Multichannel Wave Files; Windows Media Player/Dvd/Surround Sound Playback - E-Mu 1616 PCI Owner's Manual

4 - The PatchMix DSP Mixer
Mixer Strip Creation
To Delete a Mixer Strip:
Click the top of the mixer strip you wish to delete. A red border appears around
1.
the strip, indicating that it is selected.
Click on the Delete Mixer Strip button, or right-click and choose Delete, or use the
2.
Delete key on the PC keyboard.

Multichannel WAVE Files

The 1616 supports 2 channels of WAVE recording and 8 channels of multichannel
WAVE playback. The WAVE channels are available for the following types of WDM
devices:
• Classic MME
• DirectSound
• Direct WDM / Kernel Streaming (KS)
DirectSound and the WDM/KS interfaces allow up to Eight channels of Wave Out while
the classic MME interface only exposes 2 channels.
The WAVE channels operate at all sample rates. For additional information about WDM
behavior at high sample rates, see
192kHz/96kHz DVD-Audio disks are protected against digital copying. Most DVD-
Audio disks contain duplicate 48kHz audio tracks which will play back on the 1616.

Windows Media Player/DVD/Surround Sound Playback

Select DirectSound as the output format when using Windows Media Player and other
DVD player applications.
Eight channel WAVE playback supports either 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 surround audio. However,
the 1616 is best suited to play 5.1 surround, since it only has 6 analog outputs. (You
could play back 7.1 surround audio by using an external S/PDIF to Analog Converter.
Create a 7/8 WAVE strip and insert a Send to S/PDIF Out.)
The chart below shows how to connect the outputs for 5.1 surround sound playback.
Multichannel WAVE to Surround Sound Speaker Channels
(using the factory 5.1 DVD Playback Session)
WAVE Strip Surround Channels
E-DSP WAVE 1/2 Front Left / Front Right
E-DSP WAVE 3/4 Center / Subwoofer
E-DSP WAVE 5/6 Rear Left / Rear Right
E-DSP WAVE 7/8 Side Left / Side Right
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See Overview of the Mixer.
page 87.
1/4" Outputs
1L = FL 1R = FR
3L = C 3R = Sub
2L = RL 2R = RR
N/A
1/8" Outputs
1 (Tip = FL Ring = FR)
3 (Tip = C Ring = Sub)
2 (Tip = RL Ring = RR)
N/A
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