rec.autos.simulators

>Try reducing hardware acceleration for the playback a notch and see if it
>improves.
>Go into audio hq, then click on View, and Multimedia Properties. Then click
>on advanced properties, then performance.  There you will see the slider
for
>hardware acceleration for playback - it should be all the way to the right.
>Bump it down a notch.

>--
>Don Burnette
>Palmetto Racing
>Dburn on Ten

>Try reducing hardware acceleration for the playback a notch and see if it
>improves.
>Go into audio hq, then click on View, and Multimedia Properties. Then click
>on advanced properties, then performance.  There you will see the slider
for
>hardware acceleration for playback - it should be all the way to the right.
>Bump it down a notch.

>--
>Don Burnette
>Palmetto Racing
>Dburn on Ten

>> Hoping to cure the sound problems in gpl and viper, I picked up the
sblive
>> value from buycomp for $55.  Installation was simple, windows sound and
>> other games work perfectly, but gpl and viper are still a problem.
>Instead
>> of the treble cutting out, coming back, cutting out again, etc, which the
>> sb16 was plagued with, now I get constant background static, much like fm
>> radio when you're not tuned just right, as well as intermittent popping
>and
>> crackling, which happens in a rythm, almost like it's popping at the end
>of
>> each rotation of the .wav files.  On the good side, 16 sounds gives the
>same
>> frame rate as 16 sounds on my p200mmx.  Also, framerate is slightly
>improved
>> all around.  I just wish I could clear it up.  Any other ideas any
current
>> sblive owners have?  I'm running win95b, 64ram.  I have put just about
>every
>> audio cd I have into the computer, and they all play fine, at any volume,
>so
>> I'm still pretty sure the speakers are ok.

>> I currently have the treble slider in the center, bass one notch above
>> center.  The further treble goes left, the less static I have, but
>obviously
>> less treble also.  Playing with environments can sometimes reduce static,
>> but it's always there, especially at higher rpm's.  I'm about to give up.

>> Brian Fox
>> http://www.geocities.com/~foxman
>> If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

>  I'm curious.
>     could his problem be the  OEM version of the card.  I know
>a couple of years ago,  Matrox got in some hot water for providing
>Gateway and some other mail order builders with Vid Cards that
>did not meet the published specs for the model that Gateway
>said was in thier system.  I wonder if the OEM Live is of inferior
>quality as well???

>Hoping to cure the sound problems in gpl and viper, I picked up the sblive
>value from buycomp for $55.  Installation was simple, windows sound and
>other games work perfectly, but gpl and viper are still a problem.  Instead
>of the treble cutting out, coming back, cutting out again, etc, which the
>sb16 was plagued with, now I get constant background static, much like fm
>radio when you're not tuned just right, as well as intermittent popping and
>crackling, which happens in a rythm, almost like it's popping at the end of
>each rotation of the .wav files.  On the good side, 16 sounds gives the
same
>frame rate as 16 sounds on my p200mmx.  Also, framerate is slightly
improved
>all around.  I just wish I could clear it up.  Any other ideas any current
>sblive owners have?  I'm running win95b, 64ram.  I have put just about
every
>audio cd I have into the computer, and they all play fine, at any volume,
so
>I'm still pretty sure the speakers are ok.

>I currently have the treble slider in the center, bass one notch above
>center.  The further treble goes left, the less static I have, but
obviously
>less treble also.  Playing with environments can sometimes reduce static,
>but it's always there, especially at higher rpm's.  I'm about to give up.

>Brian Fox
>http://www.geocities.com/~foxman
>If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

>I got the SBLive (value) and found the same problem with a few games,
>especially when I turned the resolution up.  ie 640:480 to 800:600

>I just got  a copy of Superbikes and they had some new drivers for my
>DS Monster... and wadda know... ALL the games where I had the crackle
>and static are now perfect.   I'd check the drivers of your video
>card...