Sound Settings on the DS (Surround Vs. Stereo in Animal Crossing)

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OK....I've wondered this before, but it came up again for me in Animal Crossing.

I understand the basic differences between Stereo and Surround Sound for Stereo Systems....but I don't get them on the DS.

What is the difference between Stereo, Surround, and Headphones.

I would have assumed one would set Sterero when using the DS on its own, and Headphones when using it with headphones......but where does Surround fit in? I can't imagine how the DS would approximate/replicate Surround Sound with its small speakers....but why have a setting for Headphones not called Headphones?

Can someone clear up when one should use Surround, or why one would ever choose Stereo over Surround?

Thanks much!!!
 
taken from gamefaqs
"How to make surround with two speakers you ask?

It's a bit complicated, but I'll try to explain it. You know the speed of sound, right? Well that means that sound will reach one ear a tiny amount of time earlier than the other.

This little fact combined with faking a doppler effect makes it possible to make a sound sound like it's behind you even though it's coming from speakers in front of you. It's a fairly advanced technique, but once you get the function into hardware, like the DS, you can call the fake surround function from the game and the CPU will calculate the fake doppler and speaker delay for you.

That's the really, really, basic idea on how two speaker surround works. You can't do it with one speaker, though. You need at least two for this to work."

I always use surround
 
Thanks for the reply!

This makes some sense, but I still wonder whether "surround" is supposed to be used instead of the headphones setting, or instead of the direct speakers....

hmmmm


[quote name='DT778']taken from gamefaqs
"How to make surround with two speakers you ask?

It's a bit complicated, but I'll try to explain it. You know the speed of sound, right? Well that means that sound will reach one ear a tiny amount of time earlier than the other.

This little fact combined with faking a doppler effect makes it possible to make a sound sound like it's behind you even though it's coming from speakers in front of you. It's a fairly advanced technique, but once you get the function into hardware, like the DS, you can call the fake surround function from the game and the CPU will calculate the fake doppler and speaker delay for you.

That's the really, really, basic idea on how two speaker surround works. You can't do it with one speaker, though. You need at least two for this to work."

I always use surround[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='BrerDan']Thanks for the reply!

This makes some sense, but I still wonder whether "surround" is supposed to be used instead of the headphones setting, or instead of the direct speakers....

hmmmm[/QUOTE]
Use headphones only when you are using headphones , when you aren't just use what you like.
 
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