guice Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I'm running an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mother board that has an on board 7.1 audio outputs (AC97 Audio PCM). I just got a pair of headphones (last pair died, bought new ones) that happens to listen to a 5.1 setup. I've connected everything, but I have no idea how I can go about testing the surround sound. The Sound control panel doesn't give me any options, like Windows, to choose between 2 speaker setup or 7/5.1 surround. Sound works, btw, however, I want to see if I could get the added benefits works. Is there any OSX application I can use that would do these tests? Or will I be unable to use 5.1 with this computer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44654-testing-51-71-sound/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 In Utilities Folder ther is an App called Audio MIDI Setup, thre you cans select several options, but at last there anr no multichannel apps in Mac OS. Some third party Soundcard like M-Audio had Drivers that enable surround sound and other effects on multichannel speakers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44654-testing-51-71-sound/#findComment-319779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guice Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks. Playing around with it, I did find an option to configure the speakers. Unfortunately, under Multichannel, stereo is the only selectable option. It does show 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 as options, but grayed out. I'm assuming this is due to lack of support from the AC97 drivers I have? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44654-testing-51-71-sound/#findComment-319802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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