Seriously guys. Protect your ears! This game will ruin your hearing if you turn up your volume too loud to hear those quiet footsteps! Using this program will protect that hearing...I wish I started using it earlier. TIP: Like i said, don't set the limit too low! Use this to remove the loud sounds because if you set it too loud the game wont sound properly!
At certain levels would this not effect your ability to hear directional sound if it's putting a ceiling on the louder sounds? Your video itself demonstrates this when it levels out the sound where it would be louder in the right channel than the left channel
I once played a round and the entire time, it was quiet. Then, after I heard some footsteps it all literally goes fucking nuts, my ears were literally about to die.
I've been using this for probably a year and half now and I can highly recommend it, but i just want to clarify something you said. It does in fact reduce the quieter sounds as well (sometimes). It's simply a dynamic limiter that instantaneously reduces your windows sound volume when any sound goes over the threshold you set - it does not compress the sound unlike voicemeter banana. This means when you hear a sound that would normally go above your red line, it turns the entire system volume down to keep that loud sound under, but in doing so temporarily reduces all sounds including footsteps. The take away from this is that when you are being bombarded with loud sounds (red zone, full auto guns), it will be harder to hear footsteps. Still a fantastic little program.
The other option is to use a compressor...but will compressors mess up the distance of the footstep sounds? Since far and close footstep sounds are all compressed together with the gunfire.
This is great. In PUBG, you are afraid of taking damage... it's not the fear of losing health though, but getting scared half to death as your character oofs so hard after taking a couple points of damage that it damages you physically more than the character. This will help a lot to bring a bit more "playability" back without sacrifice either your ears or being able to hear footsteps. Cheers WJ you legend.
Be sure to turn the limiter mode to master in settings! This should make it so limits both channels at the same time & by the same amount which should mean no negative effects on stereo
@@jindris5097 Same here.. especially after smoking weed, I like to just run around.. but when I've been running in the middle of nowhere for a little while, zoned out.. then all of a sudden " *OOF* " getting shot, the character yells so loud, it always makes my heart jump.
I've been using this for PUBG for a few months. I crank volume really high then keep a low volume limit so I can hear footsteps without going deaf in firefights. Works great, can't complain.
Thanks! That's a good quality of life program, not just for games but for movies, windows notifications and so on. I looked it up because I'm watching a streamer who has donation sounds which are 2x louder than his voice.
I really appreciate making this video. Reducing the volume made it too hard to hear footsteps and increasing it made my ear hurt because of large red zone sounds and grenades and gun sounds. Additionally I couldn’t quite find a fine sound equalizer setting that could make the sound not too loud but at the same time the footsteps audible. I think this is acutally the best solution to me. Thank you.
It's been 2 yrs I'm playing pubg and I wish I found this software in the beginning. I sometimes couldn't hear the footsteps properly because of LOUD gunshots. Thx Jacky :)
Dude you are literally a life saver! I used voicemeeter for this (comp.) on hardware input but the voicemeeter input somehow disappeared and I cannot find it anymore! This will help me SO MUCH! Literally thank you SO much! I freaking love you dude
even though i already knew about this in the beginning, out of all the wackyjacky videos, i respect him the most for this. it means he cares about your health
that changes so much for me. I hate to play with too high sound, because when I shoot a kar98k my ears would explode, but I want to hear foodsteps. This is just perfect
@@user-c3jdf9lylzse i changed mute all from [whatever the stock control is] to [ctrl+f] and mute the plane. Unmute right after i pull the parachute cord
Omg, you fkg save my life (ears) I was frustrated looking for the frequencies in the equalizer so that the shots would not leave me deaf, I had to lower the volume so much that the ambient sounds were very quiet, thanks!!!
Yup! And this guys is how an audio compressor/limiter works. Once a signal goes over a threshold it will be attenuated by a certain amount of decibels. This seems to be a pretty decent comp/limit algorithm since there's no funky weird pumping/breathing as in other programs.
