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Xonar ds sound volume fading in and out issue
I just bough a xonar ds card to replace the onboard realtek 892. I had some minor issues with the cd that came with the soundcard, as it only had Vista drivers. Didn't realize at first and let it install. Sound did not work at all. I then uninstalled both realtek and vista drivers in safe mode and downloaded win7 drivers from Asus's website. I've got sound and gaming sound is excellent(especially in wolfenstein) but when i play music, no matter what i use, be it j river media center through ASIO or WASAPI, or if i use win media player, when the song starts, the volume fades in and out. For example when listening Nightwish - storytime at the begining the instrumental is made of high notes, sounds clear, but when the guitar and bass kick in, the volume fades down all together, and then the high come back at the normal volume. I'm not sure if i expressed it right, but i get this issue with most of the songs i listen. Some are .mp3 others .flac or .wma lossless. The issue is there regardless if i use headphones or speakers. Could it be due to the sound card, or would a win reinstall solve the issue? Thank you.
Running: AMD Athlon II X3, XONAR DS 7.1, Win 7 x64.