Asus XONAR ESSENCE - Sound Card - 192 kHz User Manual page 26

6.2.5 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter
The 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter has the following major features:
• Expanding/upmixing audio to 7.1-channel surround sound
• Virtualizing 7.1 surround sound over any set of speakers
• Shiftable virtual speaker positioning allows you to adjust the best sound field
easily without moving physical speakers and wires
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1 Shifter enable/disable
2 Drag speaker or
listener
3 Reset
4 Increase/decrease
volume
5 Counter-clockwise
6 Clockwise
7 Manual Rotation
8 Manual Drag Mode
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Description
Click this check box to enable the 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter.
Clicking the text bar will switch the right window to the
Speaker Shifter page for manual adjustments.
Note: The setting will remain when a different Analog Output
is selected.
You can drag each speaker or listener to a different relative
position "virtually" using only your mouse. The Xonar
Essence STX card will process it and virtualize each speaker
position in real-time. The Subwoofer has no directional
sounds, and hence can be moved only closer or further
away.
Reset all Speaker Shifter settings to the defaults.
Click + to increase volume (move speakers closer); click – to
decrease volume (move speakers further away)
Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate counter-
clockwise
Make all speakers (except Subwoofer) rotate clockwise
Manually drag and rotate all speakers (except Subwoofer)
This is the default mode that allows you to manually drag
each speaker or the listener with your mouse.
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