# No sound from SL and SR? **URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/no-sound-from-sl-and-sr/15315 **Category:** FMOD Studio **Created:** [December 14, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/no-sound-from-sl-and-sr/15315 "2019-12-14T14:16:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![dajh18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@dajh18](https://qa.fmod.com/u/dajh18) #### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/no-sound-from-sl-and-sr/15315/1 "2019-12-14T14:16:59Z")
Hi! I’m working with 5.1 mixing in FMOD and for one reason or another I’m not getting any sound from the back. At first I thought my problem lied in my audio files was bounced from pro tools in stereo. So I went back and re-bounced my audio files to 5.1. And yet I’m not getting any output from the back. This is really weird though, cause in FMOD my output levels are covering the whole 5.1 spectrum. ![Bactoprojects.fspro_ - Event Editor 2019-12-14 15_16_25](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/1X/9c12b1ef42ad19e96b874918d74681d456be8684.png) ---
### Author: ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms) #### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/no-sound-from-sl-and-sr/15315/2 "2019-12-17T02:02:32Z")
When you say there is no sound from the back, are you referring to the actual output from your hardware? Are you able to get SL and SR from other files outside of FMOD? Do you have the correct hardware and surround output selected in the project’s preferences? ---
### Author: ![dajh18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@dajh18](https://qa.fmod.com/u/dajh18) #### Post date: [December 18, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/no-sound-from-sl-and-sr/15315/3 "2019-12-18T13:19:04Z")
I’ve solved it! The problem all along was a whacky wire and not FMOD!