Soundblaster Live / Lock settings

Qba73 · Jul 22, 2002, 04:35 AM

Hey guys am new to this forum, just registered...have read you guys for a long time and decieded to join, GrEaT fOrUm!

ok heres the ques guys. i have a Soundblaster gamer 5.1 which i have for about a year, card only gives me one prob, it has more snap crackle pop than my cereal..lol. i have tried all the fixes out there and i have the latest drivers creative is floating around.

Funny thing is i think i figured out the problem. the reason it cracks and pop is cause of the surround mixer. Example i set the wave balance to about 70% and the master volume to about 70% and adjust the volume via my speakers and wala the snap crackle pop is gone.

now here is the question, is there any way to lock those settings, (the dis-associate speaker setting tab doesnt work, still changes)
cause if i go to a site or play a game or for that matter reboot sometimes that wave balance jumps back to 100% as well as the master volume on its own thus giving me the annoying popping.

any help would be great.

Necrosis · Jul 22, 2002, 05:13 AM

Odd..

I'm not sure how to lock the settings in the mixer; what I've set them at has always stayed put.

DallasStar · Jul 22, 2002, 07:23 AM

I suggest you take a look at the settings of the music/video players and games in your computer. Some of them directly modify your volume control settings and leave them modified while others restore them once you close the player. Some players (winamp for example) also offer an option called "direct sound" which doesn't directly modify the volume controls, but still lets you adjust the volume. That would be your best bet, I guess.

e-Seeker · Jul 27, 2002, 05:14 AM

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Originally posted by Qba73
Hey guys am new to this forum, just registered...have read you guys for a long time and decieded to join, GrEaT fOrUm!

ok heres the ques guys. i have a Soundblaster gamer 5.1 which i have for about a year, card only gives me one prob, it has more snap crackle pop than my cereal..lol. i have tried all the fixes out there and i have the latest drivers creative is floating around.

Funny thing is i think i figured out the problem. the reason it cracks and pop is cause of the surround mixer. Example i set the wave balance to about 70% and the master volume to about 70% and adjust the volume via my speakers and wala the snap crackle pop is gone.

now here is the question, is there any way to lock those settings, (the dis-associate speaker setting tab doesnt work, still changes)
cause if i go to a site or play a game or for that matter reboot sometimes that wave balance jumps back to 100% as well as the master volume on its own thus giving me the annoying popping.

any help would be great.

From my (strange)experience, sometimes it helps to adjust the sliders, close the Mixer, and reboot... ...guess it writes some information, and therefore leaves the levels intact...
Worked for me..

Jul 22, 2002, 04:35 AM	#1
Qba73 Bench This Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Land of the Lost Towers Posts: 93 Rep Power: 0	Soundblaster Live / Lock settings Hey guys am new to this forum, just registered...have read you guys for a long time and decieded to join, GrEaT fOrUm! ok heres the ques guys. i have a Soundblaster gamer 5.1 which i have for about a year, card only gives me one prob, it has more snap crackle pop than my cereal..lol. i have tried all the fixes out there and i have the latest drivers creative is floating around. Funny thing is i think i figured out the problem. the reason it cracks and pop is cause of the surround mixer. Example i set the wave balance to about 70% and the master volume to about 70% and adjust the volume via my speakers and wala the snap crackle pop is gone. now here is the question, is there any way to lock those settings, (the dis-associate speaker setting tab doesnt work, still changes) cause if i go to a site or play a game or for that matter reboot sometimes that wave balance jumps back to 100% as well as the master volume on its own thus giving me the annoying popping. any help would be great. __________________ I7 920 @ 4.02Ghz 6gb Corsair Dominators P6T Deluxe BFG 285 GTX OC OCZ Powerstream 700w Samsung 2693HM 25in PS3/X360 60" Panny

Jul 22, 2002, 07:23 AM	#3
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I suggest you take a look at the settings of the music/video players and games in your computer. Some of them directly modify your volume control settings and leave them modified while others restore them once you close the player. Some players (winamp for example) also offer an option called "direct sound" which doesn't directly modify the volume controls, but still lets you adjust the volume. That would be your best bet, I guess. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jul 22, 2002, 05:13 AM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Odd.. I'm not sure how to lock the settings in the mixer; what I've set them at has always stayed put.