Surround sound help

[jellydoughnut217]

my new surround sound system for my pc works great for games, but when i play music the rear speakers dont put out any sound. Is this normal, or is something wrong? I would think they would at least put out stereo sound

 

[Beerdude26]

Have you checked if your surround sound program is actually set to more than two speakers?

 

[Max_Payne]

had the same problem too, like he said check to see if its set onto more than 2 speakers... ie..5.1, 6.1... etc. Check in your sound menu to see if the rears are muted or turned down at all. (and are all teh cable hooked up?)

PEACE

Mike

 

[TheGrimSweeper]

make sure in control panel, you have it set to the proper speaker setup as well.

 

[jellydoughnut217]

yeah i tried all of that and i still have the same problem. It works with some games, but not others, like it works with css and half-life 2, but not world of warcraft. im gettin angry

 

[satch919]

What kind of surround sound system do you have exactly? Logitech, Klipsch?

 

[Asus]

It's normal since music is stereo. Not sure why you would want multiple speakers playing stereo in such a small space. It makes it muted imo. Creative may let you although I don't recall how or where the option is.

Try using winamp and changing between WAV and Directsound for the input, does that do anything?

 

[WaterMelon34]

Doesn't it have something to do with how the music was recorded? Notice how on headphones instruments are separated amongst the 2 speakers. Drums on left, guitar on right, vocals on both, etc.

 

[Ren.182]

Download winamp 5.1 edition

 

[NJspeed]

Give us more information on your setup... sound card... digital or analog? etc

 

[jellydoughnut217]

yeah i figured it out, i guess most music is mono, so if you have a creative labs card you have to go to the eax console and enable 3d sound.

 

[ة الأسئلة الشائع]

Mine was doing that but I had it on the wrong mode. If yours has a effect button on it just keep hitting that button untill all the speakers work.

 

[NJspeed]

yeah i figured it out, i guess most music is mono, so if you have a creative labs card you have to go to the eax console and enable 3d sound.

Nah man 99% of music is stereo, not mono.

If you'd have done like I asked and posted more specs, I guarantee I could've helped you. I'm a master when it comes to surround sound and PCs, as evidenced by my fully integrated 900 watt 5.1 home theater.