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Multi-Channel Audio Device User Guide

Windows System Configuration Guide

Windows 10 System Configuration

  1. Driver Installation
  2. If using our demo board and audio decoding module without your own driver, you need to install the corresponding driver first

  3. Download Link

  4. Access Sound Settings

  5. Open Run (Win+R)
  6. Enter the "control" command
  7. Press "OK or Enter"
  8. Select "Sound" in Control Panel and click to enter

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  1. Configure Output Sample Rate and Bit Depth
  2. In "Sound" settings, select the speaker under "Playback"
  3. Right-click and click "Properties"
  4. Select Advanced

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  1. Configure Speakers
  2. Right-click on the speaker
  3. Click "Configure Speakers"

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  1. Select Channel Configuration
  2. Choose according to your actual audio environment needs
  3. After successful configuration, you can restart the device

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Windows 11 System Configuration

  1. Device Connection
  2. Connect the 7.1 channel USB audio device to a computer running Windows 11

  3. (For spatial audio evaluation boards, if using Windows 7/Windows 8 systems, you need to install the XMOS evaluation board driver)

  4. Access Sound Settings

  5. Click the speaker icon in the lower left of the icon marked as 1 in the taskbar
  6. Select "Sound Settings" to the right of the mark labeled 2 in the popup menu
  7. Select "More Sound Settings" to the right of the icon marked as 3 in the popup dialog

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macOS System Configuration Guide

System Requirements

  • Images in this document are from macOS 15.5 version
  • Requires USB device supporting 7.1 spatial audio

Configuration Steps

  1. Device Connection

  2. Connect the USB device supporting 7.1 spatial audio to your macOS computer

  3. Configure Audio Device

  4. Open Audio Settings

    • Open the "Audio MIDI Setup" application from Launchpad

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  5. Set Default Playback Device

    • Select the corresponding USB device (marked as 1 in the image)
    • Open the configuration menu (can be operated with mouse or click the settings icon marked as 2 below)
    • Click the menu with speaker icon on the left, select [Use this device for sound output]

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  6. Configure Channel Mapping

  7. Click the [Configure Speakers] button to the right of mark 4 in the above image

  8. In the popup configuration dialog:

    1. Select 7.1 Surround Sound below mark 1
    2. Modify the corresponding channels of the audio device to the right of mark 2 (default positions of the last four channels need to be modified)
    3. Click the apply icon below mark 3
    4. Click the "Confirm" icon to the right of mark 4

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  9. Channel Test

  10. Connect headphones to the USB AUDIO device
  11. Ensure spatial audio is enabled (GolsSample blue LED is on)
  12. Click each SPEAKER icon to the right of mark 5 in the above image
  13. Listen to the audio and confirm the sound source position
  14. You can use Windows Media Player to play the test file: 8ch_surround_check_chinese.wav
  15. Carefully listen to the speaker's voice direction and confirm if it matches the voice content