Sound Loss

[Super Fast]

Winapp, try a different audio card.

 

I think your trouble has to be in the audio card, or the motherboard itself.

I have used AMD in the past with mixed results.

 

But AMD, at the time of testing, did not separate their digital & their analogue channels.

I also had problems with built in AMD graphics, because on some games they would work great, while others they would cause blocky graphics.

It never was a driver problem, because I used older/newer drivers with the same results.

 

Additionally, I researched AMD somewhat after the fact to find out the cause.

In both cases, using a different audio & or video card that was not an AMD one, would fix the problem.

 

That said, I think AMD is good in certain areas, but I never had problems with Intel boards because they do separate their digital & their analogue audio channels. I also noted that while you may have problems with Intel integrated graphics, for the most part, it does work, & work fine.

 

I would try a non AMD audio card.

Try it with a different audio card, & see if that fixes your problem.

 

It fixed it for me, when I was using an AMD board, so I would be interested in seeing if that fixes it for you, as well.

 

Thank you!

 

* Edit - Do you have a link to the game OSU! demo that you were using? I realize you probably have the full version, but I may be interested in trying it out on my machine so that I can test & see what I can discover concerning audio. And to see if it produces the same results on my machine. While the trouble could possibly be in the game itself, I am somewhat 99% sure that it is in your AMD audio, & thus, I am about 99% certain that using a non AMD audio card in your PCI/PCI Express slot will fix it, as per the above explanation concerning AMD not separating their analogue & digital audio signals.

 

However, I do like to test things, so if you get the time & feel up to it, you may send me a link to the game demo online so I can test the demo & see what it does on my machine. I am somewhat intrigued.

[kroozer]

Winapp, you have no paging file. I remember once discovering in Win98 that if I disabled paging the sound messed up.

 

Maybe that won't fix it, but it's one more item to consider.

[Super Fast]

Winapp, you have no paging file. I remember once discovering in Win98 that if I disabled paging the sound messed up.

 

Maybe that won't fix it, but it's one more item to consider.

Hmmm, interesting, but does this even apply to Windows 7?

 

Just wondering...

 

I know for instance, Win 98 had true dos, while XP changed to HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) emulation, & then Vista & 7 changed it yet again.

[Winapp2.ini]

It's actually a free game - you need to download "song packs" though to play with them. They're also free.

 

www.osu.ppy.sh

[Super Fast]

It's actually a free game - you need to download "song packs" though to play with them. They're also free.

 

www.osu.ppy.sh

Few questions, if you will. It seems to work fine on my machine, & I have no problems with audio, although I am using XP SP2 at the moment for testing.

 

- Have you uninstalled ur current version, & downloaded the latest release? I thought I saw something on audio fixes on the last version they have.

- If this does not work, have you tried their beta version they have of the game?

- If this does not work, have you tried running the game in a virtual machine under XP mode to see if that works any better?

- Do you have any other soundcards to test to be sure it isn't in the AMD audio?

 

Of course, & you do have the required amount of RAM & processor speed, I presume... I checked the commit charge (CTRL + ALT + DEL to bring up Windows task manager) & I am using just below 50% of installed RAM at the moment. And, I do have firefox & other apps open right now.

 

* Just wondering, do you have any free RAM left over? I know that if you run out of RAM & start paging to the HDD/SDD, you can run into problems in lag/audio performance.

 

If any of these fixes it, let me know, & let me know which one does the trick. Thanks!

 

P.S. Thanks for the game link! Seems to work fine at the moment on my XP machine I am testing it on. Will update you later if it fails for some reason. The original link you listed failed to load in my Firefox browser till I took www. off of it, then it worked.

 

-> Tested on a dual core 3.2 GHZ P4 machine with 2 GB RAM, XP PRO SP2, 80 GB (7,200 RPM hdd) using a creative 512 sound card outputted to two 120 watt speakers.

[Winapp2.ini]

- I just uninstalled Osu! and reinstalled it after reading your post. I'll let you know hif there's a change,

- No

- No

- No

 

- I have 12GB of RAM, running my usual set of applications (including Osu!) I am sitting at 3.94 used, firefox as usual eating the most at ~700MB

[Super Fast]

* Note to self... Although a large number of 32 bit software will run fine in 64 bit 7, have you considered virtual machining a 32 bit version, to check if that could be a problem? Or perhaps check for the latest 64 bit sound driver for your hardware, direct from the manufacturer site of your audio card?

[OFF]

Thanks to Winapp2.ini and this post I must admit I'm now playing osu!

It's working fine on my computer. I have Windows 7 64bits, 6GB of RAM and an on-board sound card.

[Super Fast]

Thanks to Winapp2.ini and this post I must admit I'm now playing osu!

It's working fine on my computer. I have Windows 7 64bits, 6GB of RAM and an on-board sound card.

Nice to know that at least we know that 64 Bit 7 works great, so now I think we can say that it must be in your sound.

Try a new card, hopefully, one that is NOT an AMD one.

 

Perhaps Asus Xonar, or Rockfish by chance?

[Winapp2.ini]

The issue doesn't present it self with headphones in the same port, so I'm thinking it's the monitor for some reason. I'll confirm this with my speakers sometime tomorrow or the next day