Enabling 5.1 on SB0100

marco999 · Dec 16, 2006, 10:27 PM

How do I enable 5.1 on a Creative SB0100 card??????

I am a noob at using the drivers and so plz be patient with me.

marco999

Russ · Dec 16, 2006, 11:59 PM

Open up kxmixer, and click on the 'Speaker Setup' button (the button that looks like a little speaker), and then choose 5.1 for the 'Speaker Mode', and place a check in the box next to 'Use Subwoofer Output'.

marco999 · Dec 17, 2006, 12:55 AM

Followed those steps and still no sounds from rear speakers. How do I enable them????? marco999 EDIT:--- with "Use subwoofer output" unchecked my speakers work. Tho they dont sound so great.

**dj_stick** · Dec 17, 2006, 07:33 AM

set your windows sounds control panel to 5.1 aswell (default is 2.0)

marco999 · Dec 17, 2006, 08:38 PM

I already did that and I still have the problem. Whenever I check ouput subwoofer. Without this checked the subwoofer does not play sound and only my other speakers do.

Russ · Dec 17, 2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by marco999

I already did that and I still have the problem. Whenever I check ouput subwoofer.

I do not understand, what happens when you enable subwoofer output?

Quote:

Without this checked the subwoofer does not play sound and only my other speakers do.

This is normal behavior, so again, I am not sure what the problem is...

marco999 · Dec 17, 2006, 10:06 PM

OK this is the exact problem. When I turn on the subwoofer via the check box. I can not hear anything from my rear left and rear right speakers. I do hear sounds from the subwoofer. However when I turn this check box off, I hear sounds from my rear, front, and centre. But I dont hear any sound from my sbuwoofer. I have all the windows settings correct.(5.1 speakers, etc..)

IS there a way to fix this so I have bass outputed from my subwoofer, like is normal?

Russ · Dec 17, 2006, 10:38 PM

Hmm...
What type of speaker system do you have?
Does it have an independant subwoofer (i.e. does it use the LFE signal from sound card, or does it derive LFE from the other channels within the speaker system itself)?

What version of kX are you using?

Verify the connections to the sound card (kX Swaps Front and Rear by default, this option can be enabled/disabled in kxmixer):

Front = Green jack (Rear, if Swap Front and Rear is enabled)
Rear = Black jack (Front, if Swap Front and Rear is enabled)
Center and LFE = Orange jack

Verify individual speaker functionality using the kX Speaker Test applet.

marco999 · Dec 18, 2006, 03:09 PM

My soundscard is a SB0100 SoundBlaster Live Card.
I have a 5.1 Logitech X-530 speaker system

All my speakers are connected to my subwoofer, which in turn gives me a Green, Black, and Orange jack.

These are plugged into my sound card at the co-responding colors.

The version of kX I am using is the latest.

As for the LFE option I honestly do not know but I am sure that the documentation on the web can give u that answer.

Using the test option I get sound from my centre, left, right, and subwofer; with the subwoofer output box checked.

Using the speaker option with the subwoofer output box not checked - I get sound from everything but the subwoofer.

HOW do I FiX This?

marco999 · Dec 18, 2006, 03:23 PM

NVM. I fixed it. The problem was that I was not using the proper play back device in winamp. However when I tested it with the kX mixer it showed that all my speakers were working. I do have a question tho; How do I increase the volume Per channel?????? A more important question What device is my sound card for audio??? In winamp it display 5 of them. What one am I using???????????? marco999

marco999 · Dec 18, 2006, 03:45 PM

Fixed All the way. I was able to fix that problem too. I just needed to choose 01 for the device and it worked. Thanks guys. Marco999

Russ · Dec 18, 2006, 04:30 PM

I am glad you figured it out.

BTW: I looked up the info on your speaker system, and it does have 6 discreet channels (i.e. all channels connect to the sound card).

kX Wave 0/1 is the only input that does upmixing of stereo sources (under the default DSP setup), so that is the device you would want to use, if you want more than 2 channels for stereo sources (mp3's etc).

The other devices are used for DirectSound 3D and AC3, but can also be used to send different audio to different pairs of speakers, etc.

marco999 · Dec 18, 2006, 07:21 PM

So what would be some examples of how I would use those other channels???? marco999

Russ · Dec 18, 2006, 09:35 PM

One example woud be a multi-room setup (without the need to use ASIO).

i.e.
You could send a different stereo signal to 3 different rooms in your house by setting 3 different audio applications to use a different wave device, and the output of each application would be sent to a different pair of speakers: kX Wave 4/5 would be sent to the front jack, kX Wave 6/7 to the rear jack, and kX Wave 8/9 to Center/LFE jack.

You should read kX Help, and some of the guides for more info.

marco999 · Dec 19, 2006, 03:58 PM

Thanks for the help. By the way is there a Linux version of the Driver, particularly for Ubuntu? If not could there be one? Marco999

Russ · Dec 21, 2006, 03:38 PM

No, there is no Linux version of kX, and I do not think that there will be one. You would probably want to use the ALSA driver under Linux.