I need some help here,,audio

[james sluder]

My audio song's & tune's is distorted on almost all song's.. the singer voice is really low & the insturment's are drowning the vocal out,,i first noticed it on u-tube. It show's Realtek is controlling this. In a auto-windows update Realtek was installed.That's when my problem started !

I have vista windows 8 .

Thank's in advance for any help !

Jim.

[Jack Stoner]

What is the brand and model of the PC? I do a lot of support in the audio section of the Windows 7 and Windows 8 forums. But, without knowing what you have I can't really offer anything substantive.

[james sluder]

What is the brand and model of the PC? I do a lot of support in the audio section of the Windows 7 and Windows 8 forums. But, without knowing what you have I can't really offer anything substantive.

It's a Toshiba satellite L305D-S5934
AMD TURION X2 DUEL-CORE MOBILE PROCESSOR RM-70 .
Windows Vista ,IE explore 8 .

LAPTOP. If you need more info,let me know .And thank's a bunch for your help.It was bought new 2005 ! But i only started using it in 2009.

Jim.

[Jack Stoner]

That has RealTek Win 7 drivers. The Windows update drivers are not always the latest or even best. You can roll back the drivers to the earlier version. In the Device Manager, access the RealTek sound entry and display its properties. In the Properties, click on the Driver Tab and then click the "Rollback Driver" button.


If that doesn't work, I would try the drivers from the RealTek site as they have drivers for Windows 8.1. There have been a few problems reported with sound that worked on Win 8 but did not work correctly in 8.1 unless Windows 8.1 specific drivers were installed.

www.realtek.com

[james sluder]

That has RealTek Win 7 drivers. The Windows update drivers are not always the latest or even best. You can roll back the drivers to the earlier version. In the Device Manager, access the RealTek sound entry and display its properties. In the Properties, click on the Driver Tab and then click the "Rollback Driver" button.


If that doesn't work, I would try the drivers from the RealTek site as they have drivers for Windows 8.1. There have been a few problems reported with sound that worked on Win 8 but did not work correctly in 8.1 unless Windows 8.1 specific drivers were installed.

www.realtek.com

Thanks Jack for your help.I have done all the above things you suggested , but nothing changed.It's strange but some song's sound fine others the singer sound's like he is back in a cave, All George,Merle Haggard & some others..but others >Carl Perkins ,blue suade shoes,,and Rhonda Vincette,,sound normal.Im getting off u-tube,,the ones i get off the Forum that someone post there are ok too.

Jim

[Jim Kennedy]

I had a toshiba lap top that was nothing but trouble. Audio problems that I couldn't clear, lots of bloatware that I had to remove, and it went through 3 power supplies. I found toshiba support to be horrible. If you google the problem I am sure you will find lots of people with the same problem, but no solution from toshiba. My advice, get a different computer.

[james sluder]

I had a toshiba lap top that was nothing but trouble. Audio problems that I couldn't clear, lots of bloatware that I had to remove, and it went through 3 power supplies. I found toshiba support to be horrible. If you google the problem I am sure you will find lots of people with the same problem, but no solution from toshiba. My advice, get a different computer.

Thanks Jim.

u-tube audio is the only problem's i have with this one but if i don't find a fix soon i may just junk it.I have a dell desk top that does good so i might use it for a while.

Jim .

[Jack Stoner]

Youtube uses the Flash player. That has know to cause many problems. Reinstall the Flash Player with the latest version and see if it helps.

Since other sound apparently works OK, its not really a problem with the PC sound card or drivers.

Here is the link. CAUTION, uncheck the center section that has optional downloads (google chrome browser and google chrome toolbar). Also, during the install look at each step closely so you don't get some added crap installed. You just want the Flash Player only.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

[james sluder]

Thanks Jack:

I already have Google chrome & the Google toolbar installed .
Do i need to uninstall them before i go on ??

Jim.

[Jack Stoner]

No you don't have to uninstall the existing chrome. But, since you have it uncheck the boxes as you don't need to install them.

[james sluder]

Jack im really greatfull for your help .
I have went through all that you suggested but nothing changed.I even put a new store bought cd in my windows meda player and the same sound >>singer sounds like he is in a cave >> very low and echo effect. the music is fine .

Jim.

[Jack Stoner]

Have you tried a headset to see if you get the same thing?

Also, check the RealTek HD Audio Manager and make sure there are no sound effects enabled.

[james sluder]

Jack you nailed it in your last one !

I have always used a headphone set running into my 4 track cassette recorder to record song's on. So i unplugged the head phones from the computer & went to u-tube , clicked on a Hag, song the ones that was giving me the most problem's and the play GREAT,,even the ones in my song's folder. After playing a few i plugged the head phone's back in & now everything is GREAT.

Im really glad you came up with that idea,i was ready to scrap this thing !

What ever i owe you send me a postal address & i'll send you a postal money order !

Thank you so much for all your help !

Jim

[Jack Stoner]

James, you don't owe me anything. Just glad that I was of some help.

[james sluder]

Well Jack you went to lot of trouble to help me and i'll never forget it. the fix was so simple i would never have thought of it !

If there's ever anything i can do for you just let me know.

I will make a donation to the forum for the use of there site !


Thank's a bunch for your help !

Jim !

[james sluder]

Donation made !

Thank's.

[james sluder]

Close it b0b .