I never played pubg without an audio compressor because of the insanely loud gunsounds. My soundcard has a feature (creative soundlblaster x-fi) called svm (smart volume management) which reduces the volume of loud sounds and increases the volume of quiet sounds. I use it for many shooter games. not only does it protect my ears but it makes it easier to hear footsteps and such as well.this program is usefull but it's not the only way to make pubg quieter.
*Dear viewers and Wacky.* *I'm a sound enginner and I want to say - _do not use this tool in separate channel mode_.* *Because you will kill your perception of dimensions and directions. The difference between left and right channels is actually the point of feeling the direction of sound. So use it in master limiting mode (both channel limiting)*
I have a feeling that this utility does not return the volume back after it is lowered. That is, after a loud shot you become deaf, the sounds of the environment disappear completely.
This sounds useful. Shots at close range won't destroy your ears and punt your soul to narnia when you get shot... Also won't confuse gunshots from far away since it's lower volume.
I've been using this for a few months now and it really makes a change, you can even set it to work at the same time with voicemeeter banana (if you use it), it's really cool ç
I actually never thought you were Danish :D just saw you language setting :P Hello fra Norge ;) Thank you so much for this program btw, gonna be cool to test out ;)
It makes it harder to hear enemies because the stereo is not correct. If the right ear is louder, it wont change the left ear, so the stereoeffect is gone
This is only for very loud sounds, other sounds like footsteps won't be affected at all. So if someone is shooting so close to you that the limiter kicks in and you don't know already where he is, you were dead anyway!
get a good sound card and you can activate the Smart Volume Monitor, or SVM. It's so cool, if you're standing still the volume gets louder and you can hear everything around you, and as soon as you fire the volume goes down immediately and it protects your hearing. it's really cool.
I think whats happening is, when sound gets limited from lets say right channel but not left channel because left channel limit has not been reached: right channel gets limited but left channel is still the same but if left channel had gotten quieter proportional to the right channel you would not be thinking there is a problem with sound clarity. its not a clarity issue, it just gets quieter.
It is a simple version of stereo limiter used in audio engineering :) Nice tool, definately gonna use it :)) Thanks!! P.s. works well byt make sure u turn of HRTF or you will experience phase issues.
@@mickfps using a third party software to modify game files to gain an advantage over people not using is not cheating? Whats next? sensitivity assist that is going to help you ads in the general direction of your enemies but not lock on it? Its cheating idk how so many people argue with this. Its just as bad as a visual aid (esp). Sound lock kinda makes sense because pubg is deafening but its border line. Lets say you found a way you to make the skin tone of players bright yellow, would that be cheating in your book ?even if its just fucking around with contrasts Its the same thing
@@MaineLander so youre telling me there's no difference between using it or not? It might not modify the actual game files idk how exactly it works but it sure does drastically changes how the player perceive the gameplay. Its makes enemie footsteps louder, your own gun shots/footsteps quieter thus giving you an unfair advantage over someone not using it aka cheating. Just like how they banned reshade because you could do wierd shit like magnifier and color changes. Its the same thing
If you focus a bit you will notice that it does not make footsteps louder, just takes the edge of the high sounds, and lets be honest, PUBG sound is not good, they have to fix it..
vikhaedan i know dude but it will balance it all and the sound of the footstep will be emphasized if the other sound could be minimize thats for my own opinion and i agree with you
@@andrefm9 Yeah sure, but at the same time you lose all sense of distance with the shots if you do that, i dont think the users will do that, i think its more important to know where they are than to know if someone is sneaking up on you, most deaths is from a distance, but for me that is ok if they do like you said, i vill get more kills.. ;) (i hope)
realizing you need to save your ears is better than not realizing how far someone is in the game, plus you're twice as deadly in city fights because all you need to hear is one single step from the enemy
I think compression works even better and you don't need to install anything. Just head to the windows sounds settings, in the advanced options, to enable it.
