I've been searching forums and either I'm blind or something, cause I'm not finding an answer.
I would like to upgrade the sound on my recently built machine (has SoundMax onboard sound) so that I can plug 6 channels out from the sound card into the 5.1 input on my reciever. I tried it with SoundMax, but all I get is the left and right channels in 5.1 mode.
So...I've been looking at cards and am kicking around the M-Audio Revolution card, as it's around my price range and supports ASIO. But before I dive in, I want to know if it has the ability to do that steering to channels thing I've read needs to happen to hear 6 channels in Vegas without encoding AC3 files all the time.
Can anyone confirm which cards have this ability? Preferably cards under $300 (well under, if possible).
Thanks,
Mark
I would like to upgrade the sound on my recently built machine (has SoundMax onboard sound) so that I can plug 6 channels out from the sound card into the 5.1 input on my reciever. I tried it with SoundMax, but all I get is the left and right channels in 5.1 mode.
So...I've been looking at cards and am kicking around the M-Audio Revolution card, as it's around my price range and supports ASIO. But before I dive in, I want to know if it has the ability to do that steering to channels thing I've read needs to happen to hear 6 channels in Vegas without encoding AC3 files all the time.
Can anyone confirm which cards have this ability? Preferably cards under $300 (well under, if possible).
Thanks,
Mark