No crackling or breakups for me other than the same old occasional audio stutter that CDPR can't seem to fix on PC.
Now for the Immerse app, let me preface by saying I was definitely the biggest skeptic about this $20 audio mod as should be obvious from my previous posts before the app released.
I was wrong, I'm not afraid to admit it. You OWE it to yourself to give this the 14 day COMPLETELY FREE NO BULLSHIT ATTACHED trial, this should be a big sign to everyone that they're obviously proud of what they made and are so sure that it's a winner that they're giving you TWO WHOLE WEEKS to trial it out with no credit card attached, nothing other than an email address that they send a PIN number to for authorization. And they absolutely have to know that this is completely opening themselves up to people creating a mountain of fake emails to get another two weeks of free use.
That's pretty ballsy, I know it, you know it, I'm sure they know it as well...
Now on to the mod/app itself, I tested on my Sony PS5 Pulse headphones, my Astro A50 headphones, as well as my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 that is my usual audio on this PC because I hate wearing headphones. I also hooked my PC to my living room audio Yamaha RX-V4A 5.2 (hooked up as 5.1 currently) receiver even though I normally only game in that room on my PC5 and UNFORTUNATELY this app isn't available on the PS5.
The head tracking with a camera works, not sure what else to say about it, if I had to guess it gives you around a 15 degree modifier to the sound angle, it's not very aggressive which is NICE, maybe the company can comment on how many degrees of head turn it actually adjusts for but you can definitely hit the edge without a lot of head movement. It's nice for bigger monitors or a TV where you're turning your head just slightly to see something at the edges. Please don't change this btw it feels perfect right now in the 1.0 patch version.
I have about 2 hours on the Sony Pulse, 2 hours on the Astro A50, and about 5 hours on the Klipsch 2.1 so far, the Yamaha 5.1 a little over an hour. I used head tracking on everything except the Klipsch because normally I would never let an app just take over my camera like that... it's great that the app functions perfectly without REQUIRING a camera btw.
I was a little shocked at how much this actually makes the game better on the Pulse and A50, absolutely worth the $20 if you're using headphones, the Windows 11 spatial audio is abysmal compared to this app. If you're on ANY kind of 5 or 7 channel headphones or any kind of 5/7 channel surround this is an absolute no brainer must buy. Do the free trial, you'll see.
The Yamaha 5.1 receiver in the living room was obviously a kick in the pants as well, I liked it better with the head tracking turned off but that's probably because I sit pretty close to the 65" TV and the head tracking was picking up a little too much movement. The calibration settings couldn't seem to trim it down enough, probably due to my distance from the TV and a manual slider with actual DEGREES on the settings page would be helpful.
The Klipsch 2.1 I'm on the fence about, YES it makes the game sound better, quite a bit better than I thought it would and I used this method first so I wouldn't contaminate my opinion on it by comparing it to the obviously better 5/7 channel headphones and the kick ass 5.1 Yamaha receiver. My only real point of concern is "is it worth $20" for a 2.1 speaker setup, if it was a 2.x headphone setup I'd say yeah because you also have the optional head tracking. I keep my speakers directly behind my 27" monitor and angled outwards and for me PERSONALLY I am definitely buying the app but I want to give it a few more days to see if I encounter any bugs.
Your milage may vary, again I strongly suggest downloading the trial version, you literally have nothing to lose except giving out your email address and the entire internet probably has it anyways. I'm no longer a skeptic, Embody did it right, yes I wish this was a free update obviously but these folks have time and effort involved and this makes the game better for 2.1 folks and WAY better for headphone folks so I'm ok paying the price.
Sorry for the wall of text, and sorry for my skepticism in earlier posts, you definitely earned some praise for this mod/app.
Now for the Immerse app, let me preface by saying I was definitely the biggest skeptic about this $20 audio mod as should be obvious from my previous posts before the app released.
I was wrong, I'm not afraid to admit it. You OWE it to yourself to give this the 14 day COMPLETELY FREE NO BULLSHIT ATTACHED trial, this should be a big sign to everyone that they're obviously proud of what they made and are so sure that it's a winner that they're giving you TWO WHOLE WEEKS to trial it out with no credit card attached, nothing other than an email address that they send a PIN number to for authorization. And they absolutely have to know that this is completely opening themselves up to people creating a mountain of fake emails to get another two weeks of free use.
That's pretty ballsy, I know it, you know it, I'm sure they know it as well...
Now on to the mod/app itself, I tested on my Sony PS5 Pulse headphones, my Astro A50 headphones, as well as my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 that is my usual audio on this PC because I hate wearing headphones. I also hooked my PC to my living room audio Yamaha RX-V4A 5.2 (hooked up as 5.1 currently) receiver even though I normally only game in that room on my PC5 and UNFORTUNATELY this app isn't available on the PS5.
The head tracking with a camera works, not sure what else to say about it, if I had to guess it gives you around a 15 degree modifier to the sound angle, it's not very aggressive which is NICE, maybe the company can comment on how many degrees of head turn it actually adjusts for but you can definitely hit the edge without a lot of head movement. It's nice for bigger monitors or a TV where you're turning your head just slightly to see something at the edges. Please don't change this btw it feels perfect right now in the 1.0 patch version.
I have about 2 hours on the Sony Pulse, 2 hours on the Astro A50, and about 5 hours on the Klipsch 2.1 so far, the Yamaha 5.1 a little over an hour. I used head tracking on everything except the Klipsch because normally I would never let an app just take over my camera like that... it's great that the app functions perfectly without REQUIRING a camera btw.
I was a little shocked at how much this actually makes the game better on the Pulse and A50, absolutely worth the $20 if you're using headphones, the Windows 11 spatial audio is abysmal compared to this app. If you're on ANY kind of 5 or 7 channel headphones or any kind of 5/7 channel surround this is an absolute no brainer must buy. Do the free trial, you'll see.
The Yamaha 5.1 receiver in the living room was obviously a kick in the pants as well, I liked it better with the head tracking turned off but that's probably because I sit pretty close to the 65" TV and the head tracking was picking up a little too much movement. The calibration settings couldn't seem to trim it down enough, probably due to my distance from the TV and a manual slider with actual DEGREES on the settings page would be helpful.
The Klipsch 2.1 I'm on the fence about, YES it makes the game sound better, quite a bit better than I thought it would and I used this method first so I wouldn't contaminate my opinion on it by comparing it to the obviously better 5/7 channel headphones and the kick ass 5.1 Yamaha receiver. My only real point of concern is "is it worth $20" for a 2.1 speaker setup, if it was a 2.x headphone setup I'd say yeah because you also have the optional head tracking. I keep my speakers directly behind my 27" monitor and angled outwards and for me PERSONALLY I am definitely buying the app but I want to give it a few more days to see if I encounter any bugs.
Your milage may vary, again I strongly suggest downloading the trial version, you literally have nothing to lose except giving out your email address and the entire internet probably has it anyways. I'm no longer a skeptic, Embody did it right, yes I wish this was a free update obviously but these folks have time and effort involved and this makes the game better for 2.1 folks and WAY better for headphone folks so I'm ok paying the price.
Sorry for the wall of text, and sorry for my skepticism in earlier posts, you definitely earned some praise for this mod/app.