RE: Re: kx drivers & sound card recommendations

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Richard - you're probably right :) Like you, I only ever use 3
channels. Still, 3 channels for one card isn't bad.

I do the TTS announce using a paging input in my multi zone amp - are you
using separate amps for each zone?

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> rb_ziggy
> Sent: 15 July 2006 09:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: kx drivers & sound card recommendations
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@...> wrote:
> >
> > No not definite - I have 5 stereo pairs showing up in the
> windows/application control panels. 3 definitely work individually as
> I'v just checked them. One of the other outputs seems to map on top of
> the other though - so maybe there is a limit of 3?
> >
>
> Sorry to be the sceptic but I'm afraid I'm not convinced ;-) I've
> looked around at the KX forums and the documentation and I think there
> are a few points that indicate that only 5.1 is supported at present:
>
> - I 'believe' that the 0/1 output is actually the '5.1 output'.  Feed
> stereo into it and it comes out of the front l/r channels (same as the
> 4/5 output).  I've done this myself.  The documentation indicates that
> this 0/1 channel has more complex processing applied and can
> mix/surround to the rear channels using this output.  (I put 5.1 in '
> ' here as I'm notsure whether a 5.1 feed to 0/1 gets you 5.1 out or
> whether its the synthetic processing of the surrounder function that
> gives you a sort of pro-logic like surround feature on the other
> speakers. I haven't tried and don't intend to!)
>
> - On my driver (the 3537 version released in Feb 04 and the one on the
> download section) I can only get 5.1 in the speaker setup - there is
> no 6.1 / 7.1 option.
>
> - On the forums there is an announcement by the author of a beta 3538
> release (which you can download from there). The change log says that
> this version 'introduces 6.1 / 7/1' support.
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> - I haven't been able to find anyone claiming to actually have 4
> stereo working on their setup.  All the discussions seem to be
> theoretical speculation.
>
> So... to continue the speculation... I think it may need someone to
> try out the 3538 driver with a 'special' 7.1 cable.  I'm afraid it's
> not going to be me though as I don't need that 4th zone (being happy
> with 2 x 3 zones).
>
> Happy to be proved wrong though.
>
> However... What I'm still trying to work out is how to output to all 3
> stereo channels simultaneously. I use TTS and at the moment it only
> announces in the kitchen (i.e. on the 4/5 KX 'soundcard').  I'd really
> like it to announce using all 3 (i.e. 4/5 + 6/7 + 8/9).  I'd hoped
> that using 0/1 would multiplex to all 3 stereo channels but, as noted
> above, it just comes out of the front l/r (i.e 4/5).  Any bright ideas
> on this one?
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
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