Tester for surround sound

Something's wrong somewhere in my machine's sound setup - Creative
Audigy + Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers.

The Creative Surround Mixer>Speakers>Test shows loud volume from the two
front speaker and very low volume from the other 3 satellites.

Is there any other Windows software that I can download to test the
speakers out?

Thanks.
--
Derek

"Derek Baker" <me@derekbaker.xyzeclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Something's wrong somewhere in my machine's sound setup - Creative Audigy
> + Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers.
>
> The Creative Surround Mixer>Speakers>Test shows loud volume from the two
> front speaker and very low volume from the other 3 satellites.
>
> Is there any other Windows software that I can download to test the
> speakers out?

Don't know of any test software, but do you have a balance or F/R
shift/slider in the software or on the speakers?

You could always open up a game and see how balanced the sound is. In fact,
can't you just play a music file and see where the centre of the sound
'appears' to be?

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:09:51 +0100, Derek Baker
<me@derekbaker.xyzeclipse.co.uk> wrote:

>Something's wrong somewhere in my machine's sound setup - Creative
>Audigy + Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers.
>
>The Creative Surround Mixer>Speakers>Test shows loud volume from the two
>front speaker and very low volume from the other 3 satellites.
>
>Is there any other Windows software that I can download to test the
>speakers out?
>
>Thanks.


What test would you do, since there IS sound?

If you can get get a source (app) to play what is supposed
to be equal volume reference tone through all channels, you
can measure it with a multimeter in AC mode (L/R to GND).

What is your amplificiation arrangement? Have you tried
plugging the L/R front speaker-amp into the L/R rear to see
if the volume is still low? Point being, some elimination
of variables may be needed - or if you have done this
already, some additional elaboration of your troubleshooting
steps thus far may be needed.

* kony:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:09:51 +0100, Derek Baker
> <me@derekbaker.xyzeclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Something's wrong somewhere in my machine's sound setup - Creative
>> Audigy + Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers.
>>
>> The Creative Surround Mixer>Speakers>Test shows loud volume from the two
>> front speaker and very low volume from the other 3 satellites.
>>
>> Is there any other Windows software that I can download to test the
>> speakers out?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> What test would you do, since there IS sound?
>
> If you can get get a source (app) to play what is supposed
> to be equal volume reference tone through all channels, you
> can measure it with a multimeter in AC mode (L/R to GND).
>
> What is your amplificiation arrangement? Have you tried
> plugging the L/R front speaker-amp into the L/R rear to see
> if the volume is still low? Point being, some elimination
> of variables may be needed - or if you have done this
> already, some additional elaboration of your troubleshooting
> steps thus far may be needed.

Actually I could make sure the cables were plugged in properly :)

--
Derek