Awesome toll for streamers, can't wait to test this out 😍 thanks PS: should be awesome if you could control this for specific app or game and leave the others untouched Edit: you can select the source to limit it, thanks a lot for sharing this program
Speaking of sounds, I missed hearing your accent bcoz it was so soothing to listen to when I watched your vids XD It has been that long since I last played pubg haha
You're going to lose the ability to tell the direction of gunshots sometimes. If the left channel is supposed to be 5% higher than the red bar and the right channel is supposed to be 20% higher, then when you turn on this program they will be at the same level thus making the sound the same in each ear. It would be like playing in mono for loud gunshots. Look up how to set up a sound compressor with VoiceMeter banana for a better alternative.
IDK, it seems to me that's all config issues, cuz if u lower it just the much u need for shooting sounds, you'll have the same footsteps sounds as before since they never reach the limitbar cuz it's much lower then super close shoots, sorry my bad English I'm just saying, if u let the sound flow as the distance and only lower the 20 meter closer sounds not much to don't intervene on away sounds as they get far from you
yeah, you'd have a completely different playstyle once you get used to soundlock, i've tried banana and it works well, but the delay that comes with it, is dangerous in close quarter combat because sometimes there is a delay in pubg sound already as well. in open field you are at such a disadvantage but in city fights, you can hear every step
ALL Games should have this feature...just as they have warnings for flashing lights/images that may introduce epileptic seizures...Protect your hearing, once its gone...it does not come back!
Holy moly WJ, about 3 years too late, but better late than never. Love your videos, more power to you. Why the hell hasn't bluehole hired you as a dev or QA puzzles me to no end.
The guns where being fired from the right side of the character of jacky. That's why the right bar was higher in the video, the program balances out the sound through out left and right.
@@_Zardari_ It is quite obvious in the video that it does NOT do that. If the sound in the right channel is louder than the bar, but not the left, it would only reduce the right bar, thus making it sound like the gunshot came either more in front or more behind you, instead of the actual direction. I would never use this program. It also messes with hearing how close people are - people shooting guns closer than like 50 meters are all gonna sound the same. Not great in my opinion.
@@madsroccato9644 you're right this software is actually Garbage.I recommend using voicemeter banana as it 'compresses' your audio meaning the low sounds and the high sounds are balanced out a bit so the gun sounds will be overall lower and footsteps will sounds a bit clearer while protecting your ears from the terrible sound design of this game. I've been using this software for a while now and I saw a decent improvement in my gameplay.
May be you guys are right but wacky would have explained the cons of it. As he seems okay with it. And yes i do also use voice banana meter, using its compression to reduce the higher sounds and higher the lower sounds. But i don't have a decent hardware to play pubg steam. I play it's lite version which is a mess and the worst sound of all BRs.
I like the idea, but It can mess up the understanding of shot distance. In your example as well, the location of grazza sound was very very difficult , and in game, you would have thought that the enemy is pretty far away, and could have died pushing him. Anyway, im installing and trying this, to find perfect settings :)
@@calholli yeah in all honesty this program is good for lowering max Db but you could also get a program like voicemeeter where you can raise bass to hear footsteps and lower treble for gunshots etc
Let me just clear some questions: No this wont affect your ability to guess distanced based on sound, unless you consider it important if an enemy is 5 or 20m away. Either way, once he is so close and you cant see him youre most likely dead anyways. Also this shouldnt and cant be considered cheating, since it doesnt give an unfair advantage, it simply gives you a health advantage. Also this is possible to do with hardware in case you got a fancy DAC. This simply allows people who want to spend less money on hardware to have similar effects. So IMHO that a good option that should be considered by more people.
I can see this working, however from the examples you gave it will be harder to know if a guy is 5 meters away from you or 20 meters away, as the sound caps out at some point
@@kuwakwak i understand that. But that was the point I was making. Shots from right in front of you will sound the same as shots from 20 metres (or more depending on your settings) away.
There's only one problem with this method. It does not reduce the left and right channel individualy. You can hear it in the video that the sound goes from the right headphone, to almost centre when he presses the button. Try it yourself in a youtube left/right test video.
Seriously guys. Protect your ears! This game will ruin your hearing if you turn up your volume too loud to hear those quiet footsteps! Using this program will protect that hearing...I wish I started using it earlier.
TIP: Like i said, don't set the limit too low! Use this to remove the loud sounds because if you set it too loud the game wont sound properly!
