Topic: Only 7.1 surround available when configuring speaker in Windows 10
Hi,
I am using a Fireface UFX+ with Windows 10 and I am trying to configure the WDM option so that Windows recognizes it as a 5.1 surround setup.
I have set WDM Devices to 'multitrack' and enabled 'Analog (1-8)' at both the 'WDM Device's tab and the 'Speaker' tab. Then, in Windows sound control panel, when I configure the Speakers (RME UFX+ 3.0) the only configuration I get is 7.1 Surround, and my setup is 5.1.
According to the manual you should be able to assign any surround mode from stereo to 7.1
So far, I have configured it as a 7.1 setup with the 'Side pair' (Surround L and R) disabled. This works in part, but is not ideal. I would like to disable the 'Rear pair' instead. But the rear pair comes out of channels 5 and 6 and the side pair comes out of channels 7 and 8, and I would like to use channels 1-6 for my 5.1 setup.
Does anybody know why Windows doesn't allow me to set it up as anything else than a 7.1 set?
Best regards, Jakob