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Audio prob is more than a sound card prob
My computer is a Dell Dimension 8400 WinXP system with an Audigy2 ZS
sound card. Two of the three line outs (#'s 2 & 3) have suddenly failed after Cubase froze, precipitating a difficult shut-down. During that shutdown a blue screen appeared mentioning a hardware failure. Upon rebooting, everything seemed to work fine except the soundcard's two outs I bought a new sound card, an Audigy 2 (not ZS) and installed it. It installed fine, according to Windows, but it had exactly the same problem that my original sound card had, i.e., those same two of the three line outs would not work. So, I removed the new card, replaced my original card back into my computer, made sure that the Audigy 2 ZS had the most recent drivers, and the prob persists. Moreover, a plug-in that I use for recording in Cubase, Ivory (acoustic piano), that normally produces a beautifully realistic piano sound, now sounds terribly distorted. I suspect that the sound card problem and the Ivory problem are related, since they both deal with audio and they both failed at the same time. I was using Ivory within Cubase when the original freeze-up occurred. Confusingly, other plug-in's (bass guitar, etc.) do not sound distorted. Any idea what is going on here, and a fix for it? TIA. |
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Audio prob is more than a sound card prob
"LineOut" wrote ...
My computer is a Dell Dimension 8400 WinXP system with an Audigy2 ZS sound card. Two of the three line outs (#'s 2 & 3) have suddenly failed after Cubase froze, precipitating a difficult shut-down. During that shutdown a blue screen appeared mentioning a hardware failure. Upon rebooting, everything seemed to work fine except the soundcard's two outs I bought a new sound card, an Audigy 2 (not ZS) and installed it. It installed fine, according to Windows, but it had exactly the same problem that my original sound card had, i.e., those same two of the three line outs would not work. So, I removed the new card, replaced my original card back into my computer, made sure that the Audigy 2 ZS had the most recent drivers, and the prob persists. Moreover, a plug-in that I use for recording in Cubase, Ivory (acoustic piano), that normally produces a beautifully realistic piano sound, now sounds terribly distorted. I suspect that the sound card problem and the Ivory problem are related, since they both deal with audio and they both failed at the same time. I was using Ivory within Cubase when the original freeze-up occurred. Confusingly, other plug-in's (bass guitar, etc.) do not sound distorted. Any idea what is going on here, and a fix for it? TIA. rec.audio.pro is not noted as being a haven for Soundblaster users. There are likely forums where Soundblaster topics are discussed exclusively and you are more likely to find people who have experienced that particular problem before. |
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