Does It confuses the distance of firing..??
BENIN JAHIN Might if you have it too low.
At certain levels would this not effect your ability to hear directional sound if it's putting a ceiling on the louder sounds? Your video itself demonstrates this when it levels out the sound where it would be louder in the right channel than the left channel
@@Dandacion i didnt notice that, you're correct!
I once played a round and the entire time, it was quiet. Then, after I heard some footsteps it all literally goes fucking nuts, my ears were literally about to die.
I've been using this for probably a year and half now and I can highly recommend it, but i just want to clarify something you said. It does in fact reduce the quieter sounds as well (sometimes). It's simply a dynamic limiter that instantaneously reduces your windows sound volume when any sound goes over the threshold you set - it does not compress the sound unlike voicemeter banana. This means when you hear a sound that would normally go above your red line, it turns the entire system volume down to keep that loud sound under, but in doing so temporarily reduces all sounds including footsteps. The take away from this is that when you are being bombarded with loud sounds (red zone, full auto guns), it will be harder to hear footsteps. Still a fantastic little program.
wow ok good to know
yea so basically it doesnt do anything special but reduce the overall sound
yep but you're not sounding steps when a weapon is firing basically... And you can put the volume higher without damaging you ears.
@@jeremielepage9592 you agree
The other option is to use a compressor...but will compressors mess up the distance of the footstep sounds?
Since far and close footstep sounds are all compressed together with the gunfire.
"Resource Limit Is Reached" you broke the website loool.
PUBG: we will never remove obnoxious audio!
WJ: Fine, I'll do it myself
I like him...
WJ (while wearing infinity gauntlet) : Fine, i'll do it myself
Pubg corp. "Now we make this sound locker as bannable so nobody can't use it hahahahahahahahahaha".
I feel this is going to help with youtube ads more than anything
You made my day 😂
youtube has ads?
Ad Block helps too :D
Or kids in voice chat
This is great. In PUBG, you are afraid of taking damage... it's not the fear of losing health though, but getting scared half to death as your character oofs so hard after taking a couple points of damage that it damages you physically more than the character. This will help a lot to bring a bit more "playability" back without sacrifice either your ears or being able to hear footsteps. Cheers WJ you legend.
Be sure to turn the limiter mode to master in settings! This should make it so limits both channels at the same time & by the same amount which should mean no negative effects on stereo
THIS IS SUPER USEFUL! THANKS WACKYJACKY101
Loud sounds always scare me.
Now, i dont have to worry about loud sounds hurting my ears!
I thought i'm the only one xd i wasnt scared of enemy but of that loud shots haha
Tell any app in Android
@@jindris5097 Same here.. especially after smoking weed, I like to just run around.. but when I've been running in the middle of nowhere for a little while, zoned out.. then all of a sudden " *OOF* " getting shot, the character yells so loud, it always makes my heart jump.
Literally a compressor/limiter to us recording guys. I've wanted something like this for games for a LONG time. Thanks!!
I've been using this for PUBG for a few months. I crank volume really high then keep a low volume limit so I can hear footsteps without going deaf in firefights. Works great, can't complain.
I have had this on pretty much all the time for my pc since 2017 too. This is the most accessible and easy tool to protect your hearing.
Or just use sound equalisation in audio settings...
Oh, wow. Thank you for this. Can't believe this has been around for 3 years and I didn't know.. This was the main thing that stopped me from playing.
Thanks! That's a good quality of life program, not just for games but for movies, windows notifications and so on. I looked it up because I'm watching a streamer who has donation sounds which are 2x louder than his voice.
I really appreciate making this video. Reducing the volume made it too hard to hear footsteps and increasing it made my ear hurt because of large red zone sounds and grenades and gun sounds.
Additionally I couldn’t quite find a fine sound equalizer setting that could make the sound not too loud but at the same time the footsteps audible. I think this is acutally the best solution to me. Thank you.
It's been 2 yrs I'm playing pubg and I wish I found this software in the beginning. I sometimes couldn't hear the footsteps properly because of LOUD gunshots. Thx Jacky :)
Holy shit lol, I have legit been using this exact program for well over a year because I didn't know how to use Voicemeeter and whatnot.
