Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Problem

[scottrwn98]

I just hooked up my new computer with 5 speakers and a Subwoofer. Its a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and when editing audio ... I've noticed that the audio plays out of all 5 speakers. Even when I have a mono WAV file, it plays out of the rear speakers too. My old Sound Blaster Live! had 4 speakers and I could edit sound and it was like a regular Surround Sound system. This has a 3D effect enabled or something ... its like no matter what kind of sound audio you have, it always comes out all speakers. Even if I pan the volume to the left .. the left front and rear speakers are outputting the sound.

What is up with this? I'm affraid to edit sound for our films in fear it won't sound right.

Help!!

[jg0001]

Simple answer. Open the EAX console. Go to the 2nd tab "CMSS 3D" and disable it. CMSS is used to spread sound across all available channels WHEN PLAYED. It should not have had any actual affect on your sound editting.
(The idea is to take stereo only sources like MP3's and spread the sound out across all your speakers... usually, this isn't worth the trouble.)

[scottrwn98]

It is dissabled ... it wasn't checked. See the problem is, is that on my old sound card, I had four speakers ... and when I was editing in stereo, the rear speakers would only play "rear audio/surround" so I knew how to export and mix WAV files that would play through the rear speakers (as both rear's were mono anyway ... Dolby Surround)

I need that done with these new speakers ... have them set up as Dolby Prologic when playing back MP3's or WAV files. Right now I am playing a Mono WAV file and it is echoing through all speakers .. including rear.

and CMSS 3D is is not checked... any other suggetions ...

The only way I can edit sound is if I have Stereo enabled ... only allowing the left and right speakers playing sound.