Orchestrion Feedback

[YunieAura]

Crafted the Eternal Wind song. The low volume killed my excitement. SIIIGH. Absolutely hating that I have to adjust my volume depending on the song playing, then readjust it when I leave the house !!!!!!!!!!

[Solarra]

Similar experience with 'Solid'. Instead of the huge swell of music that greets you when you enter Ishgard, you get a whisper that seems to fade in and out even if you stand right in front of the Orchestrion and stay absolutely still.

We got an Orchestrion for our FC house a couple of days ago, up to then I'd only experienced it in other people's houses. The sound is far worse than I thought, even turning slightly on the spot will alter the volume. Also, some tracks are much louder than others, 'Another Round' seems a lot louder than 'Solid', for example.
It is such a cool feature, I really hope they introduce an option for high quality sound.

[Game_Over]

Directional audio needs to go.

Nvm, option in audio settings.

Nvm, still needs to go.

Agreed, this option does nothing in relation to the orchestrion, have tried it.

[Game_Over]

<snip>not everyone plays this game with headphones ,

I get its a video game, but they did go for a sense of realism, I don't know about you guys , but if I play a stereo upstairs, I can't hear it as well downstairs, or in the room over. I'd like the meet the person who has a singular stereo that can fill their whole house with sound.

So...the realism of the concept of a stereo is more important than hearing the music that is the purpose of adding the item in the first place? When I turn my back to a stereo, I'm pretty sure I can still hear the music (and yes, this is a problem with headphones whether you have sound settings on character or camera orientation.) Not everyone has the option of using their 5.1 surround sound speakers - I have them, but I'm considerate of my neighbors sharing walls with me. I see no reason they cannot just do a toggle on/off directional, wouldn't that be an easy fix?

[SokiYagami]

Even a "we are currently considering this" would be nice at this point.

[Beckett]

Q: Could you add an option to listen to music from the orchestrion as regular background music instead of with 3D sound?

A: We won’t be able to do this right away. Soken will be post details on the forum. The 3D sound for the sound source is working a bit too well, so we are proceeding with plans for making adjustments. We’re also developing a shuffle feature at the moment. In regards to songs from the FINAL FANTASY series, it’s difficult for us to use other titles’ songs however we like.

Why? Why do they utterly refuse to just give us proper BGM replacement? I'll be glad to hear the improved 3D sound, and I'll certainly be glad for the Shuffle feature, but please give us the option to turn off the 3D sound entirely!

[Solarra]

Why? Why do they utterly refuse to just give us proper BGM replacement? I'll be glad to hear the improved 3D sound, and I'll certainly be glad for the Shuffle feature, but please give us the option to turn off the 3D sound entirely!

I agree, an option that simply replaces the background music at the same quality and volume as we normally hear it would be very welcome. Improved 3D sound is still going to sound inferior to the default BGM, especially for people in large or medium houses.

I'm happy they are working on the 3D sound because some people really like it and find it immersive, however, it would be very nice if the rest of us were able to turn it off. More options are always a good thing.
I wonder if the reason they are so set on keeping it is because of the time and resources already invested in changing the sound from default.

[AstralKaos]

I wonder if the reason they are so set on keeping it is because of the time and resources already invested in changing the sound from default.

As with a lot of the questionable or meh things in this game, that is likely the case... someone had to actually work to take the simple request of a BGM changing furnishing and rip the BGM part out, make it position-based, and force it to be this... "immersive feature" instead with no option.


So, look forward to the thing they mentioned before, the speaker set that will take up more item limit space, and still not give people the option.

[FoxyAreku]

No offense to anyone but I'm starting to wonder if most of you have medical hearing problems.

I really don't see this as a big deal. And I have about 20 songs and can hear all of them perfectly fine regardless of where in my house I am without having to adjust the volume at all.

Like, I'm all for more options, but I feel you all are over-exaggerating how bad the sound is. It's perfectly fine to me.

[Noxifer]

It's perfectly fine to me.

Follow-up question: What kind of sound do you have? Speakers or headset? And if headset, does it have any kind of virtual surround (i.e. could you hear from which direction levi is going to dive?) or is it equal-opportunity stereo?

The issue is most noticeable through headsets. Even my "crappy" €25 phone headset (with a splitter to work with PCs) goes almost completely silent in one ear if I turn my camera 90 degrees or more in one direction instead of looking straight at the orchestrion. Especially if I'm close to it. I'd wager I wouldn't have that much of an issue with the sound if I had it on speaker sound instead, but... Since I have another person playing in the same room as me, I can't really do that.

(Also yes, I do have slight hearing issues, but they're related to my ADHD and not to actual hearing disabilities. Still means I need to have subtitles when watching stuff, since with background music and sound effects and accents I can't focus on the dialogue well enough to hear everything said.)