Monitoring 5.1 audio

Tracy wrote on 3/28/2003, 12:45 AM
I have an Asus P4PE MB that has a Sound Max Integrated audio option. I am running driver v.5.12.1.3520.

v4's VU's shows me that the audio is playing in the rear speakers but the audio is coming out the front pair. If I render an ac3 file out and play it with WinDVD the audio is properly played out to the proper channel. Its great that it works after being rendered but I need to monitor it during mixing.

I have gone through the help files to setup a 5.1 session but it still not working.

Any help please.
Tracy

Comments

Geoff_Wood wrote on 3/28/2003, 3:34 AM
Possibly your soundcard mixer applet need to be specifically told to output 5.1 rather than a default of stereo.

geoff
Tracy wrote on 3/28/2003, 11:55 AM
Have changed that in the control panel/sounds to tell the puter that it has a 5.1 set of speakers. It will play ac3 encoded stuff fine throught the whole range of channels but when laying it all down on the timeline, it only outputs through the front two channels.

tracy
cosmo wrote on 3/28/2003, 2:09 PM
sounds to me like your problem is the sound card. you can set up a 5.1 project in vegas, encode it to ac-3 and burn it and when you play it back in a 5.1 system it will sound exactly as you mixed it - regardless of what your hear during monitoring.

to monitor the 5.1 DISCREET mix, you must have a soundcard that has six analog channels out. Front left and right(2 channels), rear left and right(2 channels), and center and lfe(2 channels, center is left, lfe is right). most sound cards will have 3 actual jacks - front(L,R), rear(L,R), center/lfe(for SF apps - left is center and right is lfe). one of these sound cards can be purchased for like $30...i have a MUSE 5.1(compusa $30) that outputs as i just described.

next, you must have 6 speakes and six channels of amplification. i use my old receiver which has 5.1 analog inputs(6 inputs). the sets of computer 5.1 speakers will only work if they are digital 5.1, and not 5.1 simulation. and if you have digital 5.1 speakers like that, you'll have to have a soundcard with a digital output.

there's my two cents....
*andy