Driving the capability to enhance audio content for any configuration, Surround transforms standard audio into a full-fledged multi-speaker virtual surround experience on your stereo headphones or desktop speakers.

By processing audio through highly optimized algorithms to recreate virtualized surround sound even through a 2.0 speaker setup, or even headphones, it is able to intelligently identify and enhance the spatial information of the incoming audio, and optimize it for the chosen output format. This means you get state-of-the-art Surround Virtualization that draws you to where the action is for a complete and immersive auditory experience.

And it involves 2 core technology components–Upmixer and Virtualizer.

1	Upmixer Stereo and multi-channel ambient content, as well as center channel information (dialog) are processed to match the active output configuration, and handed off to the Virtualizer.

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Virtualizer Virtualizer then takes the processed audio and spatializes it over headphones, stereo, and multi-channel speakers via optimized HRTF (head-related transfer function) filters. When combined, you’ll enjoy extremely realistic surround sound experience that puts you at the heart of all the action–be it dodging enemy fire in a virtual battlefield, watching a film’s protagonist maneuver through an action-packed and well-executed escape plan, or even listening to a stunningly arranged and orchestrated song cycle in a classic instrumental piece.

When we emphasize on visuals over sound, what’s often sacrificed are the audio and sound effect files–they are usually compressed to maintain reasonable amount of disk space consumed on your device.

To rectify this, Crystalizer effectively restores the highs and lows that are often lost during the compression process by enhancing the dynamic range of the compressed audio.

How?

In real-time, the Crystalizer constantly monitors the current audio stream and rapid amplitude changes. A dynamic equalizer then applies the audio boost (an audible effect) to the lower, transient, and higher frequency regions on demand, and releases the boost when the audio stream normalizes.

This real-time capturing and releasing of audio boost improve the dynamic range of audio to deliver a more realistic and impactful audio experience.

Bass is designed to enhance and extend the bass with a fuller and deeper response without overextending it like typical mundane EQ boosts will do.

Best used to bring out the effect of explosions, machine gun fire, roar of ancient beasts that rumbles your very bones, the Bass extends the low-end frequencies of your audio by optimizing the use of the frequencies to enhance and deepen the bass response.

Speakers with Subwoofer
For speaker configurations with a subwoofer output, it provides control for the bass redirection and filtering.

Speakers without Subwoofer or Headphones
On stereo speaker setups without a subwoofer, or on headphones, it provides bass redirection and amplification as well as psycho-acoustic processing for a fuller, deeper low frequency response.

If you find yourself multi-tasking across different apps and web-based platforms, Smart Volume is your go-to.

Without sudden spikes in volume change, Smart Volume is capable of delivering a consistent listening experience across the board.

What Smart Volume does is that it automatically and continuously measures volume across and within different programs, and intelligently applies gain and attenuation to compensate for those sudden changes.

To dive deeper, Smart Volume utilizes a series of processing modules to analyze audio content up to 7.1 channels. It also uses an algorithm to control the attack and release of the overall volume of the content with a smart ramping process.

And that’s not all. In multi-channel content, the center and low-frequency effects channels are also factored in as these channels contain a significant amount of the loudness in a typical game.

In addition, the Loud mode is designed to boost overall signal levels to allow maximum volume without clipping the overall frequency response, while the Night mode adds a gentle equalized curve to compensate typical human hearing at low volumes.

Smart Volume is also great at controlling the dynamic range of audio. As a result of this, listening fatigue is reduced, allowing you to keep gaming comfortably even over long sessions.

Immersive, well-designed audio is great, but it’s a total downer if the dialog and emotions get lost and drowned out amongst the explosive sound effects and music.

Dialog Plus analyzes center channel information and dialog content through relative channel analysis, and processes this information through a series of filters. The vocal and dialog information are then extracted through an algorithm that processes the frequency and time response in real-time, and amplified to provide clearer dialog.

This lets you focus on what’s being said in shows or even story-telling during each new chapter of a gameplay, so you can follow the story better.