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I have the motu mk5 Ultralite. It has 10 outputs and the manual says that it does surround monitoring, but it doesn't mention anything about surround decoding.
I think you may be able to connect a surround decoder or receiver to the Motu spdif. Would that even work?
This sucks. I'm looking for an audio interface that can decode surround. The Symphony IO seems to do it but very expensive
There is the Universal Apollo x6 and x8, but I think it may just be surround monitoring. I don't know if they decode surround.
So if you have 5 speakers, unless you have a surround decoder, you won't enjoy surround, only stereo times 2
You'd listen to a stereo recording that is distributed to 5 (or more) speakers which means it’s basically stereo times two (front and back) and a center speaker that has a bit of both. That’s not surround sound as it’s meant to be but it might give the impression of a fuller sound.
I think you may be able to connect a surround decoder or receiver to the Motu spdif. Would that even work?
This sucks. I'm looking for an audio interface that can decode surround. The Symphony IO seems to do it but very expensive
There is the Universal Apollo x6 and x8, but I think it may just be surround monitoring. I don't know if they decode surround.
So if you have 5 speakers, unless you have a surround decoder, you won't enjoy surround, only stereo times 2
You'd listen to a stereo recording that is distributed to 5 (or more) speakers which means it’s basically stereo times two (front and back) and a center speaker that has a bit of both. That’s not surround sound as it’s meant to be but it might give the impression of a fuller sound.