Sound Blaster Z Series - Surround Mode not working after Kernel upgrade

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Sound Blaster Z Series - Surround Mode not working after Kernel upgrade

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Hi after I upgraded to Kernel 5.13 because of Browser issues (viewtopic.php?f=47&t=366198) I later discovered that my Sound Blaster Analog Surround Output 2.1 to 5.1 Output was not supported, I can only get Analog Stereo Output.
I went back to Kernel 5.4 and the SB card is working once again in Surround Mode.

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michael@StudyPC:~$ inxi -Fxxxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170-K v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 3805 date: 05/16/2018 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 63999 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 801 8: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:1912 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170 
  Device-2: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 1102:0012 
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C615 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 9-10.4:5 chip ID: 046d:082c serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.48 TiB used: 185.08 GiB (7.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A480G size: 447.13 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0 
  size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 3B01 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARX-00N0YB0 
  size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: AB51 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Hitachi model: HTS547575A9E384 size: 698.64 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: A60B scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 438.62 GiB used: 27.78 GiB (6.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
  ID-2: /home size: 686.67 GiB used: 157.30 GiB (22.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sdd1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 306 Uptime: 3m Memory: 15.50 GiB used: 1.66 GiB (10.7%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
michael@StudyPC:~$ 

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Thanks,
Michael.
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