EvanBalster Posted May 13, 2019 Posted May 13, 2019 Hello — (I started an earlier thread in the Audio SDK forum, but this issue is unrelated to spatial audio so I'm posting in general support.) We're making SoundSelf, an accessible voice-driven experience for Vive. The player interacts with the game by making sustained tonal sounds with their voice. However, Vive's noise suppression algorithm identifies any sustained sound (>.75s) as background noise, and cuts it (-40-60dB) from the signal. In our case, this means Vive is deleting player input — making our experience unplayable. Like most voice-recognition technologies, our technology works best with unprocessed audio. In order to support voice-recognition apps better, Windows 10 includes a "raw mode" in its WASAPI audio API. Oculus implements raw mode in its mic audio driver, allowing us to easily circumvent its noise suppression. Vive, however, does not — and I have been unable to find any API call or user preference to do so. This is truly a show-stopping issue for us and we may not be able to ship on Vive if it can't be addressed. It's like playing a game where all the buttons and joysticks automatically reset to zero every split-second.
EvanBalster Posted May 13, 2019 Author Posted May 13, 2019 In case a driver developer should happen to see this thread, here is the relevant Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/audio-signal-processing-modes Raw mode is listed right at the top of the page.
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