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Carnivore 
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2002,06:45 |
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For some strange reason now whenever I play a CD or mp3 on my system the whole time the song is playing I hear this faint crackle ever 2 seconds. I checked the volume on everything and nothing is turned up too loud. I wonder what it could be.
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2002,07:15 |
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 you aren't being very accurate.....  
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DuSTman
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2002,15:18 |
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I find winamp skips a bit on win2k in its directsound output mode.
windows media player works ok.
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BlackFlag
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,02:17 |
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Make sure the wire(s) connecting your computer to your stereo/whatever aren't damaged, worn, old, etc., and make sure the metal surfaces of the plug aren't oxidized. Rub with steel wool if the surfaces look even a little cloudy.
turn the volume on your computer down as far as you can, and turn your stereo up.
Also make sure none of your equipment has RadioShack® written on it. RadioShack stuff isn't very durable, and goes to shit after 2-3 months.
Lastly, try different sound card drivers. This might sound like an unlikely source of the problem you mentioned, but it isn't. Check for updates, and use one provided by the card manufacturer instead of one provided by microsoft if at all possible. Shitty drivers caused similar (worse actually) problems when i first installed winME.
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CatKnight
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,06:58 |
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| Quote | | turn the volume on your computer down as far as you can, and turn your stereo up. |
um no, you want to do exactly the opposite. if you turn your computer volume down and your stereo up, your stereo is forced to amplify a weak signal, which introducs a lot of audible noise. you want your computer volume to be near max (85-90%) and then turn your stereo up until the volume is loud enough.
btw if you are using a sb live in win2k, that is your problem. get a new sound card (audigy or santa cruz, i reccomend the latter).
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Anztac
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,07:08 |
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That's a good piece of info from an engineers prespective, but anything over 50% is lossy DIGITALLY. I get so pissed off by that. You can hear the distortion (or I can) on any signal over 50%, so I leave mine there, and I have a nice system to compensate. Also, gold plated sheilded wires help me out too. Stupid sensitive ears.
 Damnit, I wish I had enough money to be an audiophile.
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ASCIIMan
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,09:40 |
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ummm.... no. the volume faders on the output of pretty much all sound cards control the analog output amps. The fader should be set around 75-80% to get close to a 0dB line level output. The channel faders, on the other hand, are sometimes lossy, depending on the sound card and how it mixes audio for output internally. These should also be set to 75-80% or so to avoid clipping.
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Carnivore
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,17:29 |
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Thanks Ill take a closer look at the wiring. I am using the MS Digital USB audio system 2.0. The weird thing is it just started doing it recently....
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WillyPete
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,17:32 |
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Try a different CD player.
I found that mine was causing the problem. My MP3's were crackling as that's what was being recorded.
Could also be your audio cabling from CD to card. Some of these things get 'dry welds' in the solder. Essentially, the solder just degrades and adds resistance to the signal.
Loads of people buy top CD players and sound cards and put in shitty, bargain price cabling.
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Carnivore
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2002,17:44 |
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I did have a Soundblaster Live card in there but that doesnt seem to make a difference. Whether its CD or an mp3 off the harddrive it still crackles every second.
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