Same problem, 2 different laptops

[jmtenthusiast]

Trying to get REW initialized for the first time.

When I set up the sound on windows playback devices, it shows 7.1., and it shows my Denon 1911. I am able to send a test tone to each speaker and sub. But when I use the signal Generator in REW, the sound only comes from the laptop speakers. REW is showing 6 channels but only 1 and 2 are active and those are the laptop speakers, left and right.

This happens on both of my laptops, one is running win7 and the other is win 8.1. I must be overlooking a "check box" or something.

One other question. My best running laptop with win7 is a 64 bit system. I am using REW32 with jre, should I be using REW64 and downloading Java 8 manually? I'm unclear, it seems as if the REW64 bit is only for Windows 10?

Thanks

 

[John Mulcahy]

Which REW version? Are you using ASIO drivers, e.g. ASIOI4All? The Windows JVM only supports stereo output pairs, it doesn't directly offer multichannel outputs, easier to use ASIO.

There is no particular need to use the 64-bit JRE, the version with 32-bit JRE should work well on 32-bit or 64-bit systems.

 

[jmtenthusiast]

REW version 5_19 with jre, 33,620kb downloaded

ASIO4ALL

I am selecting ASIO4ALL. There are 6 Audio Outputs. Strange to me because I have a 7.1 and therefore would expect to see 8 audio outputs. The first two HD Audio outputs 1 and 2 are playing through my laptop speakers.

If I select Java instead of ASIO4ALL, I can get signal generated to the front LR, L, R, or L+R.

 

[John Mulcahy]

ASIO4All can combine multiple audio interfaces into one, HD Audio would typically be the built-in soundcard. To set up ASIO4All worth going through AustinJerry's guide.

 

[jmtenthusiast]

fyi - Jerry's got me going. Analyzing my measurements now. I downloaded Jerry's instructions, printed them, put them into a binder, and then highlighted and check marked as I went along. ha! Many thanks to the DSP website as well. Their advice on the Umik-1 with REW was very good. https://www.minidsp.com/applications/acoustic-measurements/umik-1-hdmi-on-windows

thanks