Nasty "his" coming out of SB Live! 5.1 card. - by lost_soul
lost_soul on 11/2/2010 at 22:11
I recently got some nice new headphones, and wanted to paly some Thief with EAX. I connected these headphones to the sound card, but even if there's no audio playing, I can hear a his that breaks immersion. I checked the usual suspects: mic volume, line-in, etc, but they're all muted. My other machines that have crappy integrated audio do not his like this. Is it just a problem with the SB live?
Update: I rebooted the machine into Linux, and Linux does not have the his. Linux has no EAX though. :)
So, it isn't the card's fault. It must be the Windows drivers.
bikerdude on 11/2/2010 at 22:25
Quote Posted by lost_soul
So, it isn't the card's fault. It must be the Windows drivers.
Click on the mute option on every unused input/output, this will effectly turn that them off. Its a habit I've been doing since my SB lives many moons ago....
lost_soul on 12/2/2010 at 01:21
hmm... I muted everything except for wave and main and it still has an audible his.
theBlackman on 12/2/2010 at 01:33
Mute everything and see if you have a hiss. If you do try different head phones. Also are the headphones wireless? If so you may be picking up interferrence from any number of sources.
Then check to see if you have a selection for HEADPHONES and one for SPEAKERS. If so kill the speakers.
Also check the BIOS settings and if you have an onboard sound chip (which most MOBOs do now) make sure it is DISABLED.
lost_soul on 16/2/2010 at 01:51
I was surprised to find out that this cheap little $258 netbook actually has 3D sound support! It can do reverberation and simulated surround sound in headphones when playing older games. AWESOME! I find it funny, because this Sony Vaio desktop I have sitting right here doesn't have any of this stuff. It is from around 2004, but I'm sure it costed several times as much.
theBlackman on 16/2/2010 at 01:58
Did you get rid of the Hiss?
lost_soul on 16/2/2010 at 03:53
Nope... I tried everything, but it was still there. In the end, I just switched to the on-board sound in the offending machine.
