Got the card today, and everything is fine.. but i cant get the sound to..well sound right if you know what i mean. Its when Dolby is enabled, it makes everything sound like its in a stone room or something, and also when firing a weapon in games it makes everything go really quiert for a second..... a little odd don't you think? and i don't have any other effect enabled, just Dolby... But it sounds fine with all the stuff disabled, but i kinda wont to use the technology if its there. Other people with an Xonar, what settings do you use with music and gaming? Apart from the sound going really low when firing a gun, am i just not use to it coming from an Creative X-FI? Thanks.
- Close all music/video software - Do: Start > Sound > Speakers (double click on it), a panel will open. - Go to the "Advanced" tab, and on the drop down box, select the highest quality possible, and click on Apply/OK See if you have any improvements. Are you using a digital output? or analogue? What is your speaker setup? Does your speaker have any special effects set to them (some do)?
Just following on to what goodbytes has recommended, good advice but I'd be cautious going over 24-bit 44100hz (192000hz for example), having used the Xonar before I encountered a number of problems in games setting it above this for some reason. Give it a go anyway but just a heads up if you develop any other problems that may be the cause.
That is the game that has a bug. I have the same issue on my X-Fi. Well it's only 1 game, so I don't care. As most people don't change that sound settings, they don't report enough bug report for the game developer to remotely care. Hopefully Windows 8 will pick the best option by default, or have a sound card driver changing the value during the driver installation.
been talking to Xonar alot, we cant seem to crack it, but its a very small issue. 3.5 jack, stereo headset.
The dolby effects are pretty rubbish in most situations, I don't use them. It adds a tonne of digital reverb to everything, which I suppose someone somewhere must like or else they wouldn't have it as a feature. I just leave the card (I have the DX) at pretty much default settings, aside from the "GX" setting which enables EAX for older games.
I have a DX and switch it to music for pretty much all occasions even gaming. I have tried the other settings and some indeed sound very strange, so I leave it on music. Goodbytes thanks for the tip, it is amazing the difference the studio settings make even just to the little test sound. It increased the stereo effect but I noticed it became a little quieter.
