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Turtle Beach Ear Force AK-R8 User Manual Download Page 7

Audio Advantage SRM

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Summary of Contents for Ear Force AK-R8

Page 1: ...tening to Your Digital Music Library 22 Modifying the Sound 23 Equalizing the Frequency Response of your Speakers 24 Listening to Stereo Music in Surround Sound 24 Listening to DVDs in Surround Sound...

Page 2: ...Effects Tab 46 Speaker Position 46 Environments 46 Sound FX 47 Key Shifter 47 Center Canceller 47 Mixer Tab 48 Playback Settings 48 Playback Mixer Signal Flow in Windows 2000 XP 49 Record Settings 50...

Page 3: ...e radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will n...

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

Page 5: ...the ultimate surround sound system for PC gaming Here s why 8 Speakers deliver true surround sound for pinpoint accurate positional audio that lets you hear cues like footsteps behind you and bullets...

Page 6: ...lowing for pass through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi channel DVD sound to external A V receivers and digital speaker systems Selectable 2 4 6 or 8 analog output channels let you enjoy music and DVD...

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Page 8: ...Audio Advantage SRM USB Sound Card The Audio Advantage SRM is a 7 1 channel USB sound card that converts a USB digital signal into 6 discrete audio channels to drive the speakers inside the headphone...

Page 9: ...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 10: ...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 11: ...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 12: ...ct speakers See the section on Ear Force Headphones for details on how to connect the headphones Headphones Out This jack can drive stereo headphones or powered stereo speakers When the Control Panel...

Page 13: ...by Digital and DTS multi channel DVD sound to external A V receivers or digital speaker systems Settings for controlling S PDIF functions are in the Control Panel Speakers Tab IR Remote Control Sensor...

Page 14: ...ns 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...

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

Page 16: ...ons and Drivers 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...

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: ...will be heard without also hearing the ambient sounds picked up by SRM s internal microphones Using Stereo Speakers or Stereo Headphones with the AK R8 Headphones You can connect powered stereo speake...

Page 21: ...gnal say Front Left in the front left speaker If you don t hear any sound check the following If the status light on the SRM is RED then the mute is active and the speakers will be silent Turn off Mut...

Page 22: ...to speaker to hear the surround effect 4 The Environment buttons let you hear different reverberation settings which are available in the Environments section on the SRM Control Panel Effects Tab 5 T...

Page 23: ...channel to Subwoofer box This routes bass frequencies from all channels into the bass vibrators to increase the bass response when listing to any audio source Independent Speaker Equalizers Each speak...

Page 24: ...in the Effects Tab to the right of the Master Volume if it s Enabled The Mute buttons under the Master Volume and Wave Volume will turn off the volumes when enabled If the SRM status light is RED it...

Page 25: ...speakers try swapping the left and right RCA plugs to correct the problem If the Center Sub speakers are swapped and it s inconvenient to swap the cables you can click the button next to the Speaker...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...of the effect Try some other environment settings from the pull down menu to hear how they sound Moving the Speaker Positions The Speaker Position in the Effects Tab lets you manually or automaticall...

Page 28: ...ing the Frequency Response of your Speakers When using the AK R8 headphones you can adjust the tone of the Front Surround and Center speaker using SRM s speaker equalizers In the Speaker Tab click on...

Page 29: ...1 surround sound output This software is usually included with the DVD player installed on your PC Typically these programs provide an audio option tab that lets you set the audio playback format Fro...

Page 30: ...ntegrated Dolby Digital Decoder to process the digital 5 1 signal In Windows 2000 XP set the S PDIF settings pull down menu in the SRM control panel to S PDIF Out 48kHz to transmit the digital signal...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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 33: ...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...

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Page 35: ...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 36: ...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 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ...guration when using a powered 5 1 speaker system or when using the Ear Force AK R8 Surround Sound headphones Connect the Front green Surround black center and sub channels orange to the 5 1 speaker in...

Page 41: ...speakers 7 8 Connect the Front green Surround black center and sub channels orange to the 5 1 surround output using the multi speaker adapter cable Use the included mini jack cable to connect the Rear...

Page 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 56: ...www Turtle Beach com Page 52 Chapter 5 AudioSurgeon LE Digital Audio Editing Software...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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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