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Tagged as "the reverberating SPU2 plugin", SPU2-X is the latest, most supported, and best sound plugin<ref name="ori1">taken from the [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Official-English-PCSX2-configuration-guide-v0-9-6 official English PCSX2 configuration guide] at the PCSX2.net forums</ref> for the PCSX2 emulator. Written by Air of the PCSX2 development team<ref>extrapolated from his posting as seen on [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-SPU2-X-v1-4 the official SPU2-X thread] at the PCSX2.net forums</ref>, as of December 2010 the current version (v1.4.0) is considered usable and mostly complete. It is the only sound plugin so far that supports effects processing (like reverb) and Dolby if your sound card properly decodes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Pro_Logic Dolby Pro Logic].
Tagged as "the reverberating SPU2 plugin", SPU2-X is the latest, most supported, and best sound plugin<ref name="ori1">taken from the [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Official-English-PCSX2-configuration-guide-v0-9-6 official English PCSX2 configuration guide] at the PCSX2.net forums</ref> for the PCSX2 emulator. Written by Air of the PCSX2 development team<ref>extrapolated from his posting as seen on [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-SPU2-X-v1-4 the official SPU2-X thread] at the PCSX2.net forums</ref>, as of December 2010 the current version (v1.4.0) is considered usable and mostly complete. It is the only sound plugin so far that supports effects processing (like reverb) and Dolby if your sound card properly decodes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Pro_Logic Dolby Pro Logic].
As of 1.7.0 this has been merged and renamed into SPU2.


==Quick guide to the settings==
==Quick guide to the settings==
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:#Nearest: As the description says, no interpolation made in this mode and is the fastest one.
:#Nearest: As the description says, no interpolation made in this mode and is the fastest one.
:#Linear: This is the recommended option, doing a linear interpolation on sound.
:#Linear: This is the recommended option, doing a linear interpolation on sound.
:#Cubic: Another type of interpolation, broken at this time so don't use it.
:#Cubic: Another type of interpolation, with better highs.
:#Catmull-Rom: Close to an actual PS2 sound.
:#Gaussian: Even closer to PS2 sound than Catmull-rom


*Disable effects processing: Checking this will disable any emulation of effects like reverb, lowering sound quality but increasing speed.
*Disable effects processing: Checking this will disable any emulation of effects like reverb, lowering sound quality but increasing speed.
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:#No sound: Will not produce any sound (mute) resulting in best speed.
:#No sound: Will not produce any sound (mute) resulting in best speed.
:#XAudio 2: This is the recommended method, works better under Windows Vista so Windows XP users might want to try the third option.
:#XAudio 2: This is the recommended method, works better under Windows Vista so Windows XP users might want to try the third option.
:#DirectSound: Should be slightly worse than XAudio 2, use it if it works better for you.
:#DirectSound: Should be slightly worse than XAudio 2, use it if it works better for you. (Removed in 1.7 due to issues)
:#Wave out: Not recommended, option 2 or 3 should always work better.
:#Wave out: Not recommended, option 2 or 3 should always work better.
:#PortAudio: Cross-platform and works pretty well with low ms.


*Latency: The lower the latency value the smaller audio delay you will have. 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.
*Latency: The lower the latency value the smaller audio delay you will have. 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.
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==Alternative sound plugins==
==Alternative sound plugins==
SPU2-X is not the only sound plugin for the PCSX2 emulator. According to the official guide<ref name="ori1" />, there are two other known sound plugins, [[ZeroSPU2]] and [[PeopsSPU2]]. These names will be familiar to people following the emulation scene from the days of the original Playstation emulation.
SPU2-X is not the only sound plugin for the PCSX2 emulator. According to the official guide<ref name="ori1" />, there are two other known sound plugins, [[ZeroSPU2]] and [[PeopsSPU2]]. These names will be familiar to people following the emulation scene from the days of the original Playstation emulation.
As of 1.7 you can't use other plugins.




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