Switch All sound in mono

02FD

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Hi,
I noticed all of the sound in the switch version plays in mono. I can't test beyond handheld mode at the moment, but this is both with and without wired headphones from the headphone jack. I verified that it's not my console's settings by pressing home (the sound for going to the home menu is in stereo) and double checking the relevant setting.
 

02FD

Newcomer
02FD said:
Hi,
I noticed all of the sound in the switch version plays in mono. I can't test beyond handheld mode at the moment, but this is both with and without wired headphones from the headphone jack. I verified that it's not my console's settings by pressing home (the sound for going to the home menu is in stereo) and double checking the relevant setting.
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Well, testing in docked seemed to indicate the same lack of stereo sound. The PC version is definitely in stereo, but the switch version only seems to output in mono; specifically mixing the left and right channels.

This is definitely the case when using headphones while docked but I had trouble telling if my soundbar was just a really narrow stereo field, so I can't confirm 100% but it definitely sounded like it was in mono.

With the filesize of the game on Switch being almost double the PC version, I have to wonder if this was intentional to save space??? Still, it's very jarring having all of the audio in mono even if it halves the size taken up by the audio files.
 
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