# Standard Output Device

**URL:** https://forum.fxsound.com/t/standard-output-device/2022
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 29, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/standard-output-device/2022 "2023-06-29T15:15:08Z")
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### Author: ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/standard-output-device/2022/2 "2023-06-29T16:13:36Z")

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Good afternoon Joe,  
Regret to inform you that this is just part and parcel of how the software works…  
FxSound’s owner James actually posted this yesterday (on a different topic, namely that of surround sound):

> [@FxSound ruins THX Spatial](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-ruins-thx-spatial/2009/7):
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> FxSound doesn’t tend to play nicely with other apps that also use the Windows audio drivers. On top of this we’ve also had some issues with 5.1 and 7.1 systems.
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> I’m sorry to say that this issue is too complex and too limited in scope for our small team to address.

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