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5.1 PC speakers in cab - channel question
darthbane2k:
Thats the thing.
Im running windows, but I dont want to be installing any control panel utility for the soundblaster card as it will bring up that annoying splash screen upon booting and will slow the whole system down.
My boot into my frontend (mamewah) is clean and windows well hidden.
I guess all I want to know is whether im losing out currently having my two speakers plugged into the front left and right channels of the 5.1 amp/sub. Things sound okay to me but I want to be sure.
Is there anyway of having windows xp itself control the output to channels
RayB:
--- Quote from: darthbane2k on August 12, 2005, 11:13:06 am ---Im running windows, but I dont want to be installing any control panel utility for the soundblaster card as it will bring up that annoying splash screen upon booting and will slow the whole system down.
My boot into my frontend (mamewah) is clean and windows well hidden.
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Ayeeee, what splash screen? There's no splash screen. No one said to install their Media Center, or Playcenter or whatever they call it. If you have the basic DRIVERS installed, you should have a process called "AudioHQ" that always runs and maybe even appears on your taskbar.
Open AudioHQ and select "Speakers". You'll have a pull-down with a choice of configurations. Select "2 speakers". You can then even hit "test" to see if it sounds ok.
You might also have to go to CONTROL PANEL -> Sounds & Audio Device and then at the bottom select ADVANCED. There you can select "Desktop speakers"
Personally though, in XP Pro my setting for this (in Sound & Audio devices) is NEVER saved. I don't know why, but it always defaults back to "desktop speakers" when what I really have and want is "quadraphonic". :(
AceTKK:
Like RayB said; if there is sound coming out of your speakers then you already have some kind of software for your sound card installed. It's simply a matter of finding it and adjusting the correct settings.
-Ace-