No audio at all when playing multichannel files with stereo output configuration

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I’ve searched for an answer in the documentation but it seems that I’m not getting the expected result. When working with multichannel ambisonic files, using a stereo audio interface (only two outs), and choosing "Continue (Some Audio Channels Will Be Muted) " in the “Incomplete Audio Device Connections” window, I would expect to at least hear the channels 1 and 2 of the multichannel file over my channels 1 and 2 of the audio interface, but instead I get complete silence. Is this the expected behavior? This is the configuration:

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I can only get it to work if I change the Channel Configuration in Audio Connections to have the same number of channels as the audio file, then manually assign the channels 1 and 2 of my interface to each one, alternating. This is not very practical since I often work with different channel counts and also usually decoding to stereo binaural. I could create presets, but I’m just wondering if this is a bug in the software.

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Thanks!

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Try the Universal config. BTW, I think the Ambisonic VST decoder will be fixed in the upcoming WaveLab 11.1.10.
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Thanks again for the quick reply. That worked! Using the Universal configuration, then scrolling down the list and setting Channel #1 and Channel #2 to my audio interface’s chns. 1 and 2.

Thanks for the update regarding the VST decoder!