Having tried earlier to get this to work -- unsuccessfully because I
was messing with the Realtek HD Audio Manager which turend out to be
irrelevant -- I decided to have another go at fooled around with my
PC and, as is often the case, it suddenly started doing what I wanted
(perseverance is in my experience the only way to achieve anything
with computers...).
I am running Windows 7 with an RME UFX connected to the Firewire
port. This appears as "Speakers/RME Fireface UFX" in the windows
"Control_Panel/Sound/Playback" panel. I set this as the default and
clicked on "Configure", selected the first of the two "5.1 Surround"
options (what the second one is for, I have no idea), and told it
that I dont have a bass or centre speaker. This provides tones that
can be used to determine the routing is correct.
Then I installed Chrome (having previously set a System Restore
Point), navigated to http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/radio3/faq.html and the
lady's voice came over where it should do! (A thoughtful touch that
she repeats the test several times!)
The go to http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/radio3/index.html and click on the
play button, and four channels of Brahms Tragic Overture appeared.
Amazing!
Playback Channels on the RME are
1 Left front
2 Right front
3 Center
4 Bass (LFE)
5 Left rear
6 right rear
Using the Loopback function of Totalmix I have routed it to
Samplitude. Ready for Rachmaninov PC.3. So far it sounds remarkably good.
David
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