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Vista 64, X-Fi: Microphone Sound Distorted
I use Vista 64, an SB X-Fi Extreme Music sound card, and just bought a Turtle
Beach Ear Force surround sound headset w/microphone. The head set and Mic work perfectly in Win Xp, but in Vista 64 all sound recoding is accompanied by distortion that sounds like fan interference or some other regular electronic interference or choppiness caused by bandwidth limitations. My Plantronics USB headset/mic work fine in Vista 64. My cheap desktop microphone has the same issue. This problem comes and goes, though it's present far more than absent, which makes me think it has something to do with the priority given to the sound streaming. Running various games seems to bring about the problem, nd once it occurs it doesn't go away until a reboot. My latest attempt to fix this has been to set the default quality level to 24-bit 96k, which may or may not have had an effect, as the problem hasn't manifested itself. This problem is present in all audio recording apps I've tried (the Mic test in Vista, Teamspeak, DDO voice chat, et. al.) and appears to be an OS issue, as the problem does not exist with the same hardware and on the same apps under Windows Xp. Anyone else have this issue and some suggestions on how to fix it. I could go back to my USB headset, but the surround sound headset is really nice for MMOs and shooters. For reference, my system specs: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 4 GB DDR400 RAM RAID-0 74 GB Raptor HDs NVidia 8800GTS 384 MB graphics card SB X-Fi Extreme Music sound card Turtle Beach Earforce sourround sound headset w/mic |
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Vista 64, X-Fi: Microphone Sound Distorted
Ive got exactly the same issue as you got but im using the "SB X-Fi ExtremeGamer". I would like help also. My system: Vista64bit Core2Duo E6700 4GB RAM 8800GTS 640MB SB X-Fi ExtremeGamer -- rEaX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rEaX's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=31515 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=820152 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Vista 64, X-Fi: Microphone Sound Distorted
Hey, I know these posts are old, but I'm still having this problem. I had it in vista x64 and now in Windows 7 RC1 x64. The problem isn't the microphone (tried different ones with same result)...and it's the exact same problem as the Op described. If either of you two are still around, or if anyone else found a fix for it, I'd like to know. OS: Windows 7 Build 7100 x64 Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Prelude (built off the same creative x-fi platform) -- StrifeRift |
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Vista 64, X-Fi: Microphone Sound Distorted
StrifeRift wrote:
Hey, I know these posts are old, but I'm still having this problem. I had it in vista x64 and now in Windows 7 RC1 x64. The problem isn't the microphone (tried different ones with same result)...and it's the exact same problem as the Op described. If either of you two are still around, or if anyone else found a fix for it, I'd like to know. OS: Windows 7 Build 7100 x64 Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Prelude (built off the same creative x-fi platform) You hope they're still monitoring their thread from 2007? I DON'T THINK SO. PLUS... no one knows what you're talking about since WE don't use the interface you're using. Start a new thread, or FULLY detail your specific problem. |
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Vista 64, X-Fi: Microphone Sound Distorted
Or...you could just calm down and stop freaking out...it'll be ok dude. I never said I was hoping they would still be monitoring. And...if they still have the same email address and they left this subscribed...then yeah they would have gotten an e-mail actually. Like I said...I was asking anyone if they ever found a solution...not just the first two posts. I've been doing quite a few searches and this is the only thing I found; Why make a new post if it's the exact same problem in the exact same circumstances with nearly the same hardware? If you also decided to actually read, you would have read where I said it is the exact same problem...and I had the problem in both Vista Ultimate x64 and now in Windows 7 RC1 x64...indicating the problem is the same in both, so I'm asking for the solution under Vista x64...so I would hope people know what I'm talking about. Choppy mic recording...it's ok as soon as I reboot most of the time, but then it will soon get distorted recording from the microphone (no matter the microphone) when I'm in a game...any game, from any medium (in game, TS, Vent, even offline). Is this a problem with X-fi, and 64bit vista? Some sound setting that makes it like this, maybe it's just the sound card gone bad? Although...It was fine in XP home, then switched to Vista ultimate x64 and got this problem (exact same as Op), and it remains in windows 7. I'm really not kidding when I say it's the exact same problem as the Op. (I just don't have a USB headset to test that part) If you don't have the solution or a suggestion on it, you shouldn't post. -- StrifeRift |