You’ll feel as if you were plucked from reality and dropped into any game, from Overwatch to CS:GO. You’ll get a much better sense of the combat scene above and behind you, and whether other players are friends or foes. You’ll know which way to turn when your enemy is behind you, or above you, due to the way the sounds are processed spatially. As gamers, we know this level of immersive audio gives you better cues in-game. Designers can spatially place audio objects with precision accuracy with a process called adaptive rendering, something impossible with surround sound mixes. 3D audio gives gamers a huge competitive edge, because it digitally creates sounds placed vertically as well as horizontally, creating a 360-degree audioscape. Broadly speaking, surround sound places an audio ring with 5 to 7 speakers in a flat, disc-shaped field.
So what is 3D audio? Doesn’t surround sound give you 3D audio? Technically, no. From communication with your teammates to delivering developer-designed audio cues, owning a great pair of headphones completes the gaming experience. Whether you’re new to gaming or you’re an experienced pro, headsets are a key element for a fully immersive gaming experience. With the arrival of Dolby Atmos and Windows Sonic, we wanted to explain how each iteration of the respective 3D spatial audio solutions work in general and how it works with our headsets. Immersive gaming is why the new wave of 3D gaming audio technology has us stoked for what’s next.
At ASTRO Gaming, we believe the experience of gaming is vastly improved by great audio: it’s why we created the MixAmp Pro TR.