Well, after 3k hours i think it's way too late for me.
Save your ears my friends, don't cry for mine, they are already dead.
Tinnitus? Lol
hahahahhaha
@@Thekin9koopa I got tinnitus as well after playing this game, but not permanent, just now and then
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Yep. Me too brother.
Thank you, I hate being literally jumpscared during matches
I said it in your stream and I'll say it here, you are one of the nicest streamers on Twitch, you are amazing bro! please keep rocking!
Nice tip. I'm getting this for modern warfare. The kills streaks in the game are WAY too loud.
I was thinking the same exact thing. Going to try it out in that game.
Yep. Fuckin VTOL can eat it.
hey i thought about the same, any chance you can tell us if it is working nicely?
@@Devilaxes Installed then uninstalled. Did not work like I expected.
@@jcaashby3 what was the catch=?
Yay! I use this app for almost a year now. Best thing ever. Saves my ears
the sound come above the red line i tried so many time but i again.
i need a help
@@trap211 is it Turned ON?
@@yessuz yeah
When some shooting the sound cross red line. Is the any same like this app
Oh man, thank you!
Watching movies is sooo good. Everything in the same volume! Thanks again
Dude you are literally a life saver! I used voicemeeter for this (comp.) on hardware input but the voicemeeter input somehow disappeared and I cannot find it anymore! This will help me SO MUCH! Literally thank you SO much! I freaking love you dude
I have ptsd and i love pubg but it triggers the hell out of me sometimes. This is a game changer. Thank you thank you thank you.
even though i already knew about this in the beginning, out of all the wackyjacky videos, i respect him the most for this. it means he cares about your health
I couldn't even play anymore without this awesome little app
that changes so much for me. I hate to play with too high sound, because when I shoot a kar98k my ears would explode, but I want to hear foodsteps. This is just perfect
I need this. I got scared on loud noise haha
sometimes I'll fat finger my mouse and I'll scare the shit out of myself or teammates.
Me too
PARANOID
so true
same bro
thanks for this video Jacky, I've got issues with loud sounds both in PUBG and warzone, the other one is godawful in comparison, now it's bearable
game has been out for how many years? we're all deaf already lol.
just kidding, helpful video, will try the app
what?
I just started playing and holy shit its actually so loud to the point it can actually damage my ears. I don't get why they do this.
@@user-c3jdf9lylzse i changed mute all from [whatever the stock control is] to [ctrl+f] and mute the plane. Unmute right after i pull the parachute cord
That's it. I'm now a hacker but my ears deserve respect. I'm using this. Ty Wacky!!!!!
Omg, you fkg save my life (ears) I was frustrated looking for the frequencies in the equalizer so that the shots would not leave me deaf, I had to lower the volume so much that the ambient sounds were very quiet, thanks!!!
Thank you. My god I need this in my life playing COD MW especially. Also going to get back into pubg with this program
This is the most helpful video in this channel
Finally I'm going to get rid of the absurd loud gunshots in cs...
I love you, i was tired of using f7 every time i was driving.
Yup! And this guys is how an audio compressor/limiter works. Once a signal goes over a threshold it will be attenuated by a certain amount of decibels. This seems to be a pretty decent comp/limit algorithm since there's no funky weird pumping/breathing as in other programs.
I never played pubg without an audio compressor because of the insanely loud gunsounds. My soundcard has a feature (creative soundlblaster x-fi) called svm (smart volume management) which reduces the volume of loud sounds and increases the volume of quiet sounds. I use it for many shooter games. not only does it protect my ears but it makes it easier to hear footsteps and such as well.this program is usefull but it's not the only way to make pubg quieter.
how about the Sound BlasterX G6?
@@seanchu9139 idk about that. look at the product page. i guess it'll have that feature. my card is old anyway so maybe they changed the name of it
*Dear viewers and Wacky.*
*I'm a sound enginner and I want to say - _do not use this tool in separate channel mode_.*
*Because you will kill your perception of dimensions and directions. The difference between left and right channels is actually the point of feeling the direction of sound. So use it in master limiting mode (both channel limiting)*
I have a feeling that this utility does not return the volume back after it is lowered. That is, after a loud shot you become deaf, the sounds of the environment disappear completely.
