Getting 5.1 surround in Adobe Audition

horizone · Nov 6, 2005, 11:09 AM

Hi,

I am trying to use the Multichannel Encoder in Adobe Audition (Audition doesn't have ASIO). If I have understood correctly, I should use Kx Wave 0/1 output since that device can recieve multichannel bitstreams and put them all into their right channels so I can preview the audio correctly in true 5.1 audio. However I only get downmixed audio to front left/right speakers as far as I can tell.

The Kx manual have this to say:

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Wave 0/1

This device can be used for multichannel playback (such as Sonar, DirectSound 3-D and DVD applications). Note that most applications that open the 'Wave 0/1' device in 'stereo' or 'mono' mode are not affected by software processing because it is automatically turned off.

The Adobe Audition manual have this to say:

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To achieve proper 5.1 surround-sound preview playback from the Multichannel Encoder, you need a sound card that offers at least 6-channel analog output, a special interleaved driver that's compatible with the Microsoft DirectSound multichannel format, and Microsoft DirectX 8.0 or later.

I have bolded the significant comparison.

So the question is, does anyone have any idea on how to resolve this. The automaticly-turned-off surround mode for wave 0/1. How do I force it to on, or why doesn't it works as I expected...?

Note: I have successfully configured Reason, Adobe Premiere and DVD playback software amongst others for true 5.1 analogue out. It's just Audition that won't play with me..

Thanks to the developers for the most interesting soundcard drivers in the world.

edit:

I found the solution myself - you can select preview format and it have to be "16-bit, 2-byte integer" and not any other... Hope it helps someone...