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WDM - Example 5.1 output

Super Channel can be used to play surround sound Dolby Digital and DTS encoded data.

Configuring Windows for surround sound output takes several steps.

This example is for 5.1 output, but doing other speaker configurations is very similar.

1. Set up your output speakers.

• Select which 6 outputs to use for your 5.1 mix. You must use a contiguous group of

outputs, e.g. Analog 1 – Analog 6.

• Plug in your speakers according to the following order

Output 1 – Left Front

Output 2 – Right Front

Output 3 – Center

Output 4 – LFE (Sub-Woofer)

Output 5 – Left Surround

Output 6 – Right Surround

2. Use Super Channel to create a 6-channel wave device.

• Open the console, and click the “settings” button.

• In the settings dialog box click the Advanced… button under the Driver tab. This

takes you to the wave configuration dialog

• Using the link buttons for the output channels, link outputs one through six together.

• Click OK; you will be asked if you want to apply the changes immediately. If you do

so, the computer may be unresponsive for a minute or so. (Note that on Windows

Me, you will need to reboot).

3. Set the speaker configuration and default output

• Open the “Sounds and Multimedia” control panel in Windows Me or 2000.

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Open the “Sounds and Audio Devices” control panel in Windows XP.

• Click on the Audio tab

• Under Sound Playback->Default device, your 6 channel wave device, e.g. “Layla24

1-6 Analog Out.”

• Once the correct output is selected, click the “Advanced…” button.

• Select “5.1 Surround Sound Speakers” and click OK

• Click OK again to close the control panel