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Subject:5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem Posted by: antar Date:12/31/2003 3:49:05 PM I'm running Vegas 4.0 with the Audigy Platinum EX sound card. I want to use the optical s/pdif out of the Audigy Sound card to monitor audio in a Harmon Kardon AVR320 receiver. The AVR320 works fine with AC-3 files out of my DVD player (optical out) of a DVD that I burned with Vegas and DVD Architect. Also, the Audigy utilities plays 5.1 fine to the AVR320. The problem is that when I work on projects with Vegas, I cannot ouput 5.1 to the AVR320 as it only detects ProLogic and doesn't see the signal as AC-3. I have tried thousands of setting combinations and cannot monitor Vegas sessions in 5.1 through Audigy to the AVR320 with does Dolby Digital decoding. I'm very confused. Can anyone help me get Vegas to output AC-3 so I can monitor in the AVR320 via Audigy? Thanks very much for any information.
Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem Reply by: vonhosen Date:1/1/2004 3:09:19 PM If my memory serves me correctly you have to use ASIO drivers with Audigy cards if you want to preview from Vegas. Otherwise it can't address each individual channel.
Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem Reply by: farss Date:1/3/2004 1:03:50 PM You cannot do this. The audio has to be encoded to ac3 before it can be sent down the spdif connection.
Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem Reply by: Neil Wilkes Date:1/26/2004 5:48:49 AM Go buy a copy of Cubase SX2, or Nuendo 2. Both these have proper discrete surround monitoring, as it is built into the signal path.

Subject:5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem

Posted by: antar

Date:12/31/2003 3:49:05 PM

I'm running Vegas 4.0 with the Audigy Platinum EX sound card. I want to use the optical s/pdif out of the Audigy Sound card to monitor audio in a Harmon Kardon AVR320 receiver. The AVR320 works fine with AC-3 files out of my DVD player (optical out) of a DVD that I burned with Vegas and DVD Architect. Also, the Audigy utilities plays 5.1 fine to the AVR320. The problem is that when I work on projects with Vegas, I cannot ouput 5.1 to the AVR320 as it only detects ProLogic and doesn't see the signal as AC-3. I have tried thousands of setting combinations and cannot monitor Vegas sessions in 5.1 through Audigy to the AVR320 with does Dolby Digital decoding.

I'm very confused. Can anyone help me get Vegas to output AC-3 so I can monitor in the AVR320 via Audigy?

Thanks very much for any information.

Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem

Reply by: vonhosen

Date:1/1/2004 3:09:19 PM

If my memory serves me correctly you have to use ASIO drivers with Audigy cards if you want to preview from Vegas. Otherwise it can't address each individual channel.

Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem

Reply by: farss

Date:1/3/2004 1:03:50 PM

You cannot do this. The audio has to be encoded to ac3 before it can be sent down the spdif connection.

Subject:RE: 5.1 Audio Monitoring Problem

Reply by: Neil Wilkes

Date:1/26/2004 5:48:49 AM

Go buy a copy of Cubase SX2, or Nuendo 2.
Both these have proper discrete surround monitoring, as it is built into the signal path.