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 *'''Synchronizing mode'''
 [[image:SPU2-X_Advanced_Settings.png|200px|thumb|left|SPU2-X Advanced settings]]
-#''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.
+#''TimeStretch'': The default and recommended setting. The options will keep audio and video in sync and it also may help to eliminate clicks and other sound problems. Note that if you cannot achieve 100% speed in game, the sound will also slow down to match your emulation pace.
-#''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!'''
+#''Async Mix'': This option will let the audio samples play on their own making it possible for the audio to go out of sync with the video if your emulation is slow enough. You will hear normal sound even if your frame rate is not optimal. '''This option can cause hangs or crashes in some games 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.
+#''None'': SPU2-X will skip the sample whenever the emulation will start lagging behind. This may break the sound experience on slow machines but you may gain a small speed 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.
+*''Advanced'': These options are only useful in ''Time Stretch'' mode and let you fine tune some of the stretcher parameters. This may improve a perceived sound quality. Try to increase the values in case your speed is not optimal and decrease the values in case you're playing with speed higher than normal. Pressing ''Reset to Defaults'' will set all values back to their initial numbers.
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-'''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.
+'''Audio Expansion Mode''': This option will help you to expand the ingame sound to your specific speakers or headphones configuration. This option is only supported in ''XAudio 2'' mode (see module).
-#''Stereo'': Default setting, no audio expansion when this is selected.
+#''Stereo'': Default setting. Stereo sound.
 #''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.)
+*''Use a Winamp DSP plugin'': This option will allow you to use winamp DPS plugins to alter the resulting sound. It will require you to set plugin's path in ini-file (see '''[DSP PLUGIN]''' section in ''SPU2-X.ini'' file in ''inis'' sub-folder of your PCSX2 folder). This option is not available in Linux at this time.
-*''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.
+*''Enable debug options'': This option is only useful for developers (it will allow for extensive logging and dumps).
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