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Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM User Manual Download Page 6

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Summary of Contents for Audio Advantage SRM

Page 1: ...n Windows 2000 XP 20 Listening to Your Digital Music Library 20 Modifying the Sound 21 Equalizing the Frequency Response of your Speakers 22 Listening to Stereo Music in Surround Sound 23 Listening to...

Page 2: ...Effects Tab 44 Speaker Position 44 Environments 44 Sound FX 45 Key Shifter 45 Center Canceller 45 Mixer Tab 46 Playback Settings 46 Playback Mixer Signal Flow in Windows 2000 XP 47 Record Settings 48...

Page 3: ...mful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful...

Page 4: ...www Turtle Beach com Page iv Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 5: ...und to external A V receivers and digital speaker systems Selectable 2 4 6 or 8 analog output channels let you enjoy music and DVD audio on a wide variety of speaker configurations Enjoy listening to...

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Page 7: ...jacks Insert this cable into the headphone jack to connect channels 7 8 when using 7 1 speaker systems The headphone jack automatically switches to channels 7 8 when the 7 1 speaker configuration is...

Page 8: ...M Run Audio Advantage SRM Control Panel The SRM Control Panel lets you control all of SRM s functions as described in detail in a later section of this manual PLAY 3D DEMO Clicking on the Turtle Beach...

Page 9: ...the Music and Sound Effect menu items to hear music and sounds that demo the audio effects Press Stop to end the demos Press HRTF to launch the Helicopter Battle Game demo described below HELICOPTER...

Page 10: ...inted and played back with ease With Songwriter you can keep your focus on what s important your music For information on how to upgrade to the full version visit www voyetra com Record Producer Demo...

Page 11: ...t cable See the connecting speakers section for details on how to connect speakers See the section on Ear Force Headphones for details on how to connect the headphones Headphones Out This jack can dri...

Page 12: ...S PDIF output for playing digital audio This allows for pass through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi channel DVD sound to external A V receivers or digital speaker systems Settings for controlling S PD...

Page 13: ...s as well as other Windows programs The Remote Control includes a configuration program that lets you assign PC keyboard keys to the remote control buttons and save them as templates for controlling s...

Page 14: ...don t have to connect any extra cables when you use the mic Ear Force HPA2 Surround Sound Headphones The Ear Force HPA2 model incorporates large comfortable ear cups with a removable microphone The DI...

Page 15: ...Audio Advantage SRM Page 11 Chapter 2 Installation...

Page 16: ...ivers AudioSurgeon LE the Voyetra music programs software utilities and provides additional information about Turtle Beach and Voyetra products 4 When the second menu appears select Install Drivers an...

Page 17: ...ed into the USB port and will change to a dual LED when it s unplugged Click on the Turtle Beach icon to launch a pop up menu which under Windows XP includes the following items Control Panel Launches...

Page 18: ...ct Registration At this point please take a minute to register on line by clicking Start All Programs Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM Online Registration your Internet connection must be active durin...

Page 19: ...lose all of the open windows Installing AudioSurgeon LE The AudioSurgeon LE program is installed from the SRM installation screen as follows 1 From the first installation menu select Setup Audio Advan...

Page 20: ...aker cable Using the Microphones SRM s internal stereo microphones can be used to record sounds or to monitor the room while you re wearing headphones That way you can listen to music without disturbi...

Page 21: ...slider is what you ll primarily use to control the playback level of digital music files DVDs and other digital audio sources in XP In Windows Vista the Wave slider no longer exists so the Master Volu...

Page 22: ...akers Tab section for details Check that the speakers are powered on Be sure you re not using passive speakers that require an amplifier The SRM outputs can only drive powered speakers not passive spe...

Page 23: ...r example if you click the Left Front speaker icon and hear Left Front emanating from a different speaker check the following Check the Speaker Position in the Effects Tab When enabled this lets you c...

Page 24: ...Your Digital Music Library You can use Windows Media Player for listening to your digital music library If you don t hear any sound first check that Media Player s volume control is turned up If that...

Page 25: ...d Surround sliders to set the effect level Then click the Large Medium and Small Environment Size buttons to hear how it changes the intensity of the effect Try some other environment settings from th...

Page 26: ...ffect has been Enabled the Settings Summary in the Speakers Tab indicates which effect has been turned on This lets you easily see if the sound is being modified by the effects without having to searc...

Page 27: ...o music in multi channel 4 5 1 and 7 1 speaker configurations the Stereo to Multi speaker indicator in the Settings Summary will light up if Environments or Speaker Position are enabled Listening to D...

Page 28: ...w TurtleBeach com or at many consumer electronics retailers Note that the digital speakers and A V receiver must have an integrated Dolby Digital Decoder to process the digital 5 1 signal In Windows 2...

Page 29: ...e SRM Device as the sound device you wish to use for Skype shown below 4 Click the Save button to set the changes for Skype and close the Options window Note on Skype s Ringing Options If you re using...

