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FxSound application and DSP source code
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Difficulties with Surround Sound setups and software #12

Open doolhoofd opened 7 months ago

doolhoofd commented 7 months ago

Various difficulties attempting to combine FxSound with Surround Sound setups and technologies (such as 5.1 setups, 7.1 setups, Dolby, THX, etc.) keep getting reported on the forum. FxSound was made with stereo setups in mind, and, as such, there are no explicit options to configure separate speakers within the UI or the Settings. There is a three-part option available within FxSound’s “Configure Speakers” dialog box in Sound Settings: to set the device up as either stereo, 5.1, or 7.1 - but results vary, and while changing the configuration works for some, it just as often fails to work for others. It also seems worth mentioning that several forum members have found different makeshift and sometimes counter-intuitive solutions for their particular problems, like switching to Mono, or setting the default frequency format to 24/96.

Snuff-Daddy commented 2 weeks ago

5.1/7.1 is working well for me. Let me just add one thing. Some receivers have some "Listening Modes" that prevent 5.1/7.1. Onkyo/Integra has one called "All Channel Stereo". That one sends just the front left/right to the other channels, and it throws away the surround signals.