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Brief:
My laptop has a 3.5mm audio output jack and I've attached 2 usb sound cards to it. This would avail 3 playback devices on the computer.
Is there a way (with any OS - windows/ubuntu/mac) that when I play a video, I could get its audio in all 3 outputs simultaneously and most importantly, I could set different equalizer levels for each one of them?
Thanks
d-coder
Posted 2015-02-21T14:04:14.050
Reputation: 153
you have 6 speakers, 3 pairs, with different EQ requirements? Are you trying to run them all at once? In the same room? Are they all self-amped? [I still don't think you're in for much joy, but just to get my idea of your configuration straight] – Tetsujin – 2015-02-21T14:54:17.007
yup; 3 pairs to be played at once. And you are right, they all have their own amplifiers within them. Just need to trick the aux supply for them. – d-coder – 2015-02-21T15:01:50.890
Not going to be easy in Windows. It's really something that it's not good at. – Tetsujin – 2015-02-21T15:29:29.207
I use ubuntu too; just in case a solution is possible with it. We can remove the win-7 constraint. – d-coder – 2015-02-21T15:44:43.277
Only Mac can do that kind of routing really - & tbh a) I'm struggling to think how to do it reliably even on there & b) I'm really not convinced it's going to sound any good even if you manage it. [I'm a sound engineer by trade] – Tetsujin – 2015-02-21T15:55:38.850
As a first try, I'm taking it for experimental purpose a bit; so I won't be spending big money doing it when I'm not sure it's gonna sound good (like you do). Though any success would definitely lead to a permanent setup. Concerning Mac, I've only used it with virtualbox. I'm trying to find some electronic sound filters as a backup plan :) however being able to do it all or max by s/w is preferable. – d-coder – 2015-02-21T18:42:04.130
What is the source of the signals for the USB sound cards? Do you have separate control software for each one? – fixer1234 – 2015-02-22T07:58:16.137