Guides

Answers to the questions people ask about playing several speakers from a Mac. Written by the developer of Acoustic Orbit; the free fixes come first.

• Why a Bluetooth speaker plays late next to your Mac's speakers
  Why a Bluetooth speaker plays late beside your Mac's own speakers, the free macOS fixes such as a Multi-Output Device, and what each cannot fix.
• Dolby Atmos on a Mac with your own speakers: why it plays stereo
  Why Dolby Atmos plays as two channels on a Mac: the output declares the layout. Free macOS fixes, where they stop, and where each channel can go.
• Mac Multi-Output Device: how to set it up, and why speakers still echo
  How to set up a Multi-Output Device in Audio MIDI Setup, what Drift Correction does, and why Mac speakers still echo or drift apart.
• Playing a soundbar, a Bluetooth speaker and a Mac together
  Why a soundbar, a Bluetooth speaker and a Mac drift apart, which free macOS fixes help, where they stop, and what Acoustic Orbit does.
• Surround sound from stereo on a Mac, without a receiver
  macOS will not upmix stereo to your speakers. What upmixing is, the free Audio MIDI Setup options and their limits, and what changes when speakers differ.