Thank you, this is what i needed. This with loudness equalisation , and pubg becomes finally audible
Wacky man you are such an awesome person! Always trying to help the community! Love you!
I think you broke the site :D
thanks for the software, now i can hear voice channel to all to reduce chaos using the program. 😊
I am using the program called voicemeeter , and it really helped me . Simply it reduces the loud sounds and increeses the quiet sounds.
This sounds useful. Shots at close range won't destroy your ears and punt your soul to narnia when you get shot... Also won't confuse gunshots from far away since it's lower volume.
I suffer from anxiety and it keeps me from maximizing volumes on all shooter games this is what I’ve been looking for
this is a simple effect calls "Limiter" i use it all the time to make music :D
TYSM!!!!!!!!
was looking for an alternative cause for some reason my headset won't work when Windows lourdness EQ is activated
this is perfect
Love it! But I have a question is it count as a third party app and pubg corp will ban us for using it?
doubt it tbh
it never plugs/connects into the game i believe, it just limits the overall output of the computer. So I doubt it
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No problem Cris
it's not a software that interferes with the game
Thank you soo much this will make gaming 75% better
I have been looking for this kind of program for a while. Thanks
My ears are thankful, dude.
Finally it is over that PUBG produces tinnitus. THX Wacky
I've been using this for a few months now and it really makes a change, you can even set it to work at the same time with voicemeeter banana (if you use it), it's really cool
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Very informative, especially since PUBG is getting free for everyone now.
I actually never thought you were Danish :D just saw you language setting :P Hello fra Norge ;) Thank you so much for this program btw, gonna be cool to test out ;)
I thought he's an American..lol
thought he was from eastern Europe :D
@@lordthanos4616 LOL Yeah, same here bud, his English is very good ;)
This must be one of the best 3-party apps I‘ve ever seen. Becuz Gun shot is quiet upsetting and distracting when it is around u！
It makes it harder to hear enemies because the stereo is not correct.
If the right ear is louder, it wont change the left ear, so the stereoeffect is gone
200 IQ
This is only for very loud sounds, other sounds like footsteps won't be affected at all. So if someone is shooting so close to you that the limiter kicks in and you don't know already where he is, you were dead anyway!
get a good sound card and you can activate the Smart Volume Monitor, or SVM. It's so cool, if you're standing still the volume gets louder and you can hear everything around you, and as soon as you fire the volume goes down immediately and it protects your hearing. it's really cool.
My wife always yells at me for "shouting" while playing. This will help SO MUCH!
it wont put a hand over your mouth
It's too late, some loud sounds from pubg really reduced my ears sensivity lulz this program is a must, thx
This is perfect for headphones so you don't get you ears blown out.
It really helps. Thank u so much buddy. Love from India ❤️
Another good alternative that increases footstep sounds AND reduces loud sounds is Razer Surround. However, both are very good!
This is good. I am truly annoyed with the sounds of gunshots. Especially in the training grounds.
Joel Conolly press F7
@@DanielYengle What does it do?
Useful thing to mention that programms like this are forbidden on esl faceit and other leagues
This is AMAZING.. thanks for the info! I hearing might survive after all!
This really fixes the Redzone volume. nice
It clearly changes the clarity of the sound at 2:20 when you toggle it on and off so that's a nope from me. It sounds super weird and unprecise.
I think whats happening is, when sound gets limited from lets say right channel but not left channel because left channel limit has not been reached: right channel gets limited but left channel is still the same but if left channel had gotten quieter proportional to the right channel you would not be thinking there is a problem with sound clarity. its not a clarity issue, it just gets quieter.
i never downloaded a program so fast after an youtube recommendation, as this one
In shorter distance it might mess up guesing the position of your enemy shooting at you, because both sound chanels are at same loudness level.
It is a simple version of stereo limiter used in audio engineering :)
Nice tool, definately gonna use it :))
Thanks!!
