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Figure 7-12. Top: The Playback and Recording tabs display the devices your computer has for
playing or recording sounds. If you select the device, you can see its properties or configure it.

Bottom: Here are some of the configurations you can set from the Playback tab, from simple stereo to
7.1 surround sound. Your setup may vary.

Playback and Recording tabs

These tabs simply contain the icons for each attached sound device. To
change a device’s settings, select it and then click Configure.

If you’re configuring an output (“playback”) device like a speaker or

headset, you get a quick wizard that lets you set the speaker configuration
(stereo or quadraphonic, for example). If you’re configuring a microphone