Hi all, I am sick of waiting for buttkickers to be back in stock and am looking for an alternative setup. Maybe a couple of pucks and a cheap but effective amp that can be used straight out of the box. I just have onboard sound. Any thoughts and advice is welcome. Cheers
and since this weekend I have MDF platform with Sylomer damping pads. My neighbor says she does not hear me any longer
I use (very very) similar shakers as above, my guees is that they are the same with other brand on it : https://www.amazon.fr/Subwoofer-Auto-100W-Sinustec-ST-BS/dp/B005FWXOTC I use 4 of them. Works pretty well, my only complain is that they can be noise on peak surge. If you're going to use simvibe you'll need to tweak it to avoid theses peak but it's hard to do. I also modified them by including some foam inside, with that they make less metallic noises. But I think about remplacing them by buttkickers Mini LFE one day. For the amps I bought a used car audio subwoffer amp. A MacAudio MPX 1000W (can be use for 1x1000w -2x500W or 4x250W). https://www.amazon.fr/Mac-Audio-1104110-mac-1000/dp/B00C8Y04ZC It's a cheap solution that works great, but you'll need to add a 12V power-supply. I use a PC ATX power-supply that can deliver 40A on a single 12V rails (Antec Neo Bronze 520W), this give me 480W for the 4 Shakers, witch is enough for 4 100W shakers Is simvibe is on the use you may need to add at least one soundcard. A cheap 4 way PCI card will do the job: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B001D767GA/ref=pe_386181_51767671_TE_dp_2 Amps+power supply cost me less than 100€ Shakers cost around 40€ each => ~160€ the set Audio cad : 15€ For less than 300€ you have a full 4 shakers set
yeah, I think the shakers from Reckhorn are the same. whoever the manufacturer is https://www.amazon.fr/Reckhorn-BS-2...=UTF8&qid=1493045280&sr=1-3&keywords=reckhorn there are two models I think, BS-100 and BS-200. https://www.amazon.fr/Reckhorn-cana...=UTF8&qid=1493045280&sr=1-5&keywords=reckhorn since the amplifier has an active cross-over network I don't need simvibe yet. I use the audio signal form the HDMI connection to my TV and then to the amplifier. But it always depends on your setup of course
You don't know what you miss Even with cross-over on the amps, you can't create something that doesn't exist and you'll always be limited to the sounds that the game output.. witch is far far far far away from what you can get with simbive I.E. you'll never have road texture / bumps, Shifter effects or even engine vibs related to engine RPM.
I thought simvibe is using the game audio stream? it is not? ok, I since I have the onboard sound card turned off at the moment I might have a look at it. But even without simvibe, a bass shaker gives so much more immersion I am happy that I don't disturb my neighbour any longer.
Not at all ! It use game data (shared memory system, etc) to use directly the game physics. It's the true beauty of it Immersion is way more important with Simvibe than with audio, the effects are more linked to what you see on screen and through your wheel.
right, it uses its own sounds triggered by gama data. again so stupid that I sold my old Alesis amplifier last year :/
It will It only requiers a dedicated soundcard. Everything else could be the same, you may just need to tweak a little your amps (cross-over etc)
I am just wondering if simvibe can send the signal via the optical output of the sound card. I have two transducers and I would like to run them parallel, same signal (chassis mode)
Maybe this: https://www.gametrix.eu/products/gametrix-kw-908-jetseat-turbojet plus this: https://andres.shop/software/21-simshaker-wheels.html could be an alternative.
Thanks for the replies guys. I think I have decided on some 50w dayton shakers. Anyone know if these are okay? I was thinking of getting 2, one to put under the pedal plate and the other on the frame behind the seat. We seem to be pretty limited to what is available here. What considerations would I need to take into account with an amp to power these? Cheers
ok, now I got Simvibe, big fun indeed. The GUI is a bit ... confusing. I found a very good description in a forum that helped me a lot (only in German). With simvibe it is a totally different chapter now My only fear is my neighbour at the moment, I hope my new platform helps. There is so much to play with in Simvibe great stuff
Not sure Simvibe can do it. Maybe you can use some software/driver solution to "copy" the analogue audio signal to the SPDIF one. But the only benefice of using optical would be if you have long wires between the computer and your RIG. For my first RIG I had to run +15m of wire, I had pretty bad noise interference because of that. If you want to drive multiple transducer with the same signal you only have to set your sound card output mode in the right configuration: Stereo or even Mono instead of the full 4channel needed for a full 4 transducer chassis setup.
it works, but with the optical output I currently have delay. The signal goes via HDMI to the TV and from here to a DA converter from Oehlbach. Perhaps a bit too much loop through But I need this configuration for my PS4 as well. It might help to change the sound depth of the Nvidia HDMI output. Got to test this later. Depending on your sound it is called "what you hear" (Soundblaster) or "Stereo Mix" (Realtek). Here you can choose the sound to listen hat and loop it through another output. The quality of the DA Oehlbach is much better than the normal stereo output of my onboard sound card. Therefore I prefer to use the digital signal. Only when I can not get rid of the delay I got to switch to the analog signal.
Wait.. what ?? Are you aware that sound quality is not that important for transducer drived by simvibe ? Honestly you really better have to go with the analog signal straight from a dedicated sound card for simvibe (onboard or 15€ PCI-E soundcard is way enough for this) (Some uses USB soundcard but it's not supported by simXperience and not recommended) And I hope you don't mix the game sound and the simvibe signal in the same output