Thanks David! If there's anything coming back from the list, could you please forward it to me? Robin > -----Original Message----- > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:52 PM > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Connecting a 5.1 sound system to a Mac pro > > > I've forwarded your message to another list. you may get help there. > > On Aug 7, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > > Hi all! > OK, I've just ordered my Mac pro! > However, I've got a problem now, and I'm not sure how to > solve it. I hope this is not too much off-topic, but as it > has to do with audio, and because I couldn't find any useful > answer to this - even Apple support could not help me - I > hope the moderators won't mind. So, the Mac comes with a > built in sound card of course, but this only has one line-out > and line-in 3.5 mm jack. However, the speaker system that I > have is a 5.1 dolby soround system with I think 6 cables that > have to be plugged in so all channels can be controlled. I > really can't think of any way I could connect all of them to > the 2 jacks the Mac pro comes with, so I decided to look for > a PCI Express sound card. Creative has some good ones, such > as the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme. However, all of > them seem to be only compatible with Windows, there is > nothing that indicates they work with Mac os and I don't like > buying stuff that maybe won't work. I've done some Googling > on Mac compatible sound cards, but haven't been able to find > anything... Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do, or > can anyone suggest a sound card that will work without any > problems under Mac os? Thanks! Robin > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the > link below. > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the > link below. > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >