[MikoLayer]

as much as i LOVE the sound from my AV-710, there is a strange glitch with Asio4all. whenver something else gets played on top of mp3s, the mp3 stops playing if you know what i mean. this gets quite annoying when i try to browse on the web listening to music as some of sites have built-in sound effects suck as clicking soudns

Is this supposed to be a well-established trade-off when using ASIO? or is there a way around it?

my machine is a athlon mobile 2400 @ 2.12, 480mb ram (IGP takes up 32mb) and ASIO4all buffer size is set @ 1200 samples with 4 KS buffers. Thanks in adavance!

 

[Zemo]

That's because foobar is locking your samplerate, and windows changes it. To fix it, go to your control panel, and disable all of the system sounds and junk. viola!

-Z

 

[MikoLayer]

i have my winXP tweaked to the max, that includes disabling the sound scheme as well. the problem is tho some websites and forums have 'click' noises when you press a button and whatnot...

 

[halcyon]

Select something else than the Chaintech as you primary sound playback device in the control panel.

This way you loose all system/IE sounds, but should still be able to select your sound card in Winamp, Foobar and most games.

 

[MikoLayer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by halcyon Select something else than the Chaintech as you primary sound playback device in the control panel. This way you loose all system/IE sounds, but should still be able to select your sound card in Winamp, Foobar and most games.

yeah, i thought of that too but i cant spare neitheranother irq nor physical pci slot for a secondary sound card (antec aria SFF case user here...)

well i ended up figuring out what was causing the problem. it wasnt the websites, it was the google toolbar making ticking noises when it blocks a pop-up. strange, i been thinking cuz i already had 'play sounds in web pages' in IE advanced properties disabled. now i can do stuff on the internet while enjoying the music

my question still stands tho, is it just the way ASIO is? didnt have this problem with waveout...

 

[Zemo]

yes, both asio and kernal streaming are rather picky, and demand full control of the card...those jerks.

-Z

 

[lan]

It depends on how the card works.

One some cards, there is no general mixer so you can only have 1 type of sound API at once. ASIO and no directsound/waveout. I know on my RME, if I was listening to ASIO out and a windows sound were to come on, I would get this crazy noise.

On other cards with a complex mixer like the emu, you can have multiple sounds from difference sources at once.

 

[zachary80]

You can try this:

Applications may still try to play sounds through your "pro" soundcard, so it is recommended that you disable this.

Go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware Tab > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties > Audio Devices > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties, and check the "Do not map through this device" checkbox.




http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.htm #10

 

[Mr.Radar]

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i have my winXP tweaked to the max, that includes disabling the sound scheme as well. the problem is tho some websites and forums have 'click' noises when you press a button and whatnot...

Simple: switch to Mozilla or another non-crappy browser.

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yeah, i thought of that too but i cant spare neitheranother irq nor physical pci slot for a secondary sound card (antec aria SFF case user here...)

You must have an onboard soundcard. Just enable it and set it as the primary.

 

[MikoLayer]

thx for suggestions, but i am already with the newest version of Firefox. some of sites refused to work well, which forces me to use IE in tandem (and it was those very sites that i used to have trouble with)

i do have an onboard sound card, but things get kinda iffy with IRQ as i have dual video cards + tv tuner and using standard pc (ACPI irq sharing = yuck)