GPL sound issues

Hi all, If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around this is by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 Any help would be good..thanks

I also had problems with GPL and a SoundBlaster Live under WinXP Pro. I ended up switching to a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (priced at only $40 every month or two at Circuit City). It was better, but I still experienced fluctuations in overall sound volume (only in GPL). Setting the sound acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. Paulinho wrote:

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> Hi all, > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around this is > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > Any help would be good..thanks

I also had problems with GPL and a SoundBlaster Live under WinXP Pro. I ended up switching to a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (priced at only $40 every month or two at Circuit City). It was better, but I still experienced fluctuations in overall sound volume (only in GPL). Setting the sound acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem.

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> Hi all, > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around this is > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > Any help would be good..thanks

"BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Setting the sound > acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. Same here. It doesn't seem to affect anything else noticeably. You could also try using the original drivers off the CD instead of later ones. Try a different driver version basically, you might get lucky ;-) Malc. > Paulinho wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get aroundthis is

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> > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > > > Any help would be good..thanks >

"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DLzTb.2079$[email hidden]...

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> "BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > Setting the sound > > acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. > > Same here. It doesn't seem to affect anything else noticeably. You could > also try using the original drivers off the CD instead of later ones. > Try a different driver version basically, you might get lucky ;-) > > Malc. > > > > > > Paulinho wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around > this is > > > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > > > > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > > > > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > > > > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > > > > > Any help would be good..thanks > > > >

ok will do...

"Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<bvnnfu$gjm$[email hidden]>...

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> "Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:DLzTb.2079$[email hidden]... > > "BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > Setting the sound > > > acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. > > > > Same here. It doesn't seem to affect anything else noticeably. You could > > also try using the original drivers off the CD instead of later ones. > > Try a different driver version basically, you might get lucky ;-) > > > > Malc. > > > Paulinho wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around

this is > > > > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > > > Any help would be good..thanks From an FAQ for GPL at http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=105748 Sound goes funny after a collision. 1- Upgrade to the latest drivers for your sound card. 2- From Albher: "Allthough not fixing it totally, the older SB drivers version 3509.2 are known to help a great bit, at least in improving the situation. I use them by myself without problems on WinXP and before that in Win2K. You can find that driver at http://www.omnisoft.com.mt/drivers/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exe(9,4MB!) Anyway, take care that all sounds are sampled to 22050Hz, using Goldwave (found at http://www.goldwave.com/release.html ) or else you'll get distortion in any case. With that driver, you can again select full acceleration in DirectX (run dxdiag.exe), in case you lowered that value for other drivers." 3� see http://forum.racesimcentral.com/sho...=sound+solution 4- see http://forum.racesimcentral.com/sho...093&postcount=6 5- Someone reported that when the sound goes odd, you can do a Shift+R with the engine at a certain rpm (you'll have to experiment) to clear it up. Sound problems with Windows XP and SoundBlaster Live sound cards. 1- SB Live cards and XP seem to be an unfixable problem, unless new drivers can cure it. Usually a new (different) card is needed. 2- Someone has reported that the latest SB drivers fixes this problem. See Sound Blaster driver d/l 3- Go to the Audio Properties and go to the 'Audio' tag, then click the advanced button which will open another window. Click the 'performance' tag. You should see a Hardware Acceleration slider. Bring it down a few notches until it says 'Basic Acceleration Only'. 4- see # 2, 3 and 4 just above. One of these should help, hopefully.

Get an Audigy. "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bvnnfu$gjm$[email hidden]...

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> > "Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:DLzTb.2079$[email hidden]... > > "BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > Setting the sound > > > acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. > > > > Same here. It doesn't seem to affect anything else noticeably. You could > > also try using the original drivers off the CD instead of later ones. > > Try a different driver version basically, you might get lucky ;-) > > > > Malc. > > > > > > > > > > > Paulinho wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around > > this is > > > > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > > > > > > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > > > > > > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > > > > > > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > > > > > > > Any help would be good..thanks > > > > > > > > > ok will do... > >

"Byron John Forbes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Get an Audigy. > > "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bvnnfu$gjm$[email hidden]... > > > > "Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:DLzTb.2079$[email hidden]... > > > "BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > > > Setting the sound > > > > acceleration to "Basic" finally solved my problem. > > > > > > Same here. It doesn't seem to affect anything else noticeably. You

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> > > also try using the original drivers off the CD instead of later ones. > > > Try a different driver version basically, you might get lucky ;-) > > > > > > Malc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paulinho wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > If i run GPL the sound is distortid, the only way i can get around > > > this is > > > > > by tuning the hardware accelration down in xp... > > > > > > > > > > My O.S is XP, and i have a Sound blaster 1024..live... > > > > > > > > > > My GPL is version 1.2.0.0.1 > > > > > > > > > > My sound blaster drivers are 5.1.2603.0 > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be good..thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ok will do... > > > > > >

Great info.... i`ve tried the sound acceleration trick before and it works... but it messes up my other stuff... i think a new s/card would be the best option thanks all !!

On 3 Feb 2004 09:50:40 -0800, [email hidden] (simpson) wrote: >Sound problems with Windows XP and SoundBlaster Live sound cards. >1- SB Live cards and XP seem to be an unfixable problem, unless new >drivers can cure it. Usually a new (different) card is needed. >2- Someone has reported that the latest SB drivers fixes this problem. >See >Sound Blaster driver d/l One could also try these KX drivers for the Live cards. People say they fix issues in some other games. I have an Audigy2 and use the KX drivers in my Win98SE install but still use Creative's in XP. They are WDM drivers so not really the best choice for Win98SE as in my experience WDM sound drivers lag a bit under Win98SE. I tried the Creative WDM drivers in Win98SE and they were crap. KX WDM drivers are better. These drivers are designed for musicians so if you care about EAX then don't use them. http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/intro.php