectSound: Should be slightly worse than X Audio 2,use it if it works better for you. | |||
#Wave out: Not recommended, option 2 or 3 should always work better. | |||
#Portaudio: This is the recommended method. Uses a crossplatform library called Portaudio. This is the only option aside from no sound in Linux. | |||
*Host API: This is the API Portaudio will use to produce sound, if Windows WASAPI has issues, try setting this to Windows DirectSound | |||
*Device name: Here you can select the specific audio device you want to output sound on. If you get no sound while this is at ''Default Device'', choose your device from the dropdown menu. | |||
*WASAPI Exclusive mode: Check this if you want SPU2-X to work in exclusive mode, blocking all other applications from using your output device. | |||
*Output Latency: The lower the latency value the smaller audio delay you will have. You can leave this to ''Use smallest possible'' to let the plugin decide what's best for you, or set a custom value below. '''Note''' that setting latency too low WILL cause cracks and pops in sound, so change the values until you find the lowest one that works with your game without causing cracks. | |||
'''Synchronizing mode''' | |||
#TimeStretch: The default and recommended setting. This keeps audio and video in sync, and also helps eliminate cracks and other sound problems. Note that if your speed is low, your sound will also be as slow as your video with this setting. | |||
#Async Mix: Makes the audio out of sync with the video, so you will get normal sound speed even if your frame rate is not optimal. '''Can cause games to hang or crash so use with caution!''' | |||
#None: Audio will skip if you set this mode and you don't get max speed with the game you're running. Small FPS boost. | |||
*Advanced: Here you can fine tune how your selected time stretcher will work. As described in the GUI, larger values are better if you are not getting good speeds while the opposite is true if you're running your game above full speed. Pressing Reset to Defaults will set all values here back in their initial setting. | |||
*Audio Expansion mode: Here you can choose if you want the audio produced from the plugin to be expanded to your whole speaker configuration and not just in 2 channels (stereo). '''Only usable with the XAudio2 module.''' | |||
#Stereo: Default setting, no audio expansion when this is selected. | |||
#Quadrafonic: Will expand audio to 4 speakers | |||
#Surround 5.1: Will expand audio to 5.1 surround speakers | |||
#Surround 7.1: Will expand audio to 7.1 surround speakers | |||
#Use a Winamp DSP plugin: If you don't know what this is, leave it be. (Not available in Linux at the moment.) | |||
===ZeroSPU2=== | |||
This is an SPU2 plugin developed by zerofrog. ZeroSPU2 has the following features: | |||
*ZeroSPU2 has a time-scaling feature just like SPU2-X. To enable this option, go into the ZeroSPU2 configuration dialog and check the correct box. The time-scaling feature works best under Windows, but is also implemented in Linux. | |||
*Real time mode is a tighter time stretching mode for games that need additional accuracy and lower latency. | |||
*Audio/video recording: Check the Recording box to record sound during each of your gameplays in a file called zerospu2.wav. | |||
*Mute: Will mute sound, giving a bit of extra speed. | |||
==Pad== | ==Pad== | ||
==CDVD== | ==CDVD== | ||