setup Medusa 5.1 USB headset

[Ojisan_Buba]

Somebody knows how to setup a Medusa 5.1 USB headset??? If i install and using the headset in Il2 the sounds arround my plane are very diffuus and unidentifically. If someone have experience, plse help???

Thanks in advance,

[IvanK]

I run a Medusa 5.1 headset off an Audigy Sound card (non uSB). With the headset on the surround sounds are not as good as through the speakers but miles ahead of a stereo set of headphones. There are a couple of "black holes" when you pan your head around which I have yet to remove.

One thing I found was to ensure that you have 5.1 speakers set in both windows (Control Panel -->Sounds and Devices-->Advanced in the speaker sound settings) and your sound card application. In IL2 setup make sure you have Surround set.

[Ojisan_Buba]

The USB Medusa doesnt need a soundcard. It has his own inbuilt one. Only usb to plug into the usp port and it runs.
How can i check: In Il2setup surround set??

[Feuerfalke]

That is why I just don't like the USB-Medusa. I got the one with the amplifier and it really beats the USB-Version in many regards. But both versions lack the basses I know from my headset. When I start the engines with my stereo-headset, it really sounds like a starting engine. No matter what I set my X-Fi and my Medusa to, the fact that frequency-band starts at 50Hz simply stops any fun for me. Using that headset, I can understand why people complain about the sound in IL2

My stereo-headset starts at 8Hz and has pretty much beat at that low frequency. Awesome, especially when flying a P47 and firing all guns.

[Roy]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

That is why I just don't like the USB-Medusa. I got the one with the amplifier and it really beats the USB-Version in many regards. But both versions lack the basses I know from my headset. When I start the engines with my stereo-headset, it really sounds like a starting engine. No matter what I set my X-Fi and my Medusa to, the fact that frequency-band starts at 50Hz simply stops any fun for me. Using that headset, I can understand why people complain about the sound in IL2

My stereo-headset starts at 8Hz and has pretty much beat at that low frequency. Awesome, especially when flying a P47 and firing all guns.

below 50hz odds are you are going to feel air pressure (ie: when the wind hits on your ears) rather than "sound"...
http://www.mediafire.com/?9t9saxxnzwd

In any case most complaints about IL2 sounds are from people that use bad quality speakers, not soundcards.

[KG26_Alpha]

Hi

I use the Medusa Amplified head set they seem to be more powerful than the usb ones.

Settings are plentiful if you have a Audigy1/2/Xfi/Soundblaster cards.

In IL2 folder there's an icon called setup hit that and try the settings under the sound tab you will have to play around with that to see what sounds best.

If you have one of the soundcards as mentioned above there are CMSS 3D settings in the creative audio console to really get the best sound out of these headphones.

Have fun

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Roy

below 50hz odds are you are going to feel air pressure (ie: when the wind hits on your ears) rather than "sound"...
http://www.mediafire.com/?9t9saxxnzwd

In any case most complaints about IL2 sounds are from people that use bad quality speakers, not soundcards.

Human hearing goes from 15-22k Hz or 20-20k Hz as an average for most people usually playing IL2 - Below that, you speak if infrasonic sound, that is transfered through the skull or body rather than the ear. If you only feel wind below 50Hz, you definitely should visit a specialist - either one for better headsets or one for medical treatment.

In most cases people who complained turned out to have either connected a good set of speakers to the onboard-soundchip or a crappy soundsetup to a good soundcard or even a mixture of both.

I'm not saying the Medusa is bad - I got one myself - but it's taking compromises on all sides.