Audigy 2 ZS CMSS question

[SpaceMonkeyAndy]

Hey guys; I feel somewhat stupid for asking this, but how the CMSS function upmix all signals that go to the front left and front right speakers? I know for stereo signals it will upmix it (I use the stereo surround CMSS upmix), but for signals that are in 5.1 already (such as the audio from BF2 using 5.1 speaker setup and EAX) does it also upmix the front two channels? My question really boils down to whether CMSS can intelligently upmix stereo signals as opposed to 5.1 signals?

To make my question more clear - If I were playing music (stereo), and playing BF2 (5.1) with the CMSS stereo surround upmix mode, would it upmix the music for stereo surround, yet leave the BF2 audio alone? Or will it upmix the music as well as the front left and front right from BF2?

Thanks.

 

[Donnie27]

Hey guys; I feel somewhat stupid for asking this, but how the CMSS function upmix all signals that go to the front left and front right speakers? I know for stereo signals it will upmix it (I use the stereo surround CMSS upmix), but for signals that are in 5.1 already (such as the audio from BF2 using 5.1 speaker setup and EAX) does it also upmix the front two channels? My question really boils down to whether CMSS can intelligently upmix stereo signals as opposed to 5.1 signals?

To make my question more clear - If I were playing music (stereo), and playing BF2 (5.1) with the CMSS stereo surround upmix mode, would it upmix the music for stereo surround, yet leave the BF2 audio alone? Or will it upmix the music as well as the front left and front right from BF2?

Thanks.

CMSS would mess up discrete 5.1 BUT! The card is full duplex, do a test with a 3rd party piece of software like the newest WinAMP 5.1 version plus a Game. I use to have problems recording 5.1 wave files until Power DVD 6 Delux with Software MLP shipped. Now I can run any recorder and DVD-Audio Playback with ease. Analog 24bit-96KHz 5.1 and 2 ch rock!

I'll try games tonight.

Donnie27