Since Rare made changes in todays Update to Dolby Atmos it became sort of worse compared to pre- patch.
Before i had my settings setup to a clear, directional EQ with low Bass, now it became sort of bass heavy to the point i have trouble to hear small things like anyone swimming below the ship when the cannons shot for example.
Im Using a Astro a50 gen4 with EQs setup in the headset itself and also the Dolby center on xbox.
For me it became unusable with todays change since the heavy bass did hurt after a while in the ears.
I dont know if the games own atmos it working correctly, but if the change is intended to be like that, i would prefer to have a toggle added so i can switch it off, to use the atmos implementation from the dolby center again since its miles better.
Dolby Atmos problems since todays Update 20/1/22
@zi-slyder-iz On XBox, the settings are in XBox itself:
2.4.1 Patch Notes:
To enable Spatial Audio on Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, head to Xbox Platform Settings – All Settings – Display & Sound – Audio Output – Headset Format.
If it's enabled, try disabling it and see if it's better. Your headset might be adding EQ effects on top of spatial sound which is making it sound weird.
The problem is definitly not the xbox audio setting since it was fine before the update, it has to do something with the new spatial audio. I know on pc, you have a toggle to disable spatial audio ingame, on console we havent, we actually have to go the xbox settings and set the Audioformat from Dolby Atmos for Headphones to Stereo, which disables spatial audio ingame but also disables Dolby Atmos as a whole on the console. Since this Setting must be enabled to use the Dolby Center, where you setup your Atmos EQs, its not available obvious when you set the Console to only Stereo.
For me this whole thing feels quiet frustrating, since pre patch i had the perfect EQ setup for myself , just to have it ruined by a patch which introduced its own implementation, which, im sorry, sounds sh*t compared to what i had before. I just would like to have a toggle on xbox too, to be able to enjoy the sound of my 320€ astro Headset in SoT again and not having my ears bleed because every noise drowns in the bass because of shooting or crashing with your ship into waves. For me this whole spatial audio feels unnecessary because Dolby Atmos worked just fine as it should before, if you had setup the xbox to Dolby Atmos for Headphones. My 50 cent on this 😅
