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gballard · October 22nd, 2003

Yes it has always been this way...but...I only have the Creative drivers installed...didnt install all the other stuff...could be the reason...

**GoNz0** · October 22nd, 2003

CMSS only upmix's when its a 2.1 or 4 channel sound, if it's 5.1 or dolby surround / EAX3+ etc the CMSS auto cuts out.

in games my mp3's cut to the front speakers as the creative driver picks up the 5.1 signal.

gballard · October 22nd, 2003

so will installing PlayCenter and enabling CMSS gimme my center speaker or what?

**Petros** · October 22nd, 2003

Yes, sound will come out, but it won't be the center channel.

**coathanger007** · October 22nd, 2003

You can still use Live 5.1 with some Audigy 2 functionality
http://www.tech-pc.co.uk/audigy-2.php

gballard · October 23rd, 2003

ok...I installed PlayCenter...but for the life of my I can't find where to turn on CMSS

gballard · October 23rd, 2003

any help would be appreciated...

**GoNz0** · October 23rd, 2003

right click the creative speaker button and open the eax console, the pic says the rest.

gballard · October 23rd, 2003

Welp...my Audigy 2 has shipped and should be here Monday...the machine it is going in currently has a Live! 5.1 in it...should I totally remove the current drivers and software before I install the Audigy?

**Bootsy** · October 23rd, 2003

quick question. Can I use the audigy 2 6.1 with 5.1 speakers?

gballard · October 23rd, 2003

I was told ya could...i sure hope so...I will be as well...heh

gballard · October 23rd, 2003

i talked to a friend of mine who has an audigy and 5.1 speakers and he said you choose the speaker configuration during the installation of the software and drivers...just like with the Live! card

**GoNz0** · October 23rd, 2003

i use 5.1 speakers on mine. and the setup during install is not a fixed setting, its changable after.

**coathanger007** · October 23rd, 2003

Center speaker annoys a stereophonic. I stick with 4.1

**dave holbon** · October 26th, 2003

My advice would be to spend all the money on the speakers and not the sound card. The Fortissimo III is good enough and it’s cheap, but it’s the quality of the speakers that make the difference to what you actually hear. The minimum quality speakers that I would recommend start at about $150 for the Altec Lancing basic stereo and sub-woofer system. Some of the new JBL (computer) speaker systems coming onto the market are not bad either but as with everything else you get what you pay for. Speaker cabinet design reached (mathematically) its design high point in the late 1950’s with speaker design in the late 1980’s. All that’s happened since are trade off’s between efficiency, cost and design. Nothing new has happened in this field for a long time. What happened to the “electrostatic” flat speakers of the 1960’s?

**coathanger007** · October 27th, 2003

Value combination = SB Live Value + Creative Inspire 4400

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October 22nd, 2003	Top \| #21
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	Yes it has always been this way...but...I only have the Creative drivers installed...didnt install all the other stuff...could be the reason...

October 22nd, 2003	Top \| #22
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 155	CMSS only upmix's when its a 2.1 or 4 channel sound, if it's 5.1 or dolby surround / EAX3+ etc the CMSS auto cuts out. in games my mp3's cut to the front speakers as the creative driver picks up the 5.1 signal.

October 22nd, 2003	Top \| #23
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	so will installing PlayCenter and enabling CMSS gimme my center speaker or what?

October 22nd, 2003	Top \| #24
Petros Thief IV Joined: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,038 Reputation: 1647 Power: 156	Yes, sound will come out, but it won't be the center channel.

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #26
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	ok...I installed PlayCenter...but for the life of my I can't find where to turn on CMSS

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gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	any help would be appreciated...

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #28
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 155	right click the creative speaker button and open the eax console, the pic says the rest.

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #29
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	Welp...my Audigy 2 has shipped and should be here Monday...the machine it is going in currently has a Live! 5.1 in it...should I totally remove the current drivers and software before I install the Audigy?

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #30
Bootsy Huh? Joined: February 2004 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 1,124 Reputation: 50 Power: 112	quick question. Can I use the audigy 2 6.1 with 5.1 speakers?

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #31
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	I was told ya could...i sure hope so...I will be as well...heh

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #32
gballard OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 549 Reputation: 151 Power: 134	i talked to a friend of mine who has an audigy and 5.1 speakers and he said you choose the speaker configuration during the installation of the software and drivers...just like with the Live! card

October 23rd, 2003	Top \| #33
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 155	i use 5.1 speakers on mine. and the setup during install is not a fixed setting, its changable after.

October 26th, 2003	Top \| #35
dave holbon OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: London England Posts: 1,014 Reputation: 140 Power: 133	My advice would be to spend all the money on the speakers and not the sound card. The Fortissimo III is good enough and it’s cheap, but it’s the quality of the speakers that make the difference to what you actually hear. The minimum quality speakers that I would recommend start at about $150 for the Altec Lancing basic stereo and sub-woofer system. Some of the new JBL (computer) speaker systems coming onto the market are not bad either but as with everything else you get what you pay for. Speaker cabinet design reached (mathematically) its design high point in the late 1950’s with speaker design in the late 1980’s. All that’s happened since are trade off’s between efficiency, cost and design. Nothing new has happened in this field for a long time. What happened to the “electrostatic” flat speakers of the 1960’s?