Surround Sound on Mac

[musicmana97]

Heya!

Playing this on a Mac studio (m2 Ultra).
Does anyone know how to turn on surround sound on a mac?
I have a 7.1.4 set up with an audio interface. Is it a game settings thing? or a steam settings thing? or maybe its just not possible on mac to have more than 2.0?
Any help is appreciated!

Edit:
Just in case, to clarify, I have atmos playback working on my computer in general, as well as surround sound in other apps and such, just cant seem to figure out how to get it to work in baldurs gate/steam specifically. Doesnt even have to be full atmos... ill be happy with 5.1 playback...

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Originally posted by musicmana97:

Surround Sound on Mac
Heya!

Playing this on a Mac studio (m2 Ultra).
Does anyone know how to turn on surround sound on a mac?
I have a 7.1.4 set up with an audio interface. Is it a game settings thing? or a steam settings thing? or maybe its just not possible on mac to have more than 2.0?
Any help is appreciated!

Edit:
Just in case, to clarify, I have atmos playback working on my computer in general, as well as surround sound in other apps and such, just cant seem to figure out how to get it to work in baldurs gate/steam specifically. Doesnt even have to be full atmos... ill be happy with 5.1 playback...

I hate to tell you this, but you are with more luck by placing your thread here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/
despite this is the correct section. There are simply not that many roaming here who are lending a helping hand and even less who have expertise on Mac and Linux.

In doubt, consult a Mac specialised forums. That might work better in your favour the same way I recommend Steam Deck users to use the Steam Deck subforums.

[musicmana97]

Thanks for the reply!

Just in case there is anyone in the future that has an issue like this, thought id throw it out there that I found a solution!

Its not the most elegant, but it works great!
Turns out MacOS devices don't like audio interface with more than 16 channels.

Workaround is to install some form of virtual soundcard (the only one I know about is loopback, but there are probably others) that will pass through audio and lock it to the number of channels you need.

I used loop back to create a virtual 12 in 12 out audio interface and now things are working great!

Game loads up in atmos with no additional configuration required in steam or in game.