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"This months OXM"

Just bought Issue 7 of OXM, which was released yesterday. Here's a quick summary:

Reviews:

Conflict: Desert Storm - 8.1 Game of the Month
Aggressive Inline - 7.7
Splashdown - 8.1
Pro Tennis WTA Tour - 1.9
Barbarian - 7.4
Antz Extreme Racing - 5.0

This months feature is on Surround Sound setups.

Indepth looks at Racing Evoluzione and Reign of Fire.

On the disc: Playables of Conflict: Desert Storm, Enclave and Street Hoops. Videos of GP4, Project Ego, XIII, Splinter Cell, LEgends of Wrestling, Mike Tyosn Boxing and a couple of non-game videos as well.

Whitestripes wrote:
> I think you'll find that Dolby Pro Logic II is better than Dolby 5.1.

Dolby Digital is the most advanced sound system the Dolby has created, Pro Logic is before that, Digital sound is in 0 and 1's while Others are analogue or a wave. Dolby Digital has 256 sound channels, while Pro Logic has only around 5.

I think you'll find that Dolby Pro Logic II is better than Dolby 5.1.

Whitestripes wrote:
> You do know that the 5.1 means five speakers and a subwoofer, which is
> what my system is.

5.1 is totally different to Dolby Pro Logic! 5.1 enables the imersion of complete 100% surround souns, sure you can have a system and run it on games but all you will get is all the speakers blasting out the same sounds as the Sub-woofer! 5.1 however enable certain sounds to travel between certain speakers, it also enables (on Fifa 2002) for the gamer to pick out where the chants are coming from in the crowd. On Project Gotham Racing you can hear the cars coming up on the 2 back speakers, the same with Amped and Conflict Desert Storm.

So yes, Gamezfreak is right, 5.1 is enabled on all Xbox games, but it still doesn't stop a psone owner from using a 5.1 system to fill the room with the same sounds just as you do with the GameCube! 5.1 is different from Dolby and Dolby Digital, 5.1 is only available on the Xbox games, the cut-scenes on MGS2 were the only out-side source to contain 5.1 out of the ingame sounds.

I know....

Whitestripes wrote:
> For example (from the Rogue Leader manual):
> "Rogue Leader supports five channel Dolby Surround Pro Logic II,
> If you TV or stereo is capable of surround sound."

Its a different sound thing, Dolby Digital has 256 sound channels separated into 6 speakers, whilst pro logic has only 5 channels of sound

You do know that the 5.1 means five speakers and a subwoofer, which is what my system is.

Ah..Dolby Pro Logic.

I was talking about Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

My bad.

For example (from the Rogue Leader manual):
"Rogue Leader supports five channel Dolby Surround Pro Logic II, If you TV or stereo is capable of surround sound."

Well thats a big crock 'o' ...you get the idea.

Whitestripes wrote:
> Maing a surround sound setup isn't exactly rocket science. You know
> what I do with mine? I take the plug, and insert it into the hole on
> the back of my Gamecube. Thats it, done. Same with my PC.
>
> If you want to know exactly what mine is it's a Creative Inspire 5.1
> Digital 5700, costs about £250

The gamecube does'nt have 5.1 Support is what i heard!?!? Or the games don't offer it, not sure though.

Maing a surround sound setup isn't exactly rocket science. You know what I do with mine? I take the plug, and insert it into the hole on the back of my Gamecube. Thats it, done. Same with my PC.

If you want to know exactly what mine is it's a Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital 5700, costs about £250