REW configuration Issues

[cajunbaseball]

I want to test my large front speakers with my Debra/Swarm 4 subwoofers. REW allows LR speaker, but not the subs.

Windows shows Front Speakers, 5.1, 7.1 etc in the sound control panel. I run the mains with the my Ayre amp and the subs connected 2 to each of 2 separate amps. So for music, it’s 2.2, although there are 4 subs.

How do I configure Windows and/or REW to play the mains and subs together? Looking to impulse/waterfalls.

Thanks

 

[John Mulcahy]

How are audio sources connected to the Ayre? Does bass management happen anywhere? Where do the subs get their signals from?

 

[cajunbaseball]

John thanks for the reply

My Marantz AV7005 connects to the Ayre amp via XLR cables for the Vandersteen Treo CT speakers (L & R front). The surrounds and the subs also connect to the Ayre for HT.

The four subs are connected 2 left and 2 right to separate Dayton Amplifiers. An RCA cable runs from each of the two Daytons to an input on the Calypso preamp for music and a separate RCA cable to Subwoofer 1 on the Marantz for the left Dayton and a seperate RCA cable to Subwoofer 2 on the Marantz for the right Dayton for home theatre.

REW is on my laptop which I connected via HDMI to the Marantz. The problem is when I try to configure the sound control panel on the Windows 10 laptop, I have no option for L & R speakers + subwoofers.

I have audio test sounds (white and pink noise etc) I can play through the Calypso that will get sound to and out of the Vandersteens and the subs only. I have used this configuration for the RTA module in REW with the microphone connected to the laptop.

But I don't have an impulse signal on a test disk to run for ETC and waterfalls etc. I have Ethan Winer's 20 - 400 sweep wav file. I haven't tried to run it, then monitor it. The beauty of doing it through REW and the Marantz is that I don't have to worry about pressing this button, then that one, etc.

I hope this is clear. If not, I'll clarify. Thanks.

 

[John Mulcahy]

For that setup using ASIO4All to create an ASIO wrapper around the HDMI driver should work, see the guide here. Note that the AV will often need to be in a specific mode to accept the HDMI multichannel PCM signal.