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If you would prefer to not manage the EQ in full manual mode, you can click the guitar
icon with the red box around it to bring you back to the equalizer presets menu.
The last section in Sound Effects is voice cancellation,
also called Karaoke mode (this should not be confused
with noise cancellation options in the Microphone
menu). By left-clicking the icon, a red X will pop up, as
shown in the image to the right. When the red X is
present, the Realtek controller uses an algorithm to
suppress vocal sounds from the audio source, while
keeping instrumental sounds, much like a karaoke machine.
Underneath Karaoke is a menu for changing the key of the music playing. Raising the
value (up to +4) will raise the pitch of the music and voice, while lowering the value
(down to -4) will lower the pitch of the music and voice. This setting is designed to add
a fun effect to your audio; it generally should not be used as a means to “fix” audio.
The next device section
is “Speakers,” which is
where you can configure
all of the output options
while using the analog
connectors on the back.
This section will focus
on the “Speaker
Configuration” and the
“Room Correction” tabs.
The other tabs, “Sound
Effects” and “Default
Format,” are identical in
each section, and were
previously covered on
Pages 107 and 106,
respectively.
The first option in “Speaker Configuration” is the pulldown menu for Stereo,
Quadraphonic (4.0), 5.1 Speakers, and 7.1 Speakers; there is no support for 4.1 audio.
