Upgraded Audio a la 5.1 in July?

[Choppaface]

Re: Re: Re: hmm....

Originally posted by cjw


"Something up with which I will not put."
You're criticizing someone for using bad grammar while criticizing somone else, but you yourself use a sentence that doesn't make sense. It should read "Something with which I will not put up."

now I might be a bit off here, but usually that sort of contradiction is meant to be a joke.... :|

 

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Tyler Durden
rower
Love the quote.
You don't understand the concept of discrete audio. This so called 4.1 is not discrete.
I'll explain to you how this works.

If this so called 4.1 was discrete, it would contain 5 separate channels of audio. But the output of this creative labs card is a stereo 1/8" mini jack. Emphasis on the word stereo.
How can you have 5 discrete (meaning separate/unique) channels carrying signal over a 2 channel analog connection? The answer is: you cannot.
You would either need 5 separate analog line outputs from the card, or a digital spdif/coax line.
"When a Dolby Surround soundtrack is produced, four channels of audio information—left, center, right, and surround—are MATRIX-encoded onto two audio tracks. These two tracks are then carried on stereo program sources such as videotapes and TV broadcasts into the home, where they can be decoded to recreate the original four channels and the surround sound experience."

"Creative Multi Speaker-Surround™ technology places any mono or stereo sound source in a 360 degree audio space"

Creative labs calls it 4.1 only because there are four point one speakers. EAX is borderline Dolby Surround, or Pro-Logic.
"It's true that for movies, it will default to Dolby Pro Logic"
Nothing defaults. It is what it is.

It may sound great for video games. That's fine with me. I just think it's important to know the difference and to understand why the need for 5.1 creation on the desktop mac is so important.
Go to www.dolby.com, and www.creativelabs.com
Do some reading.

Sorry, but you're mistaken.

My Creative card has 2 audio outputs. One for the front satellites, and a separate one for the rears. Although I will grant that there is no dedicated LFE output. The sub simply takes over at a set frequency.

So, while technically not 4.1, it's still 4 discrete channels. Or am I way off base?