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Sound fluctuation
Hi there,
I've searched the forums for my problem and I couldn't find anything that fits it. My problem is hard for me to describe, so please bear with me! I hope you guys can help me out.
My problem is when I play music and a lot of instruments are playing at the same time, the sound seems to 'dim' an instrument to make way for another instrument (ie drums, vocals and guitars are playing, as the solo starts, the drum volume and vocals dip for a second). This happens all throughout every song and its extremely annoying. Its as though there is too much sound going through the card at the same time so it makes way for the new sound when any instrument changes. Its like a poorly implemented volume normalization option is constantly turned on.
I have found that since installing the latest Realtek HD drivers (2.54 i think), the EQ settings seem to have changed slightly (from my previous Vista install), therefore giving a slightly different sound. If I turn the EQ off, the problem seems to go away (cant confirm that yet though). Before I installed the Realtek drivers, Windows had installed its own for me. I didn't listen to music at that time, but other experiences with sound (games) seemed to give a similar problem, and I also noticed an echo.
My system:
I recently installed Windows 7 Pro 32bit as of 5 days ago (previously it was Vista, same machine). I have the Realtek HD acl888 sound device with the latest available drivers. I never had a problem like this with Vista. I have played with every sound setting within Windows and Realtek Audio Manager (and my music player) but I cannot fix this.
I am busy downloading the Realtek HD driver 2.20 to test out when I get home.
Thanks in advance!