X-Fi Xtreme Music & Halo PC

[NightWolf_8800]

Hey,
Im having trouble with my X-fi Xtrememusic sound card and Halo.

When I get into a warthog sometimes the sound like cuts out for the warthog engine, other times i get only 1 part of the warthog sound effect, which is a deep grunting/hummin sort of sound, kinda like the grunt/humm of a V8/12 engine... but no other sounds, then after a while they will come back... and then drop out again if I turn or something that shifts the sound to a different speakers.

I have Logitech z5500s, and set for 5.1 in the X-Fi console, in game mode.
All my DX drivers are upto date 9c, i have reinstalled them.

In the Creative console i have CMSS-3D sound enabled and set to stero xpand. Upmix is set to auto. Stero envelopment is set to 62%, and they are all the options i have under CMSS... I have the 24 bit crystalizer enabled set at the default middle value.

Under the speakers option i have 5.1 set and i have sync with control pannel checked. Under bass i hvae nothing enabled.

The sound card works fine for all other games/music but there is a problem with Halo.

Could it be a conflicting setting with DD etc???
I had no problems with my onboard nvidia nforce4 AC97 using the nvidia drivers... I have removed all old sound card drivers (AC97)...

Any Ideas???

Thanks

NW

[Chunkylover763]

You do not want your CMSS-3D set to stereo expand in game mode, that just eliminates the doppler effect of having 5.1. I have the X-Fi Xtreme Music and haven't noticed any problems with Halo at all.

[NightWolf_8800]

Thanks for the quick reply :)

So i sould have my system set to stero surround, not setro xpand....
Whats the differnece between stero xpand and stero surround???

When u play halo do u use stero surround???

Thanks

NW

[Lifthanger]

I think you should disable CMSS-3d, because you don't need it with your 5.1 setup.
eax should take care of your speakers.

[NightWolf_8800]

When i disable CMSS-3D i only get music from WMP comming from the 2 front speakers...It sounds much flatter...

[Lifthanger]

It works with FEAR, can't test it with halo.

CMSS-3D should give you better sound if you only have stereo speakers or headphones. 5.1 Systems should be handled by EAX.

Maybe someone else has an idea..

[Lifthanger]

Sorry I didn't see "WMP" in your last post. music is stereo, so you need CMSS-3D for it to expand to all speakers, but for games, it should be disabled.

I'm using stereo 2x on my logitech speakers, but that's personal preference. :)

[Yuriman]

Switch over to meda center mode when listening to music.