Heh. It's not just with soundblasters though. I don't know what causes it.
On my mom's the sound is fine with the exact same sound card (a Philips
Acoustic Edge 5.1) as mine. My sound is good most of the time except a few
times when the music during battles starts to stutter and repeat.
luv,
-Su
> That address should be
>
>
http://everquest.station.sony.com/support/audio_video/general_audio_troubles
> hooting.jsp#5
>
> Opps :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Whitmore, Lance
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 4:43 PM
> To: 'EverQuest@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [EverQuest] Sound problems in Everquest
>
>
> Not sure if you looked here,however, there is a section on the Everquest
> website that has information pertaining to possible solutions to problems
> with the Soundblaster Live series.
>
>
http://everquest.station.sony.com/support/audio_video/general_audio_troubles
> hooting.jsp#5
>
> Duhase
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thefroon [mailto:comegys@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 4:38 PM
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [EverQuest] Sound problems in Everquest
>
>
>
> Does anyone else have problems with "choppy" sound in game? I am
> currently running a 1.2 gHz Gateway Athlon system with 512 MB of PC- 133
> SDRAM, nVidia GeForce 2 Ultra with 64 MB, and a Sound Blaster
> Live! X-Gamer 5.1 sound card. Operating System is Windows XP Home
> Edition. Connection is via aDSL. I have downloaded and installed all
> the latest drivers.
>
> My sound, particularly the music, "stutters" and repeats in the game
> to the point it is almost unbearably annoying and I have to turn the
> speakers off or way down. It does not appear to affect the video
> and/or gameplay, but I should think my system is more than adequate
> to play the game with sound turned on.
>
> I do have the Luclin expansion, and I have turned on a FEW of the
> new skins, but only those of the races and genders of my own
> characters: Wood Elf, Dwarf, Erudite, and Human (necessary to
> display Erudite). I also have horses and elementals turned on, but
> that is all. Social animations, mip mapping, texture mapping, and
> texture compression are off.
>
> I have tried turning the sound acceleration down in Control Panel,
> but that appears to have no effect on the choppiness of the sound. I
> also turned sound realism up and turned off reverb by using /reverb
> in the chat box, at one person's suggestion. Does anyone have any
> ideas/tips/solutions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Froondor Oakenbark, 41 Wood Elf Druid male
> Froontor Whipslash, 29 Barbarian Warrior male(retired)
> Froondar Oakenbark, 27 Wood Elf Warrior male
> Texxas Rannger, 21 Wood Elf Ranger male
> Froonvah, 12 Vah Shir Beastlord male
> Froondoc, 11 Dwarf Cleric male
> Squiddles, 9 Vah Shir Shaman female
> Froonlea, 4 Erudite Wizard female
>
> All on Tarew Marr
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