imperialreign
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| System Name | УльтраФиолет |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
| Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
| Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
| Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
| Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
| Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
| Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
| Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
| Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
| Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
odd to see the original cause of the problem was something I completely didn't expect - although info wasn't too clear.
Curious - when you weren't getting any sound from your other speakers, and you had CMSS-3D enabled . . . did you have it set to "Stereo Surround?"
As Mussels pointed out, mp3s are 2-channel, so are 90% of all compressed audio formats out there . . . if you have CMSS enabled, and set to "Stereo Surround," the card will try to position the audio tracks as it's layed out in the file - meaning 90% of your audio will be coming from LF and RF, the rest is displaced to the center and rear channels - unless, of course, the audio source has been recorded in a multi-channel format.
Setting CMSS to "stereo xpand" causes the hardware to upmix the source and determine what percentage of the track should be sent to which channel at which times - which equates to an even amount of volume from all speakers. Unless you're watching DVDs or listening to DVD-quality audio, stereo xpand is the recommended setting.
My personal opinion on positional audio - I'd recommend to use the X-Fi software, if possible, instead of built-in speaker capabilites. CMSS-3D is one of (if not the) best software for positional audio available, and has the hardware on the card to be able to upmix, downmix, pan, or modify the output stream as often as needed, and much faster than other positional audio solutions can.
Curious - when you weren't getting any sound from your other speakers, and you had CMSS-3D enabled . . . did you have it set to "Stereo Surround?"
As Mussels pointed out, mp3s are 2-channel, so are 90% of all compressed audio formats out there . . . if you have CMSS enabled, and set to "Stereo Surround," the card will try to position the audio tracks as it's layed out in the file - meaning 90% of your audio will be coming from LF and RF, the rest is displaced to the center and rear channels - unless, of course, the audio source has been recorded in a multi-channel format.
Setting CMSS to "stereo xpand" causes the hardware to upmix the source and determine what percentage of the track should be sent to which channel at which times - which equates to an even amount of volume from all speakers. Unless you're watching DVDs or listening to DVD-quality audio, stereo xpand is the recommended setting.
My personal opinion on positional audio - I'd recommend to use the X-Fi software, if possible, instead of built-in speaker capabilites. CMSS-3D is one of (if not the) best software for positional audio available, and has the hardware on the card to be able to upmix, downmix, pan, or modify the output stream as often as needed, and much faster than other positional audio solutions can.
