First thing, make sure the sound card is set for 5.1 configuration. The default installation on my Audigy is 2.1 desktop speakers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shigeru Toda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: is the problem with Winamp, soundcard or XP? > Hello everyone: > > > > I've been having a bit of a problem. I have a Pentium 4 with XP > professional. It's running at about 3.08GHz with one gigabytes of RAM. > Ever since I installed Total Recorder about a month ago, I've been having > to > take care of a problem here and there. > > > > It started out with the microphone input on the soundcard no longer > responding. It turned out that somehow the Total Recorder's driver did > not > like the SoundBlaster Audigy driver and corrupted it. This problem was > fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the SoundBlaster Audigy driver, and > the microphone input on the soundcard now works. But in the process the > Total Recorder's driver disappeared. At this point that is a minor issue > for me. > > > > Then the second major problem happened. For some reason, the rear > speakers > on the surround sound system quit working. I know the speakers themselves > are working because when I use them as front speakers, they work. So at > this point I don't know whether there is something wrong with the > soundcard > or the controller that is connected to the soundcard since I have no idea > how I can test them. I forgot to mention that the sound system is Boston > Acoustics' BA7900 5 and 1 speaker system. It is possible that the problem > may be the subwoofer since the all the speakers are directly connected to > it. The controller brings the sound signals from the soundcard and feeds > them into the subwoofer. > > > > My third problem, which is the reason for this inquiry, is that I noticed > last night Winamp was playing the podcast files I downloaded in very poor > quality. They sound like listening to a far-away FM radio station with > quite a bit of static. Sometimes the files played are breaking up as if > I'm > getting a bad stream. I played the same files on Studio Recorder and > Sound > Forge, and they are in perfect quality with no extra noise. > > > > Does anyone out there happen to know what's going on with my system? I > don't know if I need to be focusing on my soundcard, Winamp or speaker > system. I've unstalled and reinstalled different versions of Winamp > several > times. But the result is just the same. I wish I new how surround sound > signals are coming out from the soundcard, so that I could test to see if > all the ports are in working order. > > > > There are five jacks on the soundcard. I know the microphone jack, > line-in > jack and line-out (at least I think that's what it is) jack are working. > But I'm not sure about the jack between line-in and line-out, and the jack > on the outside opposite from the microphone jack. > > > > If anyone out there can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > Sorry about the long-winded explanation of my problem. > > > > ST > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
