Hacking NDS Lite Sound Volume

[brien]

i recall the sound on the DS Phat being quite loud..
now on my lite, a lot of the times i can bearly hear it.
certain sounds are louder then others, but for the most part my Lite seems to have a lot lower max volume then my Phat had..
even with headphones (nice headphones), i feel the sound doesn't go loud enough...

anyone else with this problem?

 

[raaamesh]

yeah picked up a ds black UK yesterday thought it was quite but i only have a psp to compare it to =x

 

[Shinji]

I dont play with the sound on most of the time unless it calls for it.

It might just be the area that you are playing in. I know when I play in the other room, it sounds fine, but when I play on break at work, there is quite a bit of noise. If I turn on the sound, its not that loud...

But when I hook it up to my computer speakers (5+1 Altec Lansings) it sounds nice

 

[biggiec]

I'm noticing the same thing. I just switched to a DSLite (Onyx), and the second I put in Bleach DS and heard Ichigo say "Sega", I knew something was wacky.

 

[raaamesh]

lol, why dident i think of 5.1 i am sitting right in front of one =D

will use it wen i can find my line in wire ¬_¬

 

[CatScam]

Although it might be a little lower then the Phat, I notice big differences
in loudness depending were I’m at. In the John the Lite is to loud, but
in my room it’s a little on the low side.

 

[Moneo]

What kind of headphones are you using?

With sennheiser mx500 I find that anything higher than ~60% is too loud.

But when I plug my hd580s (huge studio-ish headphoes, 10x higher impedance) I usually turn it up close to the maximum. Though, I find it pretty amazing that the ds can drive them at all, with my cd player they are unusable (quiet-ish, no bass to speak of).

Finally, don't forget that listening to music/playing on your ds at exteremely high volumes will damage your hearing... if the ds lite still isn't loud enough with 'regular' headphones at the max volume setting, I'd suggest re-thinking your definition of 'loud enough'. 8)

 

[x_comp]

The sound on the DSL does sound lower. Try turning on the DSL without a game inserted and leaving the volume slider midway then, do the same with the DSO (original). You can hear the clock ticking on the DSO but you can't on the DSL.

I think it's the position of the speaker holes... Look at where they're positioned on both DSes. That might be why some of the sound is being blocked off. I noticed that the surround sound effect seems to be better with the DSL, though.

 

[Alexeh]

It is more quiet, it has to be the speakers. When you put in phones it's fine.

 

[brien]

What kind of headphones are you using?

With sennheiser mx500 I find that anything higher than ~60% is too loud.

But when I plug my hd580s (huge studio-ish headphoes, 10x higher impedance) I usually turn it up close to the maximum. Though, I find it pretty amazing that the ds can drive them at all, with my cd player they are unusable (quiet-ish, no bass to speak of).

Finally, don't forget that listening to music/playing on your ds at exteremely high volumes will damage your hearing... if the ds lite still isn't loud enough with 'regular' headphones at the max volume setting, I'd suggest re-thinking your definition of 'loud enough'. 8)

i go to raves every weekend.. so maybe my definition of loud is a little different them most.

 

[omegatr0n]

DSOrganize just came out with a new version that has a volume multiplier...so it has to be somethign in the ndsl firmware...as teh speakesr are capable of being WAY louder...

 

[Mike Hawk]

linky plz?

 

[Pikaash2586]

linky plz?

http://www.dragonminded.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize

I'd like a permanent sound increase, though. Flashme will hopefully be updated one day...

 

[x_comp]

DSOrganize just came out with a new version that has a volume multiplier...so it has to be somethign in the ndsl firmware...as teh speakesr are capable of being WAY louder...

Hmmm... Not sure about cranking it higher than what's set officially. Then again, it might be like PCs... Most of them aren't set at 100% by default if you click on the speaker icon in the task tray. Same for when you first install Winamp.

 

[leetdude_007]

I noticed that my NDSL has richer sound when I pull the jack a little bit back from complete insertion. The difference is night and day for me. I can feel the bass when the jack is pulled back slightly, but when I push it back in to normal position, I lose all of the detail. Does anybody else have this problem? I'm still under warranty, do you think I can get it fixed?

 

[4saken]

Could have something to do with the fact there are less holes for the speakers on the DSL, and the size of the speakers is the same IIRC.

 

[backlash]

i find the volume slider kinda weird, the first half, the increase in sound isnt much, but when its on max, is pretty loud... weird?