Hercules GTXP Questions

[culex]

Okay, just replaced my SBLive! Value with the GTXP.

Few questions:

1. Is there anywhere I can adjust the treble and the bass? I used to be able to do that under advanced options in Volume Control with the SBLive but I can't find it anywhere with the GTXP.

2. About the headphone jack, I always did hear about the low volume of it but I just figured most people here turn up their headphones real loud. I usually listen using medium volume so I figured it would be okay for me... but seems like it's WAY too low for my tastes. Volume control on the rack is all the way up. Volume on the software is like 90% up...

Used the newest drivers, using WinME.

 

[dowxp]

go to GTXP control panel. theres a thingy tabby called EQ. u can adjust there.


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try the gtxp, you need to turn up the headphone volume. theres a seperate volume control


goodluck. im running win2k.

 

[culex]

Ah, never used an equalizer so I never knew... now I'm even more confused

Are there any websites that briefly... or even detailedly explain what each bar of them equalizers do specifically?

Been trying to tweak it but I still cant make it sound the way I want it.

Usually I like pretty high treble (clearer and more precise sound) with medium to high bass.

 

[dowxp]

the eq is used to tweak the sound output. the left most part is the low end sound, bass. right is treble, high end sound. the middle is your talking voice stuff. you can preset it to rock. i think that is what you are looking for. if u want high treble, raise the right bars 75% of the way and lift the left end a little, but not too much


goodluck

 

[culex]

Thanks, but I'm still going nowhere.

Sound still feels muffled and I can't get a crisp clear sound even with the right 3 bars around 75%-100% range. Bass seems fine.

I know this card can produce outputs like my SBLive!, just that I seem to be getting it wrong or something.

If it helps, I need a setting where it would equal the quality of an SBLive! if I were to turn up the treble bar all the way right and the bast bar to about 80% right.

 

[dowxp]

theres really no such bar in GTXP. you have to actually do it on the EQ bar. sorry, thats about it. =)

 

[culex]

I see, argh, this is frustrating me!

If ANYONE has any idea what kinda settings I'm talking about, please help... wanna use this rather pricey card to it's fullest... only thing holding me back is my ignorance

 

[Gundam]

I faced this exact problem. ALthough this card kicks ass in everything else, I enjoyed how my live allowed me to boost the bass and treble in windows without causing nasty distortion. Sigh... my Klipsch speakers lack the punch they once had..

 

[Sugadaddy]

You can all adjust that with the equalizer. The numbers at the bottom are the sound frequencies. It goes 20 hz up to 15000hz. The first 3 bars are the bass, just set them higher but don't go over 75% because the sound will get distorted. I have the GTXP, and I don't even use the equalizer most of the time because I like the sound to be natural. If I want a little more bass, I usually boost it on my speakers anyways.

For the sound being low, just make sure everything is at 100% in the GTXP control panel, and in Windows' sound control panel. (Master, Wave, headphones, etc.) Some might no be there in the Windows control panel, but you can add them in the volume controls by checking them in the options->properties menu. I can add so much that the Windows volume panel doesn't fit on my screen anymore.
BTW, what king of headphones are they?

 

[culex]

Just regular POS Headphones I got it working right now tho.

Well I got most of the stuff figured out I think... MP3 sounds pretty much the same like the SBLive now...

Counter strike still has that muffled, non-crisp sound... I'll have to keep tweaking with it.

Only thing I have problem is (other than getting the right pitch) with DiVX now... for some reason it plays DIVX, real loud.

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Woohoo, now its the opposite, wont play any sound that's on divx. And the search continues.