crusher surround sound with cheap 5.1 or 7.1 sound cards

[freq]

Hi!

Yesterday I come across the free asio4all http://www.asio4all.com/ project from Michael Tippach. As you might already know: That driver wraps cheap sound card or onboard soundchips and maps them to ASIO. But the best is that it maps also all channels or surround cards to separate asio channels!

That means: If you install asio4all and use that driver in the crusherX-Live! engine ASIO options you will be able to hear surround sound direct from the crushers output! And sure: You can use that driver also together with your sequencer. Together with a simple cheap surround loudspeaker system you are able to make your first steps into surround production without expensive hardware. And believe me: Starting surround productions will lead you to new dimensions of music and sound!

Best wishes
Joerg

[vurt]

or scare the bejeezus out of you
crusher at first was a little daunting for me but now such an essential part of my studio, now to find out that i have the option of going surround
thank you for a great piece of kit

[dystonia_ek]

I'm using KX project drivers and they seem to do the same thing. Just have to try it out with surround speakers to see if it works.

Thanks for posting this info!

[mcdonaldold1]

I used the asio4all and it crashed so... I did find a very affordable SoundBlaster Audigy reconditioned for $30. It has Creative ASIO driver with super low latencey (2ms) and surround sound. I think that is a great product.