Stadiums Too Quiet (try this out)

[Valdarez]

I have a 7.1 surround system, and was very dissappointed with the stadium sounds in Madden. Today, I finally messed with the sound volumes, turning the Commentary down to 70 and leaving the rest alone, then pumping up my overall volume. It made the game feel far more realistic. The stadiums felt more alive. Give it a try and see if it makes a difference for you.

[KBLover]

Yep - works for me (though I don't have a sweet system like 7.1 - I have one of those "gamer chairs" with the speakers inside the chair, so it gives a nice impact - crowd right in my ears and you can feel the vibrations in the stadium music/hard hit effects/anything with high bass)

[Valdarez]

Nice. For some reason it doesn't fire my bass off when I play the game. I figured it was just a sound/design thing on their part. Got a 400 watt bass just sitting there all quiet... was really expecting to hear some thuds when I cranked the volume after turning the commentary down.

[huskerwr38]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

I have a 7.1 surround system, and was very dissappointed with the stadium sounds in Madden. Today, I finally messed with the sound volumes, turning the Commentary down to 70 and leaving the rest alone, then pumping up my overall volume. It made the game feel far more realistic. The stadiums felt more alive. Give it a try and see if it makes a difference for you.

Thats what I have been doing, except I have everything down to about 50 and have the crowd pumped all the way up. The only thing is that's really bad about this is that you will hear the same noises over and over. For instance, you'll hear individual people say the same stuff over and over...it just gets really annoying.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by huskerwr38

Thats what I have been doing, except I have everything down to about 50 and have the crowd pumped all the way up. The only thing is that's really bad about this is that you will hear the same noises over and over. For instance, you'll hear individual people say the same stuff over and over...it just gets really annoying.

hah, yeah, I guess that works too. Basically the same result. Yeah, you hear a lot of the same things, but it's not as redundant as the commentary so it hasn't bothered me so far. Kind of funny to hear some of the stuff too. There's a zena war cry in there. lol

[Madden Head]

Ian had a video of the Falcons and Chiefs back before E3 that is on Youtube and the crowd sounds great and when I brought Madden home I made sure to do what you are all talking about right away. It helps a lot. Also, try turning the Player names to off in the presentation settings because in real life we can't see white names floating under the players as they run down field and that helps make the game LOOK better imo. Think about either playing with the blue and yellow lines on, or both off. In real life you can't see the lines, but if you are using broadcast view, use both lines like on TV. Also, turning the lines off on broadcast view kind of feels like you are up in the booth calling plays like the coordinators do.

Regarding the sound though, this is why a lot of people were upset when we didn't have team/stadium specific sounds like in last gen Madden games even though we were told they would be in the game. What made people even more upset is that Ian said he didn't want to tell us something was in the game unless he was 100% sure it was, and team/stadium specific chants and sounds are not in the game. I don't want this to turn into a flame thread, and this is a great idea that works, I just want to keep things real.

[Pass_The_Cows]

Yeah I've been doing this since Madden/NCAA 06 on PS2. I love having the crowd blasting over the commentators when I pump them up in NCAA. Although in Madden this year it seems like the crowd isn't paying any attention to the game as they can be almost dead silent on big plays while going crazy pre-snap.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by huskerwr38

For instance, you'll hear individual people say the same stuff over and over...it just gets really annoying.

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