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Switching L & R Audio Channels

Hello! I have a main speaker connected to my pc, it is powered. I found some nice subs and rigged my system so I have 3 speakers now:

1 main (powered) (this is technically the Right Side)
2 (non powered, stereo speakers) (which are technically the left sides, these are very good quality, while the main isnt as good)

I would like to know if there is a way to flip the audio channels, so audio that is played in speaker 1, is played in speakers 2, and 3.

Physically reversing the location of the speakers will not do, as 2 of them are the good ones

Is there a way to do this in windows? of foobar? or both?

Thank you in advance!

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #1 –
Well, there is a DSP component for foobar2000 called "Reverse Stereo Channels".  Just tried it on current foobar2000 v1.1.2 and it seems to work.

Note to post below: Yes, I changed it.

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Apesbrain on
Well, there is a component for foobar2000 called "foo_input_reverse".  Just tried it on current foobar2000 v1.1.2 and it seems to work.


I also was messing with some of the DSPs, would "Reverse Stereo Channels" do the trick?

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #3 –
after applying the "reverse stereo channels" DSP I am not noticing a difference in sound, is this normal? Maybe the difference is so faint I cannot tell a difference? Is there a better method, or alternative?

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #4 –
Recordings vary from one extreme to the other.  There is so little difference between right and left channels on some that it makes no difference. On others there is completely different material on the two channels and switching them will be easily noticed. You should be testing with something that leaves no doubt about what is coming from where.

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #5 –
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1 main (powered) (this is technically the Right Side)
2 (non powered, stereo speakers) (which are technically the left sides, these are very good quality, while the main isnt as good)


Hmm... If I got it right, you have one powered speaker in left channel and two passive speakers in right channel (just wondering this connection)? As said, mapping them reverse does not change much.

Have you connected these so that #1 goes to the left and #2 & #3 goes to the right channel or are you using two stereo output channels for them?

Is the speaker #1 a mono speaker or two channel speaker?

Generally speaking, if your soundcard does not have power amplifier build-in then, passive speakers are not good choice to use with PC without additional power amplifier.

Juha
 

Switching L & R Audio Channels

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Juha on
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1 main (powered) (this is technically the Right Side)
2 (non powered, stereo speakers) (which are technically the left sides, these are very good quality, while the main isnt as good)


Hmm... If I got it right, you have one powered speaker in left channel and two passive speakers in right channel (just wondering this connection)? As said, mapping them reverse does not change much.

Have you connected these so that #1 goes to the left and #2 & #3 goes to the right channel or are you using two stereo output channels for them?

Is the speaker #1 a mono speaker or two channel speaker?

Generally speaking, if your soundcard does not have power amplifier build-in then, passive speakers are not good choice to use with PC without additional power amplifier.

Juha


Actually the Left #1 is the powered side, while the Right #2 and #3 are the non powered sides
Speaker #1 is a two channel speaker
I rigged them up this way because like you said my sound card doesent have a power amp built in, and when i wire them up to the soundcard I really cant hear a thing