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2 stereo sound boards = surround?

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Original Message
Name: hackmiester
Date: February 3, 2007 at 20:28:52 Pacific
Subject: 2 stereo sound boards = surround?
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Prof
CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium M 1600MHz
Model/Manufacturer: IBM R51
Comment:

If I put another sound board in my computer, is there any way I can have one board output front speaker signals, and the other output rear speaker signals, in order to have surround sound?

--hackmiester


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Response Number 1
Name: SHENGTON
Date: February 3, 2007 at 21:02:30 Pacific
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If you want surround speaker you can have that by setting up in the settings of your audio driver that you installed.

SHENGTON

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Response Number 2
Name: RTAdams89
Date: February 3, 2007 at 21:21:19 Pacific
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It's unlikely that will work. Most programs will only let you output to a single sound card. However, most sound cards these days (even the cheap $20 ones) have 5.1 surround sound. You might look into just replacing your current sound card.

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Response Number 3
Name: StuartS
Date: February 3, 2007 at 23:10:08 Pacific
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I agree with RTAdams. Most sound sources will only output to one sound card at a time.

Even if by some quirk of configuration you managed to get the sound coming from both sound cards it would be out of sync and would sound like two different sound sources which basically is what it is.

It would be like putting two mono radios together and expecting stereo. It wont work.

Stuart


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