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    Arcade Deluxe quiet speech.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by azasmith, May 17, 2010.

  1. azasmith

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    I'm playing a film through the arcade deluxe on an Acer Aspire 8942g i7 running windows 7 home premium, and the music sounds excellent, however the speech is exceptionally quiet, is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing to get the sound how it should be?
     
    azasmith, May 17, 2010
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    Try going to Settings, then Audio, and changing the Dynamic Range Compression setting to Normal or Noisy Environment.
     
    TehSuigi, May 17, 2010
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    Sorry for delayed reply, just tried that, didn't really seem to do much. Any other ideas to what it could be?
     
    azasmith, May 18, 2010
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    Check the Sound levels in the Properties window for Speakers? Otherwise, I'm stumped.
     
    TehSuigi, May 18, 2010
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    Worked out it was the surround sound settings in the Playback properties, turning "Center" off made the speech better.
     
    azasmith, May 22, 2010
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    Really? Given that speech usually comes from the center channel, you'd think the opposite.
    Still, if it works for you, good!
     
    TehSuigi, May 22, 2010
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