Get rid of voice echo

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THE MAC GOD — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:13:12 GMT

The echo is the same reason why radio hosts tell people to turn down their radios... it's feedback. Someone doesn't understand that you can't have the game at full surround sound and 100dbs and have conversations... someone is talking (with game voice output set to speaker) or noises from the game get picked up by the person's (who has their stereo up) headset and it gets retransmitted... thus the ugly cycle of feedback. Maybe cleaning it does the trick, but even on the old xbox, people would turn down their stereos and it would fix it.

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Ice Fingers — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:44:02 GMT

Is echo the only thing that is being heard when using the new headset? Not a one of the friends on my list will even use the message function because of the horrible sound quality.

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catul — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:36:34 GMT

I have been able to resolve the echo issue by moving the mic further from my mouth.

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dlittley — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:20:56 GMT

When ever we get echo, we always found someone in the game didn't have their mic pushed all the way into the controller. You hear a click, then the echo goes :)

Not sure it can be that simple though surely? ;)

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Thlayli — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:31:07 GMT

One thing to keep in mind, although it might have been mentioned already, is that the voice data on the 360 is being transmitted wirelessly. There are very few wireless Xbox controllers with communicator support (from the controller, not a dongle) and at least one only has half-duplex (talk or listen) audio. I assume the 360 has full-duplex audio but it is still limited by the bandwidth of the wireless connection. Any radio-frequency encoded audio going to sound worse than the wired Live headsets we're all used to. Additionally, the limitation is the wireless reciever and although 3rd party controllers will come out, they will be forced to work with the built-in receiver. The bad audio might be here to stay. Maybe they'll optimize the software compression.

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Ice Fingers — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:33:18 GMT

These audio issues need to be acknowledged and addressed immediately. Major, just a simple chat with me using our 360s would spell it all out to you. Please be forthcoming and lay out a plan to patch or replace our quickly souring gaming experience. We all want to see this system work and are not "outing" the problem to some other media site...share what you know please!

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ChrisBravoTown — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:39:55 GMT

The echo is annoying but what I hate is the muffled low quality sound when compared to Xbox 1 on Live. Next Generation communications should be an improvement, not this rubbish.

The sound was better when everyone was on 512k, now most people are on better than that so there should be MORE bandwidth.

Patch it.

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Richard — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:08:15 GMT

Did you play Live on Xbox ?

Whether it's down to the dissapointing headsets or the service I have no idea but,
I'd have to agree that so far (PDZ, PGR2 and COD2) I think the voice isn't as good.

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Richard — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:04:53 GMT

Was playing a private game of PDZ with two friends last night.
We were all hearing echo !?

No alcohol was involved. :-)

I recall their being issues in the UK with the Xbox,
relating to BT Broadband, where users had to put the Xbox in the DMZ when connecting via a router.
Perhaps the same issue exists with the 360 ?
Although the main issue was a random complete lack of voice for certain players.

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ill trooper — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:52:19 GMT

Gsux, sound quality and echo are a problem and by the way, the headset was NOT 'free' as the unit cost me $399 - unless you're on of those guys who robbed the guys for the 360's in Alaska, then I suppose you could say it was 'free.'

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Armored One — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:51:17 GMT

Yep - I have a huge upload & download, (if I do say so myself) so when I host = No Echo. When others host = Echo
This is also the case when using 'Roger Wilco' when PC gaming, so I'd say it's a LAG issue -

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Gusx — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:36:12 GMT

Im sure that MS will put on sale a wireless headset that will be well made like the wireless controller. In the mean time, lets endure the bad comm, and remember that the wire headset came FREE.

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Gusx — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:35:51 GMT

Im sure that MS will put on sale a wireless headset that will be well made like the wireless controller. In the mean time, lets endure the bad comm, and remember that the wire headset came FREE.

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Danno — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:14:00 GMT

This is well and good, but are there any fixes for the nasaly 10 year olds that sing nursery rhymes?

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thetonyp — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:22:46 GMT

More often than not, the echo is a problem with someone elses headset. I noticed it happens to me a lot, and sometimes I'm the one with the headset problem. When my friends say there is an echo, I don't even go as far as cleaning it, I just unplug it and plug it back in, I can't think of a single time when it didn't work.

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Master3xBOx — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:38:53 GMT

Thanks much.