Steam audio has been an extremely confusing topic in Escape From Tarkov. It was added and then taken away and now with 12.10 it is back! In this video, we talk about what steam audio is, how it is implemented in Tarkov, and how it interacts with the game. Definitely try it out and let me know what you think!
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Have you been using Steam Audio in Escape From Tarkov?
Mate, I have almost the exact same shirt
My 4 "go to" Tarkov guys are Chippa Wubba (cold as ice), DrLupo (brutality), Aquafps (laughs) and JesseKazam (tactics/knowledge)…Great content man.
Has anyone else seen that weird glare that appears throughout the maps?
I know this might be a out of the blue comment, but meanwhile watching the footage in the background and seeing the hatchlings running toward the armed pmcs I thought of a ridiculous idea. What if EFT was a zombie shooter game? The game is naturally terrifying and I would think it would sorta fit the atmosphere of the game. Of course don’t roast me on this 😂
you should give hunt showdown a try for well made audio…. that game heavily revolves around audio ques and is the best audio design i've seen in a game so far
The new headset for steam audio is the best
it's a lot better even now. can't wait for them to FULLY implement steam audio. I think it will be amazing.
3 minutes of preface, way to milk that 10 minute mark kekw
The cut at 4:20 scared the shit out of me
This unexpected clips with talking old man and pouring water scared the shit out of me (I wasn’t looking at screen those times)
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this is a bruh moment right here (idunno, pest said somethin bout some algorithm or some shit, so im just algorithming this video)
00:37 that is what I am talking about
Hey not sure if you have seen this but it demos Steam audio in Ue4, presume it will have very similar capabilities in Unity: https://youtu.be/ErejaBCicds
Sooo steam audio = magic.
Got it!
so i have astros a50s and i was wondering should i have surround sound on or off with steam audio off
Jesse: "we are not in real life. we are in escape from tarkov." – Freddy: "is this the real life? is this just fantasy?"
ok wtf that random hand washing noise scared the absolute shit out of me…
at first i thought: "is jesse really playing a recording of someone pissing directly into the toilet? wtf?" great video as always!
I have a serious lack of hearing in one of my 2 ears. and I'm ngl I definitely feel like steam audio gives me a much better sense of where sound is coming from.
Due to not having good hearing in the one ear, I often struggle with locating sound which well… can be very very disadvantageous in tarkov
Do you think Steam Audio exacerbates Tarkov's current issues with verticality? I was second floor fortress and I literally could not hear people sprint up to the building, which I would usually be able to hear without it. I really want Steam audio to work, I was a big fan when they introduced it in CSGO, HRTF in that game was like magic.
Tarkov audio is broken shit. Change my mind…
HRFT was developed as the answer to all the audio complaints we had in CSGO. The solution was great and I have to say that HRTF audio was one of the most underrated CS updates in the sense as to how widely applicable it is to other games.
Thanks for making this video! Hopefully this will do as intended and help better explain the binaural audio for those that are complaining and/or are just unaware. I personally think it makes sounds way easier to locate and would love to see the further implementation of the full Steam Audio suite.
The question I have is how the fuck do BSG miss the ghost step bug? Don't they test their fucking patches before releasing it?
You mean the anxiety inducing attribute???
Steam Audio is POG, just today I heard someone adsing on the resort while I was looting a fresh corpse I just made. turned on my heel and sprayed him down, he had a bolt action so if I didn't know precisely where the sound came from I'd probably get ratted on. But because I started shooting almost immediately he didn't have time to line up a good shot and it bounced off my Slick.
I am almost certain that I would die there without Binaural Audio on.
Go slap veritas and tell him the viewers demand a Pogcast
The new update got me more and more of phantom steps every 10 seconds
Great video Jessie!
Does anyone else have problems with Tarkov resetting the audio setting after closing the game? I use GoXLR mini and when I close EFT when I am done playing then come back at another time to play, I have to go into windows sound setting and set it to default then back to game before it will play through my headset. I don't think it is just EFT because I have to do it on all my games.
I'm at work just listening to this video with my ear buds. That pouring water sound, made me jump and check my surroundings.
Love the content mate.
Love your videos, tons of great Tarkov info. I have a question. I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just genuinely curious and concerned. Is there something wrong with your nose and or throat? I just notice that you seem to struggle with your air passage, saying certain words. Once again I'm not making fun, I'm just concerned. I apologize if I'm coming off as a jerk.
I like this video
Wtf that water sound test caught me off guard and I jumped
Love steam audio AND hate old needs to swing left and right to figure out from which direction the sound come from; SPECIALLY with impulse audio like single shot or similar.
I appreciate the work BSG are doing, ok, isn’t perfect but imo every patch there is something that go in the right direction.
The force us to change some abits? (See thermals, and i like new version) No problem! It’s a stimulus to keep gaming and improve!
For anyone wanting to hear proper binaural audio in an FPS game, just fire up Hunt showdown. It is a masterclass in how to do audio in an fps game. Across the board everything is superb. positioning, dynamic range, clarity, imaging, occlusion… everything is amazing. also, pro tip – get a pair of open backed non gaming headphones, it will blow your mind the difference. I recommend sennheisers, beyerdynamics, audeze, and the koss electrostats.
Here's the basic difference between binaural and stereo… head baffling.
In the real world, when you are listening to a noise, your head (and ears) alter the sound that reaches your ear drum. If the sound is to your left, then your right ear is blocked by the "wall" of your head and how sound gets to it depends on frequency (some wrap around your head, some have to reflect off distant surfaces).
A recording records without this baffle. If the sound is produced by a speaker in a room in the approximate correct position, then the sound is realistic (imagine a pin dropping directly to your right. Now imagine a speaker directly to your right making the noise of a pin dropping. The effect is the same.
But because headphones put sound directly into each ear, none of the interactions happen in the real world. Sounds coming out of the left earcup never wrap around your head to the right earcup. To hear a sound in both ears, it must play in both ears; but now your head is not baffling. So a binaural sound attempts to insert the effect of that head baffle.
I think the mistake many make in binaural recordings is trying to place the mic "in the ear". This works for earbuds, but for curcumaural headphones is means the ear interactions are happening twice.
I don’t even have headphones in and I was impressed by that water demo.
idk if it is broken for me but it seems like the location is broken. if say they are 10 degrees to the right of my reticle it sounds like they are 90degrees on my side. either directly infront/back of me or DIRECTLY on my side. i cant track anyone worth a dam with it on.. idk maybe its just my setup
in dorms the audio is sooo fked up….
This is ok but this audio don,t work good in eft alweys…and i have try 5-6 deferent headphones…many time you heard sound deferent player or skav run in front but sound is behaynd..
Looks like rgd-5 is audio bugged till it explodes