Turns out that a button on the volume control called Matrix was turned on. When I turned it off everything worked properly.
> Here are 4 things I should add... > > 1)My headset, the Tritton AX Pro (which is a 5.1), works fine when I test > the rear/center/subwoofer. > > 2)If I set my speakers in the control panel to 2.1, then sound comes out > of my rear speakers. > > 3)I have checked all the connections and everything seems setup correctly. > > 4)Games like Dirt 2 during the introduction have talking but I can't hear > it though my speakers, although it sounds fine on my headset. > > I am at a loss as to why rear/center/subwoofer don't work when I test it > when the speakers are set to 5.1 in the control panel. I also don't know > why the voices in games such as Dirt2) are not coming through properly. > >> Hello all, >> >> I am having a problem with sound. >> >> Here is my setup. I have a Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty sound >> card >> and am running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit. >> >> My headset, when plugged into the optical out works perfectly. >> >> Here is my problem. I bought a 5.1 speaker system and in my sound >> configuration it is setup as 5.1. However, when I test the sound it is >> only coming out of my front right/left speakers. The subwoofer, the rear >> left/right or the center speaker there is no sound. I am using the >> Creative software tool to test this. Anyone know what could be wrong and >> how I fix it? >> >> I was playing some games (Dirt 2 and Batman) and some of the voices of >> the >> characters are not coming though. However, if I play music on Winamp or >> Windows media player sound comes out of all speakers and the subwoofer. >> >> Thanks >> >> > > >