P.s. works well byt make sure u turn of HRTF or you will experience phase issues.
How could this be? Jacky uses HRTF On
thank you so much, cant say how long I searching for this. wasted hours,days,months for this to find.
I'm still using audio compression by Voicemeeter Banana. That also increases the level of quieter sounds. Sound Lock is much easier to setup though.
Yeah but voice banana is cheating imo
@@winkiiiie no its not.
Its like saying 7.1 surround is cheating LMAO
@@mickfps using a third party software to modify game files to gain an advantage over people not using is not cheating? Whats next? sensitivity assist that is going to help you ads in the general direction of your enemies but not lock on it? Its cheating idk how so many people argue with this. Its just as bad as a visual aid (esp). Sound lock kinda makes sense because pubg is deafening but its border line. Lets say you found a way you to make the skin tone of players bright yellow, would that be cheating in your book ?even if its just fucking around with contrasts Its the same thing
VMB does not modify game files. SMH
@@MaineLander so youre telling me there's no difference between using it or not? It might not modify the actual game files idk how exactly it works but it sure does drastically changes how the player perceive the gameplay. Its makes enemie footsteps louder, your own gun shots/footsteps quieter thus giving you an unfair advantage over someone not using it aka cheating. Just like how they banned reshade because you could do wierd shit like magnifier and color changes. Its the same thing
stop making my enemy know me coming
If you focus a bit you will notice that it does not make footsteps louder, just takes the edge of the high sounds, and lets be honest, PUBG sound is not good, they have to fix it..
vikhaedan i know dude but it will balance it all and the sound of the footstep will be emphasized if the other sound could be minimize thats for my own opinion and i agree with you
it makes footsteps louder yes, because with this limit you can increase the overall volume without you being deaf with loud noises
@@andrefm9 Yeah sure, but at the same time you lose all sense of distance with the shots if you do that, i dont think the users will do that, i think its more important to know where they are than to know if someone is sneaking up on you, most deaths is from a distance, but for me that is ok if they do like you said, i vill get more kills.. ;) (i hope)
It actually doesnt make footsteps louder, more like giving you the confidence to increase volume without hurting your ears with the highs
This looks good but I guess will take a bit of getting used to, if gun sounds are lower you may not realise how far away they are accurately
realizing you need to save your ears is better than not realizing how far someone is in the game, plus you're twice as deadly in city fights because all you need to hear is one single step from the enemy
I think compression works even better and you don't need to install anything. Just head to the windows sounds settings, in the advanced options, to enable it.
have been using it for quite a while now, Recommended.
Awesome toll for streamers, can't wait to test this out 😍 thanks
PS: should be awesome if you could control this for specific app or game and leave the others untouched
Edit: you can select the source to limit it, thanks a lot for sharing this program
Speaking of sounds, I missed hearing your accent bcoz it was so soothing to listen to when I watched your vids XD
It has been that long since I last played pubg haha
You're going to lose the ability to tell the direction of gunshots sometimes. If the left channel is supposed to be 5% higher than the red bar and the right channel is supposed to be 20% higher, then when you turn on this program they will be at the same level thus making the sound the same in each ear. It would be like playing in mono for loud gunshots.
Look up how to set up a sound compressor with VoiceMeter banana for a better alternative.
Yes finally someone that understands the big problem with using this.
IDK, it seems to me that's all config issues, cuz if u lower it just the much u need for shooting sounds, you'll have the same footsteps sounds as before since they never reach the limitbar cuz it's much lower then super close shoots, sorry my bad English
I'm just saying, if u let the sound flow as the distance and only lower the 20 meter closer sounds not much to don't intervene on away sounds as they get far from you
Exactly.
@Rick O'Shea Indeed
yeah, you'd have a completely different playstyle once you get used to soundlock, i've tried banana and it works well, but the delay that comes with it, is dangerous in close quarter combat because sometimes there is a delay in pubg sound already as well. in open field you are at such a disadvantage but in city fights, you can hear every step
The best guide and program I really need ,thanku sir
ALL Games should have this feature...just as they have warnings for flashing lights/images that may introduce epileptic seizures...Protect your hearing, once its gone...it does not come back!
