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can the SB Audigy 2 be configured for 2 stereo outputs?
Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster
audigy 2 card? There are 3 outputs for when using a 5.1 speaker system, but I just want to have a pair of stereo speakers by the computer, and the same stereo audio running to the TV. If I try and use any of the other speaker outputs there is nothing there, all the audio only comes from speaker output no.1 Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? The only program I have for controlling the sound card is the Creative surround mixer. I suspect there are more applications for this card that I don't have, to allow greater configuration. |
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Glenn wrote:
Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? There are 3 outputs for when using a 5.1 speaker system, but I just want to have a pair of stereo speakers by the computer, and the same stereo audio running to the TV. If I try and use any of the other speaker outputs there is nothing there, all the audio only comes from speaker output no.1 Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? The only program I have for controlling the sound card is the Creative surround mixer. I suspect there are more applications for this card that I don't have, to allow greater configuration. You have an OEM? sounds very short on software. If you dont have a tape unit and tape monitor/record outputs on the hi-fi then you could feed the TV from there. regards Thing |
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Glenn wrote:
Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? If it's software is in anyway similar to the Live, then you may be able to set it up for simulated 4 speaker surround or similar... which gives you stereo front and rear... however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise). |
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thing wrote:
Glenn wrote: Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? There are 3 outputs for when using a 5.1 speaker system, but I just want to have a pair of stereo speakers by the computer, and the same stereo audio running to the TV. If I try and use any of the other speaker outputs there is nothing there, all the audio only comes from speaker output no.1 Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? The only program I have for controlling the sound card is the Creative surround mixer. I suspect there are more applications for this card that I don't have, to allow greater configuration. You have an OEM? sounds very short on software. No I bought it as a creative product, just I misplaced the CD that came with the card. Doh! If you dont have a tape unit and tape monitor/record outputs on the hi-fi then you could feed the TV from there. Im running the no.1 speaker output into a pair of cheap computer speakers, rather than a hi-fi, so I can get an output feed. regards Thing What I was doing previously was putting a stereo splitter cable on the no.1 speaker output on the sound card to create two outputs, but this cable has gone faulty. The TV is a high impedance input, so I figured it shouldn't load the no.1 speaker output too badly. I figured since I have 3 stereo outputs I might as well try and use them. Glenn |
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Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:
Glenn wrote: Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? If it's software is in anyway similar to the Live, then you may be able to set it up for simulated 4 speaker surround or similar... which gives you stereo front and rear... however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise). If I have simulated 4 speaker surround, will it have different signals going to the front and rear, to create the surround effect? |
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Glenn wrote:
Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? If it's software is in anyway similar to the Live, then you may be able to set it up for simulated 4 speaker surround or similar... which gives you stereo front and rear... however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise). If I have simulated 4 speaker surround, will it have different signals going to the front and rear, to create the surround effect? I assume that it is meant to, but it doesn't appear to. |
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Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:
Glenn wrote: Is it possible to have to identical stereo outputs on the sound blaster audigy 2 card? Is there a configuration program or a setting somewhere that can be tweaked to do this? If it's software is in anyway similar to the Live, then you may be able to set it up for simulated 4 speaker surround or similar... which gives you stereo front and rear... however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise). If I have simulated 4 speaker surround, will it have different signals going to the front and rear, to create the surround effect? I assume that it is meant to, but it doesn't appear to. I see, that's what you meant by "however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise)." That would be good option then. Do you know what the application was called that you could choose "simulated 4 speaker surround" with on the SB live? |
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Glenn wrote:
If I have simulated 4 speaker surround, will it have different signals going to the front and rear, to create the surround effect? I assume that it is meant to, but it doesn't appear to. I see, that's what you meant by "however I've never noticed it actually work(front/rear wise)." yep, thats what I meant. That would be good option then. Do you know what the application was called that you could choose "simulated 4 speaker surround" with on the SB live? no sorry, I no longer use Windows on that machine, so no idea... I think it was simply in the speaker setup, as in control panel, sound and audio, and then speaker setup or similar. |
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On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:24:13 +1300, Glenn wrote:
That would be good option then. Do you know what the application was called that you could choose "simulated 4 speaker surround" with on the SB live? Can't you get that by using the Windows Control Panel "Sounds and Multimedia" applet? |
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Folk wrote:
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:24:13 +1300, Glenn wrote: That would be good option then. Do you know what the application was called that you could choose "simulated 4 speaker surround" with on the SB live? Can't you get that by using the Windows Control Panel "Sounds and Multimedia" applet? I couldn't see the option under windows XP. You can select the speaker type, such as desktop stereo speakers but nothing for a 4 speaker setup. I found that creative have an application called "Creative Speaker Settings" which I figured might help a lot. But unfortunately when I try and run it I get a message that no sound card detected, even the sound card is running fine with the creative driver installed. Searching google I found advice to disable my on-board sound card (it was already disabled in the bios) and disable Plug and play in the bios (it was enabled so I disabled it) I uninstalled the driver and installed the latest driver off the creative site, which didn't complain about not have a compatible sound card, and then tried installing Creative Speaker Settings, but once again had the same problem. I managed to track down the original SB Audigy CD, so I uninstalled the driver and tried using the CD, and again I got the no sound card detected message. |
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