As topic...im using vista ulti x64.....Recently i bought a 5.1 speakers....i set up on vista and there is no bass ...n the back panel of the speakers is very low volume although i set it to max..however...WHEN i played the same thing ..install the same thing...ON WINDOWS XP..the sound is perfectly nice...can anyone help me in tis ?

This post has been edited by twopiece: Nov 23 2008, 08:39 PM

the setting shud b on ur sound card sound manager, not the windows sound system.

it might b driver problem also, i encounter b4, just uninstall the sound driver & reinstall again.

This post has been edited by tech3910: Nov 25 2008, 12:54 AM

i tried that actually...i noe how to set..and i set on the other pc n it works..so its not the settings problem..

You goto Control Panel>Sound.
Under Playback tab, open up the speaker properties. Then goto Levels tab, and drag the wave slider to the maximum.

@andrekua

Its already at the maximum for all the bars...i really hv no idea wads going on with my pc d = =

What sound card are you using and are you talking about EAX Effects ? (that gives the boom when playing old-games which are EAX-enabled)

Some onboard audio card's "boom boom" may have been stripped off in Vista. Especially Realtek onboard (The control panel for XP has a lot more functions as opposed to the one in Vista)

Erm its the bass from the woofer..totally no bass..Means if i use vista i hv to buy sound card ?

So wait , you're using onboard sound card right now ?

Its better to opt for Creative X-Fi (like the one I am using now) for optimal sound quality. Their drivers work well with Vista. Pair it together with ffdshow (to trans-code and to output to 5.1)

To tell you the truth , onboard audio with Vista sucks. Maybe they give you a bit more options on XP but on Vista you are better with Creative's Sound cards !

well...my budget all spent on pc stuff = = left rm100+ ..any suggestion for the better sound card for vista ? Creative Audigy Value ok ar?

Sound card got support vista ma?

Not all...some may hv vista driver

Try to run ffdshow first. Then tweak with it to get the best sound quality if it works. Alternatively you may want to check out Garage Sales. You can get XFi cards for like RM 150+ (these are way better then Audigy Value)

ok..thx but for the ffshow i duno how to set tat = = i hv the codec from K-lite mega codec pack..

wut mobo r u using? and wut sound device r u using?
built in with mobo?

aiyo..i bought sound card d...still the same no bass...HELP !!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by twopiece: Dec 1 2008, 10:33 PM

perhaps it's driver's fault.

Most likely it's driver fault because some hardware devices don't have 64-Bit architecture.

maybe you should try to reinstall ur sound driver again and check ur subwoofer bass switch make sure u turn it on.

Bro,

Can be a bit more specific?
I thought you only complaint about volume being not enough. Now bass also lacking? If you can, please list your speaker model and make, as well as your soundcard model and make. What kind of multimedia files that you are playing (DVD or avi or RMVB or what)?

Blue thunder VIIR 5.1 speaker....Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio....

My Problem is....NO BASS...the REAR PANEL sound is soft...

i hv tried IN XP...VISTA 64...BOTH not working..same problem....

I PLay With 2.1 Speaker theres no problem in bass....ONLY WITH 5.1 Speakers...i play all of the file format la...like avi..mkv...mp3...zzzz

This post has been edited by twopiece: Dec 4 2008, 09:20 PM

I cant see any VIIR model. I think its IIR model as its also 5.1 speaker.

Aiya. Easy la.
All those files that you play usually have stereo sound source. Thats why you have to problem with it.

The reason for this is that most sound source from game, mp3, avi and movies are still in stereo. When you set the speaker to 5.1, it has no data at all for the rear and subwoofer. What I can suggest to you is change it to 4.1 in the speaker setting. Then try again playing all those files that you wanna play with. In this setting, the center channel will be off.

I dont really recommend using 5.1 for music as all the software do is mix the sound from the left and right, blend it together and play it. 4.1 is enough liao to create surround sound. 5.1 is only useful when you play DVD. The DD or AC3 sound format has 5 channel output and therefore by using the appropriate software like PowerDVD to convert the signal into 5.1, then only you can hear the difference especially in action picture.

BTW, if when you play your mp3 and there is no sound from the rear (after using 4.1), try Foobar2000. Go into the preference, set the "CONVERT STEREO TO 4CHANNEL" option. Not sure how Vista behaves but in XP, this shouldnt be a problem.

Sry its BT IIR...

Well the problem is even i watch dvd theres no bass as well...but when i change to 7.1 settings there is bass but VERY soft bass..most of my movies are all blu ray converted into mkv...the sound system is all 5.1 definetely not my songs problem..bcoz i tested on other pc..the surround sound is ok..even for all multimedia files..

This post has been edited by twopiece: Dec 5 2008, 11:27 AM