Holy moly WJ, about 3 years too late, but better late than never.
Love your videos, more power to you.
Why the hell hasn't bluehole hired you as a dev or QA puzzles me to no end.
3 minutes for a 10 seconds needed for explain this simple program
nice, no more jumping out of the chair because of some loud guns shooting at me....
but what about the left and right sound ratio, after a level it will be same.
The guns where being fired from the right side of the character of jacky.
That's why the right bar was higher in the video, the program balances out the sound through out left and right.
@@_Zardari_ It is quite obvious in the video that it does NOT do that. If the sound in the right channel is louder than the bar, but not the left, it would only reduce the right bar, thus making it sound like the gunshot came either more in front or more behind you, instead of the actual direction. I would never use this program. It also messes with hearing how close people are - people shooting guns closer than like 50 meters are all gonna sound the same. Not great in my opinion.
@@madsroccato9644 you're right this software is actually Garbage.I recommend using voicemeter banana as it 'compresses' your audio meaning the low sounds and the high sounds are balanced out a bit so the gun sounds will be overall lower and footsteps will sounds a bit clearer while protecting your ears from the terrible sound design of this game. I've been using this software for a while now and I saw a decent improvement in my gameplay.
That's not how stereo works....
May be you guys are right but wacky would have explained the cons of it. As he seems okay with it.
And yes i do also use voice banana meter, using its compression to reduce the higher sounds and higher the lower sounds.
But i don't have a decent hardware to play pubg steam.
I play it's lite version which is a mess and the worst sound of all BRs.
you are a legend this is such a good program, thanks wacky
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I'm looking for...
“It’s a
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lol
But thank you honestly I need this and appreciate your content!
I like the idea, but It can mess up the understanding of shot distance. In your example as well, the location of grazza sound was very very difficult , and in game, you would have thought that the enemy is pretty far away, and could have died pushing him. Anyway, im installing and trying this, to find perfect settings :)
Also if a sound is close to your right, this program will just cut down on the right channel and make it sound like he is in front/behind you.
@@madsroccato9644 yeah,exactly
Yeah I agree with you mate.
You'll have to relearn sounds obviously... but you'll get used to it again.
@@calholli yeah in all honesty this program is good for lowering max Db but you could also get a program like voicemeeter where you can raise bass to hear footsteps and lower treble for gunshots etc
Hey, it works better if you right click sound locker icon and go to settings, filter mode and set it to master.
Very helpful trick thx bro
I wanted this for so long! Thank you!!!
Let me just clear some questions:
No this wont affect your ability to guess distanced based on sound, unless you consider it important if an enemy is 5 or 20m away. Either way, once he is so close and you cant see him youre most likely dead anyways.
Also this shouldnt and cant be considered cheating, since it doesnt give an unfair advantage, it simply gives you a health advantage. Also this is possible to do with hardware in case you got a fancy DAC. This simply allows people who want to spend less money on hardware to have similar effects.
So IMHO that a good option that should be considered by more people.
Thanks buddy,, you saved a life.. Literally of my ears.
It may confuse the distance of enemy..??!!!
It might if u set the bar too low
Just set it at the right level...all we want is to get rid of the deafening soung of guns up close... that's what gonna fuck us all up in the ear
confused about the distance is better than frustrated about deafness
I can see this working, however from the examples you gave it will be harder to know if a guy is 5 meters away from you or 20 meters away, as the sound caps out at some point
as you could see steps didnt cap out only the loud shots did
@@kuwakwak i understand that. But that was the point I was making. Shots from right in front of you will sound the same as shots from 20 metres (or more depending on your settings) away.
There's only one problem with this method. It does not reduce the left and right channel individualy. You can hear it in the video that the sound goes from the right headphone, to almost centre when he presses the button. Try it yourself in a youtube left/right test video.
So Wacky is from Denmark according to the taskbar
The fact that pubg needs such a third party program says a lot about the level of its sound design...
Thanks bro you save my ears