Sound Blaster G6

[L.o.D.]

Am I to assume this hardware only does virtual surround, regardless of a 5.1 surround speaker system being used?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

SoundBlaster there should be a settings within its branded software regarding the Optical SPDIF playback and decoding. Try changing that to Surround with DTSS as it might be set to Stereo by default.

With SoundBlaster if you only installed the Driver it's still missing the audio configuration software which is optional.

Try getting it from the usb installer or from the aupport/download section of creative.com

[L.o.D.]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Bad 💀 Motha:

SoundBlaster there should be a settings within its branded software regarding the Optical SPDIF playback and decoding. Try changing that to Surround with DTSS as it might be set to Stereo by default.

With SoundBlaster if you only installed the Driver it's still missing the audio configuration software which is optional.

Try getting it from the usb installer or from the aupport/download section of creative.com

I had their software installed, which is how I tried to test the speakers. Made no difference. So I sent it back for a refund.

You can see the pic of the box in an earlier reply. Post #19.

[VaultDweller]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Sigma957:

OP if you want a true surround sound card find the ASUS Xonar DTS 7.1 sound card. True 7.1 supporting Dataset, not virtual. Works flawlessly in 10 and Linux distributions. There are drivers for 10.

I have a query.. Does it work with Windows 11 and What linux distros and versions does it work with, I am presently using Ubuntu 24.04 and am trying to find a Sound Card or DAC with true 5.1 and cabling for 5.1 speakers that use the 3 audio jack setup.

[Tonepoet]

There's a "platform compatibility chart" on the marketing website[us.creative.com]. It supports "Dolby Digital", which means you should be able to get true six channel 5.1 surround sound out of the Toshiba link[www.avaccess.com] Sony/Phillips Digital Audio Interface[www.avaccess.com], provided you have a compatible source and speaker system. A company as big as Creative would be a lawsuit target if they misused Dolby's trademarks.


Dobly Digital is not matrixed like prior Dolby formats. It's discrete surround sound[www.digitaltrends.com] that can be downmixed to stereo.

Matrixing is a method of trying to mix surround information into a lower number of discrete channels.[www.sweetwater.com]

What you can't do is send uncompressed L.P.C.M. surround over Sony Phillips Digital Interface. It can only send uncompressed stereo. Since it has to be pre-encoded as AC3, you won't be able to get live generated surround sound out of your games. Only D.V.Ds. and such which are pre-encoded as AC3. You probably don't want to buy a G3 just to make your computer into an overglorified D.V.D. or blu-ray player.

Moreover, although you should be able to use a G6 to send surround sound information to an external source, there'd be nothing special about it. Sony/Phillips Digital Audio Interface is a digital format. so it would bypass the fancy D.A.C. chip and audio amplifier circuitry.

Doesn't look like the G6 even has the necessary number of conductors to send discrete P.C.M. surround sound via analogue either.

Gaming in discrete surround sound isn't something with which I'm too accustomed, so I'm of no help there unfortunately. You'd probably want to do it over analogue audio outputs or H.D.M.I. though. The G6 doesn't have enough conductors to transmit true analogue 5.1, and it obviously lacks H.D.M.I. too.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Oprindeligt skrevet af FalloutBoy:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Sigma957:

OP if you want a true surround sound card find the ASUS Xonar DTS 7.1 sound card. True 7.1 supporting Dataset, not virtual. Works flawlessly in 10 and Linux distributions. There are drivers for 10.

I have a query.. Does it work with Windows 11 and What linux distros and versions does it work with, I am presently using Ubuntu 24.04 and am trying to find a Sound Card or DAC with true 5.1 and cabling for 5.1 speakers that use the 3 audio jack setup.

If the Drivers work for Win10 64bit, then they shouldn't have any issues under Win11.

Most Drivers do not need to be Win11 specific.