Page 30: ...an hear what s going on around you Here are some other things you can do To listen with just headphones mute the speakers by clicking the Mute buttons next to the speaker volume sliders in the Speaker...

Page 31: ...ce to SRM s S PDIF input white jack and select S PDIF as the recording source in the Mixer Tab Use AudioSurgeon as above to record edit and save the file Recording with Microphones You can record exte...

Page 32: ...www Turtle Beach com Page 28 Chapter 3 Control Panel...

Page 33: ...volumes and test speaker functions You can also set the S PDIF digital audio configurations and view a convenient summary of key control panel settings Clicking the button under the Master Volume laun...

Page 34: ...Speakers Tab The number of controls in this screen will depend on the speaker configuration selected Using the Control Panel Presets Saving and Restoring Presets The Control Panel settings can be sav...

Page 35: ...preset from the Open dialog box that appears Note that importing presets will load the new settings will not automatically save the preset If you want to keep the preset as part of your preset list c...

Page 36: ...option is checked a sub mix of all channels is sent to the Sub woofer output This feature should be enabled when listening to a stereo source with multi speakers so the bass signals from the stereo s...

Page 37: ...4 5 1 and 7 1 Speaker Configurations the front surround rear or center sub channels may be routed to the headphone output by pressing the Speaker Options button next to the Speaker Configuration pull...

Page 38: ...ation when using a powered 5 1 speaker system or when using the Turtle Beach Ear Force Surround Sound headphones Connect the Front green Surround black center and sub channels orange to the 5 1 speake...

Page 39: ...hout also hearing the ambient sounds picked up by SRM s internal microphones When placing the headphones over your ears be sure to put the cable mic side on the left ear so that the front and rear spe...

Page 40: ...eaker will repetitively play the test signal on that speaker until the Loop button is turned off Volume Section Master Volume Controls the volume of all speakers Pan Controls L R balance of all speake...

Page 41: ...qualizer Speaker Equalization Indicates that the Speakers Equalizer is enabled therefore the individual speaker frequency response may be modified from its flat setting by the Equalizer Speaker Positi...

Page 42: ...pter into the Line Output jack for S PDIF Out or the Line Input Jack for S PDIF In Use a TOSLINK optical cable to connect these adapters to the corresponding digital input on the external device When...

Page 43: ...ed and unmodified sound User Defined Presets To save a custom arrangement of sliders as a User Defined Preset click the Add button to activate the Add User Defined EQ Setting dialog box Then enter a n...

Page 44: ...qualizers changed The Speaker Equalizer is a powerful tool for adjusting the tone of your speaker system Unlike the Master Equalizer which changes the tone on all speakers the Speaker Equalizer lets y...

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Page 46: ...ton between each set of volume controls mutes the left and right speakers when lit This is convenient while adjusting the controls on one set of speakers when you don t want to hear the other speakers...

Page 47: ...he response of the Speaker Configuration equalizer sliders Enable Turning off the equalizer Enable button i e not lit defeats all of the equalizer settings allowing you to easily hear the difference b...

Page 48: ...lockwise rotation with a rotation speed set by the slider Click the Manual button to stop the rotation Manual Clicking this button allows you to move the virtual speaker positions manually by clicking...

Page 49: ...le it only alters the audio in real time as it plays Moving the slider to the left will drop the pitch while moving it to the right will raise the pitch Center Canceller When activated by pressing the...

Page 50: ...DI Synthesizer 2000 XP only Controls the volume of the Windows MIDI software synthesizer Use the Pan control to balance the left and right signals Microphone Controls the volume of the microphone inpu...

Page 51: ...iagram illustrates how these inputs are connected in the playback mixer when using the SRM with Windows 2000 XP Note that the mixer output is routed to both the Front output for monitoring the input s...

Page 52: ...ng the button below the microphone volume slider in the playback mixer to set the Microphone Boost option Line In Selects the Line Input as a record source Stereo Mix Win 2000 XP only Selects the play...

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Page 54: ...www Turtle Beach com Page 50 Chapter 5 AudioSurgeon LE Digital Audio Editing Software...

Page 55: ...with an audio file Primary View Secondary View and File Overview You can simultaneously view two different sections of the file using the Primary and Secondary View Screens To activate the Secondary V...

Page 56: ...red start point in the display Drag to the right and at the desired end point release The range selected will be highlighted 2 To adjust the end points place the mouse cursor at the desired location i...

Page 57: ...button 2 Now in file B click the location where you want to paste the data from the clipboard 3 Click the Mix Paste button to combine the clipboard data from file A with data from file B at the paste...

Page 58: ...o document for recording Open Presents a dialog box to select the file you want to load Save Saves the currently loaded file to disk Properties Displays the track properties for the file which will be...

Page 59: ...data Status Display and Zoom Controls Length of Selected Region Displays the length of the highlighted range Length of Entire File Displays the length of the entire file Sample Rate Displays the samp...

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