[120717]

There have been a few threads on games..but this one is a question, not a review.
Anyway my rig is in my signature.

I wanted to know if anyone else gets the harsh distortion in DA:O
Especially with Shales attacks, like when she punches the floor..

I've decided to stop using her because of the painfully distorted sounds, and she's my fave character!

 

[Rideau]

Mac or PC?

 

[120717]

PC. Foobar2000 is Windows only..

 

[haloxt]

I just tested and it sounds like rock sounds without distortion.

Can you describe the distortion, and how often does it happen in the game? Does it happen in other games? Are you also playing music simultaneously?

 

[120717]

I close everything except skype when playing games.
The same kinda distortion like when someone plays an acoustic guitar on blogTV/Skype and uses a crappy microphone.
That sorta harsh shhh/buzzing/crackling sound that stops you hearing anything else.

 

[haloxt]

Can you try it with skype turned off? When I try playing bioware games while playing music it has this very audible static noise, is that what you are hearing?

 

[120717]

Yeah it's like static with rock noises and other loud stuff.
I don't think Skype was on most of those times, it's just something I don't usually turn off.

 

[Tb311]

I used my headroom micro dac and amp and HD650 to play through the whole game and didn't notice any distortion.

 

[haloxt]

You should turn off anything that might play audio or audio clips and see if the problem still happens. If this fixes it then the problem is that your onboard spdif output acts up from multiple audio streams, or the way bioware games do audio makes it that way.

 

[SleepyOne]

No problem noted with the game's sound on my setup.

 

[majid]

I use a Headamp Pico and a HD800, haven't noticed distortion so far, but then again I haven't stumbled on Shale yet.

 

[Jarmel]

Nope.

 

[120717]

Strange..I definitely found distortion..
Well thanks anyway.

 

[oqvist]

Shale? What companion is that? I thought I only missed Sten but you maybe get different companions if you are a dwarf or a templar or something

 

[SleepyOne]

That's the stone golem which you only get if you download it for free using the code that came with the game.