Half-Life WON w/ EAX & 3D spatial sound 🎧 (CMSS-3D HRTF audio)

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Published on March 8, 2018 6:49:42 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2fN9EeSQmo

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Half-Life (1998)

Duration: 8:24

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DON'T WATCH THIS VIDEO, watch Steam MetaAudio version here (better 3D sound):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNndtga3zY
And WON DSOAL version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IoisCyl-cw

Here's some rare footage of the original WON version of Half-Life 1 with the X-Fi Titanium's EAX reverb and native CMSS-3D HRTF. The quality of the reverb is so much better than in the Steam version it's depressing. Why the hell did Valve remove this feature? It's not like newer Creative cards don't support ALchemy. Sadly, the quality of the binaural audio is extremely poor. You can barely tell if something is in front of or behind you due to the lack of any real 3D sound positioning. Compared to PhilsComputerLab's A3D demonstration, it's pathetic: https://youtu.be/AAOcdfCN-RU?t=6m48s

HL1 must use an extremely early version of DirectSound3D or something because Blood II has the same exact problem. Bizarrely, 3D sound is the one area that Half-Life: Source excels at over GoldSrc. It uses the same high-quality HRTF as Half-Life 2. I'll have to record HL:S the next time it goes on sale for comparison.

(I apologize for the video quality. 1024x764 windowed was the only way HL1 WON would record with OBS Classic.)

HRTF grade:
D+ (but some distant rear sprite sounds like explosions don't play)

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
Creative Audio Panel: Headphones
CMSS-3D on
MacroFX & ElevationFilter: Auto
ALchemy enabled (Duration set to 15)
-32bpp launch parameter
Enable EAX: on
High-Quality Sounds: on
default_fov 100

Links:
http://satsun.org/audio/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/70/discussions/0/828934913113943429
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/half-life-non-steam (if you own the retail version and want 1080P resolution)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Half-Life_2_text_logo.svg
(Credit to Eirik123. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)



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