Soundblaster Audigy SE problem

Callidor · 02-28-2007, 01:28 AM

EDIT: fixed the problem..don't need to help me lol. if anyone's curios, solved it by turning hardware acceleration from max to basic.

well, I solved my problem found here: audio skipping in some games

by going out and spending $32 or so on a Soundblaster Audigy SE. cheap card, and solved the problem completely. Not only that, but it gave me a tremendous performance increase in Oblivion. cool stuff. It comes with its own set of problems though. In Oblivion, nearly all sounds that aren't evironmental or background noises come through in a weird way. It's like the sound card is trying to make them sound more 3-Dish, but instead it sounds like they're being played through a glass window. I know it's hard to describe. Also, when I click menu buttons in Oblivion, or when I click a link in Internet explorer, the clicking noise is "doubled." Again..difficult to explain. It's not like it's played once, and then played again, but rather that there are two of them being played simultaniously over themselves...one out of each speaker. I'd like to use this card..it was really cheap and did exactly what I needed it to..just wish it wasn't doing this. =/

BTW, this seems to me like it would be an EAX problem, but I unchecked the "Enable Audio Effects" box, and pretty much every feature. The speaker setup panel is setup for 2 stereo speakers, which I use.

Please..any help?

EDIT: pretty much any "click" type noise has that doubling problem.

Callidor · 02-28-2007, 02:11 AM

ok..i fixed the second problem (the double clicking problem) by disabling the sigmatel audio drivers in my device manager...so now just worry about the first one lol

02-28-2007, 01:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Callidor Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 72	Soundblaster Audigy SE problem EDIT: fixed the problem..don't need to help me lol. if anyone's curios, solved it by turning hardware acceleration from max to basic. well, I solved my problem found here: audio skipping in some games by going out and spending $32 or so on a Soundblaster Audigy SE. cheap card, and solved the problem completely. Not only that, but it gave me a tremendous performance increase in Oblivion. cool stuff. It comes with its own set of problems though. In Oblivion, nearly all sounds that aren't evironmental or background noises come through in a weird way. It's like the sound card is trying to make them sound more 3-Dish, but instead it sounds like they're being played through a glass window. I know it's hard to describe. Also, when I click menu buttons in Oblivion, or when I click a link in Internet explorer, the clicking noise is "doubled." Again..difficult to explain. It's not like it's played once, and then played again, but rather that there are two of them being played simultaniously over themselves...one out of each speaker. I'd like to use this card..it was really cheap and did exactly what I needed it to..just wish it wasn't doing this. =/ BTW, this seems to me like it would be an EAX problem, but I unchecked the "Enable Audio Effects" box, and pretty much every feature. The speaker setup panel is setup for 2 stereo speakers, which I use. Please..any help? EDIT: pretty much any "click" type noise has that doubling problem. __________________ Laptop Sager NP5793 T9300 Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 8800M GTX, 250GB 5400RPM, 3dMark 06 score: 9168 Desktop Alienware Area 51 3500 2.8GHz Pentium4, 2.5Gig DDR2 SDRAM @533mhz (2x256 + 2x1gb), Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT 512MB, Sound Blaster Audigy SE Last edited by Callidor; 02-28-2007 at 04:07 AM.

02-28-2007, 02:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Callidor Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 72	ok..i fixed the second problem (the double clicking problem) by disabling the sigmatel audio drivers in my device manager...so now just worry about the first one lol __________________ Laptop Sager NP5793 T9300 Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 8800M GTX, 250GB 5400RPM, 3dMark 06 score: 9168 Desktop Alienware Area 51 3500 2.8GHz Pentium4, 2.5Gig DDR2 SDRAM @533mhz (2x256 + 2x1gb), Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT 512MB, Sound Blaster Audigy SE

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