Rooster6975

Hello,

I have just uninstalled the Creative software/drivers for my Audigy 2 and installed the KX Project drivers. The sound when playing back MP3s is great, but I was wondering why I get output from the speakers even when I set the hardware dial to zero. I have Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks speakers with a subwoofer. It is just a 2.1 setup. When I slide the volume dial to zero, I can still hear any playing MP3 quite clearly.

In the KX Mixer, I set the Analog Front (my speakers are plugged into the Rear connector on the Audigy 2 as instructed) to -9, and then I could no longer hear audio when I turned down the dial. If I set it to 0, I can still clearly hear any playing MP3.

Just wondering.

Thanks,
R.

Russ

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but, are you sure that you are adjusting the volume, and not the bass level? I am not familair with this speaker set, thus I am not sure if the controls are well marked, etc.

As far as I can tell (from the info available on the internet), the control on the subwoofer input panel is for bass level, and the volume control is an in-line control (in the speaker wire).

Rooster6975

The only dumb questions are those not asked. Yes, I am sure. The subwoofer has it's own volume knob which I rarely adjust. It is under my desk at my feet. The volume control which adjusts sound volume is attached to my desk, and has been there for 4 years. Very handy if you secure it in place, you never have to look for the damn thing.

At any rate, it is working just fine. I listened to 4 hours of MP3s while I was working today, and the mute button on my KB works to mute sound, so I had an alternative to get to zero sound. I just found it odd that when I turn the hardware volume dial down to zero I could still hear MP3s perfectly clearly. I have adjusted the KX Mixer's Analog Front setting to -9, and that has resolved the problem. I just found that solution a bit odd, that's all. I used to use the Creative Labs drivers, but I had terrible crackling problems with those drivers. The volume knob set to zero did turn off both the MP3s and the crackling when I had the CL drivers installed. In fact, the crackling had gotten so bad, I started to get into the habit of leaving the volume at zero and foregoing MP3s altogether.

I tried everything I could find on the net to fix the SCP (snap crackle pop) with my Audigy 2 and CL drivers. Changed PCI slots, adjusted PCI Latency, installed a patch to turn off turbo mode on the card, turned down hardware acceleration, reinstalled the drivers countless times, upgraded VIA 4-in-1 chipset drivers, changed the IRQ, underclocked my CPU/PCI bus, and countless other things I can't remember. The only thing which worked? Dumped the CL drivers and used the KX drivers instead! No SCP! No crackling! Well done.....

But still would like to know why I can still get audio even when the hardware dial is at zero if I push the Front Analog control back to 0 (from -9 where it is now).

R.

Russ

I cannot think of anything kX related that would cause such a problem (and the volume controls on my speakers have no such problems).

What do you have the kX Master Volume set to?
You should be able to get the same result by leaving the Analog Front Volume slider at 0db, and reducing the Master Volume Level.

What do you have the Wave Volume set to?
When you used the CL drivers, did you use similar settings for Master Volume and Wave volume? Was your volume control able to fully attenuate the signal when both were at full level with the CL driver?

Rooster6975

What do you have the kX Master Volume set to?
Answer : 100

You should be able to get the same result by leaving the Analog Front Volume slider at 0db, and reducing the Master Volume Level.
Answer : If I leave the Analog front volume slider at 0db, and reduce the Master Volume level to Inf, I hear nothing at all. However, that is not the question. I currently have my hardware dial set to zero, the Analog front set to 0db, and the Master Volume set to 100. With those settings, I should hear nothing because the hardware dial is as low as it can go but I can very clearly hear Aerosmith playing.

What do you have the Wave Volume set to?
Answer : 100

When you used the CL drivers, did you use similar settings for Master Volume and Wave volume? Was your volume control able to fully attenuate the signal when both were at full level with the CL driver?
Answer : Yes. I would leave the CL drivers all set to 100, and just use the hardware dial to turn the sound off completely.

As I said, it's not a big deal, I have left the Analog Front set to -9 and that does the same thing. Then I can use the hardware dial to completely mute the computer and it works just as it did with the CL drivers. It's just odd that moving the hardware dial down to zero still allows music to flow from the speakers unless I set the Analog front to -9.

Thanks,
R.

Russ

Ok, again, I do not know much about your speaker set, and I wasn't sure if the volume control was meant to fully attenuate a signal, or just limit it. The info that I read about it, stated that its purpose was to prevent a possible overload (blowing an internal fuse) that might result due to the varying levels output by different sound cards, so I was just curious if you had tried it with the CL driver with all levels at the max, etc. In any case, I just wanted to explain my reasoning for asking those quesitons.

-Russ