- #Sound card for mac pro 5.1 driver#
- #Sound card for mac pro 5.1 Patch#
- #Sound card for mac pro 5.1 professional#
Most of the other games out there just don't support 5.1, period (probably due to the lack of hardware on the Mac computers from the factory). Last I heard, it worked okay, but crashed occasionally.
#Sound card for mac pro 5.1 Patch#
Just because you technically support Dolby 5.1, doesn't mean the applications are aware of it and can utilize the 5.1 surround.*Įdit: I may have neglected to also mention that the Firewave unit will support 5.1 properly through 3 separate plugs (much like a PC soundcard does), however the only game I am aware of that supports this is Unreal Tournament 2003 for Mac (or was it 04?), with an experimental patch for 5.1 via OpenAL. *Again- There are no games out that support 5.1. And it'll work wonderfully, but gaming will not give you surround sound at all. If you really want to spend the money to *watch a DVD in surround sound,* then you can. Maybe even a pair that takes an optical input for audio. I would highly recommend that you buy a very good pair of 2.1 speakers with a Sub woofer. *There is no simple or cost-efficient way to get 5.1 from your Mac, other then while playing a DVD movie.* To recap, since this has been asked many times- and I don't want you wasting your money here (just trying to be helpful!).
I only get 5.1 surround from my audio production in Logic 8. I have a 5.1 setup running through an Apogee Ensemble (a $2000 "soundcard"), and I do not get 5.1 support from Quake 4, C&C 3, or any other game. It's pro audio, designed for Logic 8 and similar.Įven if you did spend the money, trust me, I'd know. This is not cheap, is not meant for gaming, and is not consumer grade equipment. You're looking at $1300 for the Fireface 800, and another $200 per speaker. Not just one amplifier- all the speakers have it built in and take a balanced stereo input. While it supports 5.1 output via 6 individual outputs, you need SPEAKERS that have +built in amplifiers+ (called a Studio Monitor).
#Sound card for mac pro 5.1 professional#
This is a professional audio interface (like an external soundcard). If the game doesn't support the above feature, then you only get basic 2 channel audio. Unfortunately, none of the developers for Macintosh gaming have yet to include live Dolby 5.1 encoding (I think Doom 3 had a beta patch that did- I could be wrong). Xbox360 does this, because they've licensed the technology from Dolby- as have the game developers. If you wanted 5.1 output from your games, they'd need to ether have the sound/audio data encoded as Dolby 5.1, or support encoding on the fly to take a 5.1 signal, encode it, and pipe it out the optical audio plug. DVD's have this audio pre-encoded on the disk. You do have optical audio, however, this only works in 5.1 when a Dolby Digital signal is piped through the optical cable.ĭolby Digital works by encoding a 5.1 signal as a data stream, sending it to a receiver, where it is decoded and played back as 5.1 stereo. Since your Mac/Mac Pro doesn't have this, you can't hook up a 5.1 speaker set and expect true 5.1. Optical audio will only handle 2 channels as well- it's the same signal (in two channels) on a different medium, basically.Īll PC soundcards that support proper 5.1 (save for a select few) have //multiple// line-out jacks for Front Left/Right, Center/Sub, and Rear Left/Right (3 plugs total for 5.1). Your Mac Pro or Macbook only has a single line-out, that supports 2 channels at the maximum. The complex truth, and I will attempt to explain, isn't that simple. It is the game developer's issue (sort of), and it is a //lack of hardware// issue.
#Sound card for mac pro 5.1 driver#
It is not a software issue, it is not a driver issue. No matter how much money you throw at it. There is no way to get 5.1 out of a game on a Mac Pro. The simple truth is, that even if you have a Z-5500 setup (like I do), you still will not get 5.1 surround in ///any/// applications other then while playing a DVD. You are playing a DVD with a 5.1 soundtrack You are using the OPTICAL output on your Mac You will only get 5.1 audio if the following conditions are true: Once again, the issue of 5.1 w/Apple comes up.
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