Audio Control Panel?

[TierMann]

I have RealTek ACL850 onboard audio and I was wondering if there was a third party control panel out there that was more configurable than RealTek's or Nvidia's software. I'm using Zalman's Theater 6 headphones with 3 plugs for right/left, center, and rear R/L. The problem is that when listening to music I'm only getting output through left and right. I'm using a plugin right now for winamp that mixes it to 5.1 and lets me select which speaker is on which channel, but what I'd like to do is have a setting like Creative has in their software for Surround Stereo (R/L are just cloned to rear) and so far I havn't found one. WinDVD and PowerDVD both output to side R/L also instead of rear so another option I'm looking for is to switch between rear and side or just pass side to rear channels.
Right now I'm just using the 3 mobo connections, but I also have the surround extension with center, side, sub, spdif and all that that connects to the mobo headers if need be.

Any ideas?

[CaptNKILL]

I wasnt happy with the Realtek panel at all, so I just installed the Nvidia sound drivers and used the NVMixer.

Other than that, I dont know of anything that you could use. The NVMixer has a "clone" setting for copying front to rear, is that what you are looking for? Its under "surround settings" on the speaker mode screen.

[TierMann]

I'm using the Nvmixer now and I've played with cloning and delays but neither does anything. It doesn't even seem to open the other channels at all because for one it doesn't sound different and also there's nothing on the meter for those channels. When the 5.1 winamp plugin is going, those channels get used and everything else can access them with no prob but those settings in the panel do nothing.

Thanks for the idea though :)

Btw.. I found out something fun with NV audio drivers and VLC video player that's fun, heh. VLC will just blast an insanely loud, staticy distorted version of the audio that's supposed to be playing regardless of what the volume is set at unless you mute it. That was amusing on headphones. It seems to happen with nv audio drivers with anything past 5.10 set. I've had that happen with the ACL on the second box too. RealTek's drivers don't do that at all in any app I've used though.