When I fly in fsx, when in the VC if I turn my head to the left or right the sound(ie engine sound) fades in and out, I have always wondered if there was away to disable this effect.

What sound card are you using, drivers up to date, sound settings match the actual speaker setup (or headphones)?

When I fly in fsx, when in the VC if I turn my head to the left or right the sound(ie engine sound) fades in and out, I have always wondered if there was away to disable this effect.

The engine sound in V.C. is 'spatial' It should give you clear clues as to your head orientation by the sound of the engine more to your 'right virtual ear' when you pan to the left (and turn your virtual head) and vise versa for the opposite head movement. Is this what you are meaning about 'fading out'? If so...then it is normal, unless you wish to remove that virtual sound cue.Mitch

Are you perhaps talking about some sort of 'wooshing' sound (I really do not know how to explain it properly :))? I also experience this with my Level-D 767, though not with FSX default aircraft or PMDD MD-11. I believe it has something to do with the fact that some soundpacks do not use soundcones that were implemented in FSX. It's extremely annoying because you basically lose your engine sounds although they're back after hitting Q two times. If there's anyone with a solution for this problem it would be much appreciated!

The engine sound in V.C. is 'spatial' It should give you clear clues as to your head orientation by the sound of the engine more to your 'right virtual ear' when you pan to the left (and turn your virtual head) and vise versa for the opposite head movement. Is this what you are meaning about 'fading out'? If so...then it is normal, unless you wish to remove that virtual sound cue.Mitch

Sorry for the confusion guys, it was hard to put into words, but yes Mitch that is what Im talking about, I don't really like that effect, at least not on a two speaker system maby if I had surround sound. Is there away to remove it?

Are you perhaps talking about some sort of 'wooshing' sound (I really do not know how to explain it properly :))? I also experience this with my Level-D 767, though not with FSX default aircraft or PMDD MD-11. I believe it has something to do with the fact that some soundpacks do not use soundcones that were implemented in FSX. It's extremely annoying because you basically lose your engine sounds although they're back after hitting Q two times. If there's anyone with a solution for this problem it would be much appreciated!

Alex, I understand your frustration.I got rid of most of it when I entered the line "AffinityMask=15" to my FSX.cfg file. You will find multiple posters writing about their experiences here on AVSIM. Since the on-board sound card takes alot of processing power off your CPU this command helps spreading the load.It is not completely gone, but it has helped me to my satisfaction.Mennoi7, W7/644 Gb, GTS240,FSX Gold

Alex, I understand your frustration.I got rid of most of it when I entered the line "AffinityMask=15" to my FSX.cfg file. You will find multiple posters writing about their experiences here on AVSIM. Since the on-board sound card takes alot of processing power off your CPU this command helps spreading the load.It is not completely gone, but it has helped me to my satisfaction.Mennoi7, W7/644 Gb, GTS240,FSX Gold

Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately, this does not really solve the issue for me, though I am using affinitymask = 14.. will try using 15, but I guess that should not make a huge difference.

Sorry for the confusion guys, it was hard to put into words, but yes Mitch that is what Im talking about, I don't really like that effect, at least not on a two speaker system maby if I had surround sound. Is there away to remove it?

I kinda thought that was what you were referring to, but unfortunately, I do not know if you can delete the effect. If others do know, feel free to step in...Mitch