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If I wanted to get surround sound from my gaming PC would I be able to do it with something like the M-Audio M-Track Plus? It has spdif in/out and supports AC3/DTS pass-through. I have never used a USB interface but I'm assuming I could just choose that as the default recording device (on the streaming pc) and XSplit would then be recording from the M-Track. What I'm wondering is if there would be any kind of delay in the playback from the streaming pc? By that I mean if I was gaming/playing music on the gaming PC and listening to everything on the streaming PC would there be noticeable latency? The layout would look like this.. Gaming PC S/PDIF Out ----> USB M-Audio M-Track Plus ----> Streaming PC ----> Asus Xonar Essence ----> Headphones

I have tried to monitor the sound along the way but don't have the most keen ear. Where I can tell the difference is in the recorded videos. My audio just seems to sound a bit muddy compared to people with single PC setups where it is just captured and compressed. The compression bitrate I use is the highest quality available through xsplit (192kbps). The Xonar Essence STX in the streaming PC does indeed send audio (music) to the mixer through line out and receives the final mix through line in. I'll try to narrow it down a bit. I'm assuming sending things like dolby digital live or software enhanced audio to the mixer is a bad practice?

Hi all, I'm a bit of an audio newbie so excuse my ignorance. I stream gameplay/music online via TwitchTV. My issue is that I game on one PC and stream from another via DVI capture card. Currently the audio is sent from the DAC in my gaming PC (Asus Xonar Essence STX) to a Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer (combines with xlr mic/music from streaming pc), and the final mix is sent off to the streaming PC input (Asus Xonar Essence STX as well). The music is sent from my streaming PC to the mixer so I can hear it in my headphones. All of this is done with 1/4 unbalanced TRS input/outputs. The quality of the audio on the stream is leaving something to be desired and I think it's because of all the conversions going on. Would I be better off with something like a Tascam US-144MKII or M-Audio M-Track Plus USB interface? Looking at the specs I should be able to combine the XLR mic with S/PDIF output from my gaming PC. Then just use the headphone jack on the interface and send it to my O2 amp/headphones for me to hear. Would the interface work better than my current analog solution?