GPL vs. SBLive - static wins :(

I've just installed an SB Live Platinum (not 5.1) in my system and I'm having trouble with scratchy, static sound in GPL (for instance, the Ferrari at 7000rpm+). Sadly, my eight year old 8-bit card did a better job (go fig!). I installed just the Win95 drivers first (emu10k1.vxd 4.06.00.0711), then the updated drivers (emu10k1.vxd 4.11.01.0711), then LiveWare (retaining the newer drivers). Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Abit BH6 ver 1.0, SS BIOS Celeron 300A @ 450 Thriller 3D AGP (Rendition V2200) Win 95a, DX7 128 meg "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Keep an eye out for line in or any other recording devices not being muted or turned up loud. Jeff Vincent <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've just installed an SB Live Platinum (not 5.1) in my system and > I'm having trouble with scratchy, static sound in GPL (for instance, > the Ferrari at 7000rpm+). Sadly, my eight year old 8-bit card did a > better job (go fig!). I installed just the Win95 drivers first > (emu10k1.vxd 4.06.00.0711), then the updated drivers (emu10k1.vxd > 4.11.01.0711), then LiveWare (retaining the newer drivers). Does > anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. > > Abit BH6 ver 1.0, SS BIOS > Celeron 300A @ 450 > Thriller 3D AGP (Rendition V2200) > Win 95a, DX7 > 128 meg > > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into > a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Jeff Vincent <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've just installed an SB Live Platinum (not 5.1) in my system and > I'm having trouble with scratchy, static sound in GPL (for instance, > the Ferrari at 7000rpm+). Sadly, my eight year old 8-bit card did a > better job (go fig!). I installed just the Win95 drivers first > (emu10k1.vxd 4.06.00.0711), then the updated drivers (emu10k1.vxd > 4.11.01.0711), then LiveWare (retaining the newer drivers). Does > anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Jeff, Have you tried turning the volume down in Windows (or the game) and turning up the speakers? Sometimes too high a volume from the system overloads the front end of the sound card. Philip...

also, since you installed the card, open up the computer and make sure sere the cables are STILL tight, an that there aren't any connections going to the wrong slot, therefore causing interference. do you have the right output selected (4 speakers, 2 speakers, headphones, surround) Jeff Vincent <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've just installed an SB Live Platinum (not 5.1) in my system and > I'm having trouble with scratchy, static sound in GPL (for instance, > the Ferrari at 7000rpm+). Sadly, my eight year old 8-bit card did a > better job (go fig!). I installed just the Win95 drivers first > (emu10k1.vxd 4.06.00.0711), then the updated drivers (emu10k1.vxd > 4.11.01.0711), then LiveWare (retaining the newer drivers). Does > anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. > > Abit BH6 ver 1.0, SS BIOS > Celeron 300A @ 450 > Thriller 3D AGP (Rendition V2200) > Win 95a, DX7 > 128 meg > > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into > a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Some have claimed that if you goto the Multimedia settings in Control Panel, you can change the level of the hardware acceleration to one below the top and it reducess this hiss. Myself I think I was confusing the wind sound in GPL for static as I had not heard it before I turned on 12 sounds. SLG [email hidden] (Jeff Vincent) wrote:

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> I've just installed an SB Live Platinum (not 5.1) in my system and >I'm having trouble with scratchy, static sound in GPL (for instance, >the Ferrari at 7000rpm+). Sadly, my eight year old 8-bit card did a >better job (go fig!). I installed just the Win95 drivers first >(emu10k1.vxd 4.06.00.0711), then the updated drivers (emu10k1.vxd >4.11.01.0711), then LiveWare (retaining the newer drivers). Does >anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. > >Abit BH6 ver 1.0, SS BIOS >Celeron 300A @ 450 >Thriller 3D AGP (Rendition V2200) >Win 95a, DX7 >128 meg > >"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was >nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into >a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 04:16:27 GMT, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> wrote: >also, since you installed the card, open up the computer and make sure sere >the cables are STILL tight, an that there aren't any connections going to >the wrong slot, therefore causing interference. Thanks a lot for the suggestions, guys. I've tried them all (and a few other things) except Kai's above (and I'll do that later today, maybe even swap over from PCI slot 2 to 3 for the heck of it). Just to prove to myself that it wasn't my imagination, I put my old sound card in my P133/V1000 and ran a replay in GPL - clean, crisp bass roar from the Ferrari, none of the static. The card seems fine otherwise, so I guess GPL just disagrees with it. I'm going to start looking into alternate soundpacks for GPL to see if I find something acceptable. Thanks again. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Jeff, I have the exact problem you mention in GPL and have tried all of these suggestions in the past with no luck. I use BH6 1.02 SS bios voodoo3 2k, agp all drivers, directx, etc are current Strange thing is the Nascar4 demo does same thing, I have no problems with Nascar Heat, etc. Seems to be a Papy thing in my case? "Jeff Vincent" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 04:16:27 GMT, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >also, since you installed the card, open up the computer and make suresere

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> >the cables are STILL tight, an that there aren't any connections going to > >the wrong slot, therefore causing interference. > > Thanks a lot for the suggestions, guys. I've tried them all (and a > few other things) except Kai's above (and I'll do that later today, > maybe even swap over from PCI slot 2 to 3 for the heck of it). Just > to prove to myself that it wasn't my imagination, I put my old sound > card in my P133/V1000 and ran a replay in GPL - clean, crisp bass roar > from the Ferrari, none of the static. The card seems fine otherwise, > so I guess GPL just disagrees with it. I'm going to start looking > into alternate soundpacks for GPL to see if I find something > acceptable. Thanks again. > > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into > a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark