Fellow GPL'rs, I have just been setting up my new computer, P4 1.5 Mhz,
AsusP4T mobo, 256K RDRam, Elsa Geforce2 Ultra, Hercules Game Theater XP
sound card. I am using this for music recording mostly, so I have a pair of
NHT Studio One monitor speakers. My problem is with the sounds in GPL. They
just don't sound the same. I am using a 25 watt per channel amp to power the
speakers and the minimum for these speakers is 25 watts per channel. Could
this be the problem? Is anyone else using this sound card? Did you
experience a change in GPL sounds? Music sounds incredibly good but the GPL
sounds just don't sound as beefy as my old system (SBLive Platinum). They
sound more like the default F2 sounds. Are there tweaks in the app.ini file
I can change? I would appreciate any input. Thanks.
--
Alastair Ingram
www.saxlessons.com
I briefly had a Game Theater. Like you I found it to give excellent outside
of the sims I run. Also the rack is excellent. Unfortunately in GPL and N4
it had the nasty habit of losing most sound channels at random points. I
tried various driver updates and suggestions from their tech support but in
the end I took it back and went back to my SB Live. Pity because it is a
fantastic package.
Cheers
Phil Lee
Legends Central Admin
http://www.legendscentral.com
Thanks for your replies Andi and Phil. After a little tweaking on the
equalizer, I have my sounds back again. PC speakers are "colored", so I had
to find an EQ setting that was not quite as flat and accurate as I need for
mixing music. GPL does however cause a loud crackle at various times, quite
annoying, but it's not too bad. I don't lose sound, it just "pops" once in a
while. It may be my old power amp.
"A. Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Fellow GPL'rs, I have just been setting up my new computer, P4 1.5 Mhz,
AsusP4T mobo, 256K RDRam, Elsa Geforce2 Ultra, Hercules Game Theater XP
sound card. I am using this for music recording mostly, so I have a pair of
NHT Studio One monitor speakers. My problem is with the sounds in GPL. They
just don't sound the same. I am using a 25 watt per channel amp to power the
speakers and the minimum for these speakers is 25 watts per channel. Could
this be the problem? Is anyone else using this sound card? Did you
experience a change in GPL sounds? Music sounds incredibly good but the GPL
sounds just don't sound as beefy as my old system (SBLive Platinum). They
sound more like the default F2 sounds. Are there tweaks in the app.ini file
I can change? I would appreciate any input. Thanks.
--
Alastair Ingram
www.saxlessons.com
I've just set up a P4 1.7 with the Intel D850GB motherboard and used my SB
Live 5.1. It works fine on the sounds. Have you tried any 3rd party sounds
or the 11Khz set? Not that it would affect the sounds but have you got the
P4 patch and the latest D3D patch? Have you tried just putting teh old sound
card in?
Andi.
"A. Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Fellow GPL'rs, I have just been setting up my new computer, P4 1.5 Mhz,
> AsusP4T mobo, 256K RDRam, Elsa Geforce2 Ultra, Hercules Game Theater XP
> sound card. I am using this for music recording mostly, so I have a pairof
> NHT Studio One monitor speakers. My problem is with the sounds in GPL.They
> just don't sound the same. I am using a 25 watt per channel amp to powerthe
> speakers and the minimum for these speakers is 25 watts per channel. Could
> this be the problem? Is anyone else using this sound card? Did you
> experience a change in GPL sounds? Music sounds incredibly good but theGPL
> sounds just don't sound as beefy as my old system (SBLive Platinum). They
> sound more like the default F2 sounds. Are there tweaks in the app.inifile
> I can change? I would appreciate any input. Thanks.
>
> --
> Alastair Ingram
> www.saxlessons.com
>
I use the GTXP and I haven't really noticed any differences, but then again
I never thought the GPL sounds were that good to begin with.
-Larry
"A. Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Fellow GPL'rs, I have just been setting up my new computer, P4 1.5 Mhz,
> AsusP4T mobo, 256K RDRam, Elsa Geforce2 Ultra, Hercules Game Theater XP
> sound card. I am using this for music recording mostly, so I have a pairof
> NHT Studio One monitor speakers. My problem is with the sounds in GPL.They
> just don't sound the same. I am using a 25 watt per channel amp to powerthe
> speakers and the minimum for these speakers is 25 watts per channel. Could
> this be the problem? Is anyone else using this sound card? Did you
> experience a change in GPL sounds? Music sounds incredibly good but theGPL
> sounds just don't sound as beefy as my old system (SBLive Platinum). They
> sound more like the default F2 sounds. Are there tweaks in the app.inifile
> I can change? I would appreciate any input. Thanks.
>
> --
> Alastair Ingram
> www.saxlessons.com
>
Interesting. I've noticed none of this in Win98 or Win2K.
-Larry
"Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I briefly had a Game Theater. Like you I found it to give excellentoutside
> of the sims I run. Also the rack is excellent. Unfortunately in GPL andN4
> it had the nasty habit of losing most sound channels at random points. I
> tried various driver updates and suggestions from their tech support butin
