I couldn't help but notice while playing that when I turn away from the direction of a Sim playing guitar, or a Stereo, the sound doesn't only become quieter (as supposed to) but it's like there's a low- as well as highpass filter put on the audio. It's weird, because it sounds like the quality is reduced that way. What a weird design choice. Why not just ONLY let the audio fade as you turn away or zoom out?

In simpler terms: The audio gets muffled.

I can't be the only one who noticed this. It's not really a complaint, it's just something that bothers me a bit sometimes, because I want to enjoy my Sim's guitar play while looking around, dreaming away.

So uh, yeah. What's up with that? Has anyone noticed?

Yep, I noticed that too. But you don't have to zoom out in order for that to happen, even if you're very close to the stereo/sim playing music but put up the walls and you're outside the house, the sound gets muffed too. I think it has something to do with the walls. But that doesn't really bother me, what bothers me is that if you speed up the clock the music also speeds up.

That's one of the features of this game. The a guru said that sound is affected by the room and whether or not a sim is facing the camera. But like the above poster said, if the camera gets put outside of a wall, even if it isn't showing, the sound gets put inside while you are outside.

I already was aware of the whole dynamic audio thing regarding walls and such. I LOVE the way overhead and "next-door" audio sounds. The only thing that I find a little bit weird is how for example, my Sim is in the outdoors, and if I "turn my back" towards her, the audio becomes muffled as well.

Mhmm, this is rather annoying. I guess the solution is to spam up each room with a stereo, haha :P