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Topic: Windows 7 Sound reverts to 16 bit and 2 channels on sample rate change

I'm using a RayDAT under Windows 7 64 bit, driver 3.26.

Under Hammerfall DSP Settings, I set Internal clock source, and sample rate to 48000Hz.
Under Windows Playback Devices, I set the RayDAT "Speakers"->Properties->Advanced to 24 bit, 48000 Hz.

Now, when an ASIO program wants to set 44100 Hz, the Windows Playback Devices get set to 16 bit 44100 Hz.
Then, when I switch the RayDAT back to 48000 Hz either by an ASIO program or the control panel, the Windows Playback devices is set to 16 bit 48000 Hz.

In addition, I set the RayDAT "Speakers" device to 7.1, and the ADAT2 (1+2) device to 8ch 24 bit.
When I change the sample rate, "Speakers" gets set to "Stereo" and 2ch for the ADAT2 (1+2)

Is there a way to keep the RayDAT Windows Playback Device to always be set to 24 bit and to maintain the number of channels regardless of sample rate changes?

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Re: Windows 7 Sound reverts to 16 bit and 2 channels on sample rate change

Sorry no. That is a known limitation of the current driver.

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3 Reply by tarsier (edited by tarsier 2011-09-15 22:52:15)

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Re: Windows 7 Sound reverts to 16 bit and 2 channels on sample rate change

Is there a plan to change this? Perhaps to make 24 bit and maximum channels the defaults?

Or if not that, then is there a command-line method of changing those attributes so I could do it in a batch, rather than going through the terrible Windows graphical interface?

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Re: Windows 7 Sound reverts to 16 bit and 2 channels on sample rate change

We are thinking about how to change Windows (!) behaviour for quite some time, but did not find the perfect solution yet. I am not aware of any 'command line' stuff for these properties.

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