Help getting 7.1 speakers playing through all speakers direct!

[Freeman]

I have Creative 7.1 speakers with RealTek HD Audio drivers. Currently the Side Right and Side Left speakers do not work. They only seem to work when I apply effects such as 'hall' or 'underwater'. If I tick 'No Effect' then they both don't work.

I'm sick of 7.1 surround sound and I'd just like to play my sound through all of the speakers at once.

I've wasted about 2 hours doing this now. Any ideas? I just want DIRECT sound from 7.1 speakers.

Thanks.

 

[Freeman]

what content are you trying to play?

Music, video, anything.

On my old build on XP with C-Media sound drivers i was able to make my speakers play sounds through all 7 of them. I am now on Vista using RealTek and can't seem to get direct sound

 

[Freeman]

I'd like to have the sound playing through all my speakers simultaneously, I don't need or want surround sound.

I was able to do this on my old PC using a direct sound option that was available in C-Media drivers.