Flexbass - Asus Essence STX II User Manual

FlexBass

FlexBass, an advanced bass management and enhancement mechanism, allows you to select each
satellite speaker's type for optimal sound performance from the speakers. The Speaker types are:
• Small: Common speaker that cannot produce low frequencies.
Large: Wide-band speakers that can produce low frequencies well.
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FlexBass comes with an adjustable crossover frequency for the boundary of the bass signals. It
filters out the bass signals from small speaker channels and redirect them all to the subwoofer or
Large speakers.
On/Off. Click the switch to turn on or off the FlexBass functions.
Small / Large speaker option. Select the speaker type that you connected. If your
speaker type cannot perform low-frequency signals (bass), select "Small" speaker
type and Essence STX II filters out the bass signals and sends them to the subwoofer
channel. If those speakers are full-range, you can select the "Large" speaker type.
Usually, low-cost PC's -channel speakers are small-type speakers. Refer to the speaker's
specification. Common .1 speakers with a subwoofer should be categorized as Large speakers
because the subwoofer redirects the bass signals inside the two channels to the subwoofer
speaker automatically.
Picture for Small/Large speaker. Small/large speakers are identified by their colors:
• Orange: large speakers
• Green: small speakers
LFE Crossover Frequency. Adjusts the cut-off frequency (50~50Hz) for LFE (low-
frequency effects) signals. Essence STX II filters out the bass signals below the crossover
frequency from small speaker channels and forwards them to the subwoofer. The
higher the crossover frequency, the more bass signals are subtracted.
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