Re: digital sound processing for windows sounds not wanted

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From: Chris P. [MVP] (msdn_at_chrisnet.net)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:46:12 -0500

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:09:55 -0500, James W. Long wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> I hope I am in the correct group.
>
> I'm having a crazy problem with audo
> and I don't understand it.
>
> There are four real quick parts here,
> 1. what I had
> 2 what I did
> 3. Then what happened
> 4. The question.
>
> Win2k Pro, Service pack 4, Directx 9.0c
> Asus P5GDC Deluxe Board, 1 gig Ram,
> Intel Pentium 4, 3.0GHZ CPU
>
> 1. What I had:
>
> My motherboard supports High Definition Audio Digital ouput.
> (HD audio). Built on motherboard digital sound.

This is a little OT for this group but ..
It's all a function of the driver for the sound card. A sound card always
uses digital processing, it is a digital component and has a DSP. The only
difference is whether the output gets converted back to analog for output
or output as digital. Usually the sound card driver adds a check box in
the mixer properties to select whether or not to use the digital output as
SP/DIF or AC3.

But I'm not sure that you've entirely explained what piece you want to NOT
be digital. For CD playback, digital mode will always yield the hightest
quality as you are eliminating an D/A and an A/D conversion stage.

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