Hi all,
I’m working on a horror game in FMOD Studio and currently have my project set to Surround 5.1 as the surround speaker mode (Desktop platform). I’m setting up mix snapshots for different playback scenarios and have a question about headphone handling.
Right now I have the following MIX_TARGETS snapshots:
- MIX_NightMode
- MIX_Headphones
- MIX_HomeCinema
My question is: is there any real benefit to having a dedicated MIX_Headphones snapshot, or does FMOD’s automatic 5.1 to stereo downmix produce a result that’s good enough to use as the default for headphone listeners?
I want to make sure I’m not doing redundant work on a headphones snapshot if the automatic downmix already handles it well.
Any insight from people who’ve shipped 5.1 FMOD projects would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
~ Vasco