Surround Sound Technology

[soldier43]

I recently bought myself a surround sound system and I have to say that I am impressed with the technology and the fact that six different channels can be used for audio. I am currently using the newest version of Adobe Audition to create audio with six channels, but when I burn the data to a disc and play it, I think the data turns to mono, causing sound to travel through the center channel as well as a specified channel... is there a way to fix this and make the audio come out through only the channel specified?

[acousmod]

but when I burn the data to a disc and play it,

What did you burn ?
A dvd player need a proper encoding, AC3 or DTS, in order to play the 5/6 channels and an authoring software for DVD-Video or DVD-Audio.
If you have burn the wma file that Audition can produce, the DVD players are only compatible with wma8 which does not support multichannel audio and mixes the files in stereo.
Can you be more precise ?

[soldier43]

Can you be more precise ?

I used the multi-channel encoder in Adobe Audition to create audio with six-channels. After I did that, I exported it as a wma using the Windows Media Player 9.1 encoder. I then used Nero to burn the audio to a disc and put it in my DVD player, which supports six-channels, but all the sound comes through the center channel, even though I specify a different channel.

[acousmod]

I exported it as a wma using the Windows Media Player 9.1 encoder. I then used Nero to burn the audio to a disc and put it in my DVD player

Yes, it is wat I thought.
Actually, the 6 channels of WMA9 files are not recognized by the DVD players. They can work only on PC.
Perhaps that they will be supported some time...
For compatibility with DVD players, the Minnetonka CD-DTS encoder works very well and is the cheapest one (99 $):
http://www.surcode.com/low/cd/cd.htm