I have been trying for weeks to find a way to get my AKG’s to do virtual surround for gaming and movies. I finally got it to work and it works so well that I felt like making a guide for other people!
This works for ANY pair of headphones and is 100% free to do.
It involves installing HeSuVi and VB-Audio Virtual cable
Set Virtual cable to 7.1 audio and set the Mic input for VB-Cable to “Listen” to the source that is driving your headphones for example this would be Odac for me or it could be realtek for you.
In HeSuVi go to virtualization and use the top option which is called Atomos yes for Dolby Atmos!
Click on the connection section in HeSuVi and enable Virtualization
Make sure in the additional section that Cable Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable) is selected.
Also note that you want to go to advanced and make sure both VB-cable options are selected for 24Bit 48,000Hz.
This is it all your games and movies that are encoded in 7.1 will now work perfectly in this setting. Been playing GTA5 and fallout 4 like this and its a game changer for sure! Also for Stereo sources this software has a option for upmixing it to virtual surround kind of like the old days of Pro Logic II.
https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/ VB-Audio Cable again free
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hesuvi/ HeSuVi
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/ APO Equalizer
This amazing software also works with equalizers once you download APOEqualizer(Also free) for a lot of pairs of headphones so you don't even need to spend the time doing that which can help with imaging for the sound stage!
This works for ANY pair of headphones and is 100% free to do.
It involves installing HeSuVi and VB-Audio Virtual cable
Set Virtual cable to 7.1 audio and set the Mic input for VB-Cable to “Listen” to the source that is driving your headphones for example this would be Odac for me or it could be realtek for you.
In HeSuVi go to virtualization and use the top option which is called Atomos yes for Dolby Atmos!
Click on the connection section in HeSuVi and enable Virtualization
Make sure in the additional section that Cable Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable) is selected.
Also note that you want to go to advanced and make sure both VB-cable options are selected for 24Bit 48,000Hz.
This is it all your games and movies that are encoded in 7.1 will now work perfectly in this setting. Been playing GTA5 and fallout 4 like this and its a game changer for sure! Also for Stereo sources this software has a option for upmixing it to virtual surround kind of like the old days of Pro Logic II.
https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/ VB-Audio Cable again free
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hesuvi/ HeSuVi
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/ APO Equalizer
This amazing software also works with equalizers once you download APOEqualizer(Also free) for a lot of pairs of headphones so you don't even need to spend the time doing that which can help with imaging for the sound stage!
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