Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers. -ACID Product Family

Subject:Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers. Posted by: JackHammer Date:1/1/2002 10:54:31 AM I have a soundblaster live card and I am using Windows XP pro(same issue in Windows 2000) and anytime I am playing a project in Acid, it only plays thru the FRONT 2 speakers. ANY other app will play thru all 4 speakers, even other Sonic Foundry apps. When I record music from an external source via LINE IN on my sound card into Acid, the audio plays thru ALL 4 speakers, but on playback, just 2 speakers. Is there a way to make it play thru all 4 speakers, or is this on purpose to avoid feedback or some other reason. HELP!!! Thanks. D.J. JackHammer
Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers. Reply by: pwppch Date:1/2/2002 10:17:26 PM Typically greater than stereo output is handled by the hardware or Windows. (I am guessing Windows in this case.) The only way Windows can do this is through the Sound Mapper. Did you configure Windows with a specific "speaker" setup? (This is done in control panel using the "Sounds and Multimedia" tool and then by selecting the "Advanced" button for the Sound Playback preferred device. ACID is a Stereo output application. It feeds the audio hardware stereo data - all of our apps do this. (Sound Forge will also play back in mono.) How do you have ACID routed to the hardware? You might want to have ACID use the Windows Sound Mapper vs routing directly to the hardware. Which of our other apps produce output to all speakers? What "playback device" do you have selected in these apps? Peter
Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers. Reply by: yirm Date:1/3/2002 2:23:56 AM This is probably a driver issue. I've seen complaints about the rear speakers not working on the Creative forum. Are you using the drivers provided by Microsoft? If so, download the most recent ones from soundblaster.com. If you are using the most recent creative drivers, try "rolling back" to those provided by XP in Device manager. -Jeremy
Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers. Reply by: JackHammer Date:1/31/2002 1:28:25 AM Well the issue was resolved by the new 2000/XP driver from the new Creative sight. To SonicPCH, Acid worked fine thru all 4 speakers until I updated to version E. Now it works again after I installed new Soundblaster drivers.

Subject:Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers.

Posted by: JackHammer

Date:1/1/2002 10:54:31 AM

I have a soundblaster live card and I am using Windows XP pro(same issue in Windows 2000) and anytime I am playing a project in Acid, it only plays thru the FRONT 2 speakers. ANY other app will play thru all 4 speakers, even other Sonic Foundry apps.
When I record music from an external source via LINE IN on my sound card into Acid, the audio plays thru ALL 4 speakers, but on playback, just 2 speakers.
Is there a way to make it play thru all 4 speakers, or is this on purpose to avoid feedback or some other reason. HELP!!!
Thanks.
D.J. JackHammer

Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers.

Reply by: pwppch

Date:1/2/2002 10:17:26 PM

Typically greater than stereo output is handled by the hardware or Windows. (I am guessing Windows in this case.) The only way Windows can do this is through the Sound Mapper.

Did you configure Windows with a specific "speaker" setup? (This is done in control panel using the "Sounds and Multimedia" tool and then by selecting the "Advanced" button for the Sound Playback preferred device.

ACID is a Stereo output application. It feeds the audio hardware stereo data - all of our apps do this. (Sound Forge will also play back in mono.)

How do you have ACID routed to the hardware? You might want to have ACID use the Windows Sound Mapper vs routing directly to the hardware.

Which of our other apps produce output to all speakers? What "playback device" do you have selected in these apps?

Peter

Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers.

Reply by: yirm

Date:1/3/2002 2:23:56 AM

This is probably a driver issue. I've seen complaints about the rear speakers not working on the Creative forum. Are you using the drivers provided by Microsoft? If so, download the most recent ones from soundblaster.com. If you are using the most recent creative drivers, try "rolling back" to those provided by XP in Device manager.

-Jeremy

Subject:RE: Acid 3.0 Pro Playback Is Only In 2 Speakers.

Reply by: JackHammer

Date:1/31/2002 1:28:25 AM

Well the issue was resolved by the new 2000/XP driver from the new Creative sight. To SonicPCH, Acid worked fine thru all 4 speakers until I updated to version E. Now it works again after I installed new Soundblaster drivers.