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I'm afraid I really can't offer any advice, but I have an Ensoniq
Soundscape VIVO, and while not all the effects come out as static,
sometimes when I start a level, a whole hell of a lot of static comes
out of my speakers, and it will stay that way until I go to another
level.  The Diablo readme said it had something to do with DirectSound,
but like you, I have the latest Ensoniq drivers and the lastest version
of DirectSound.
	The only thing that comes to mind might be that DirectSound overwrote
your sound driver with one that isn't quite as good as the one you had
before.  Did you install DirectSound before the new Ensoniq drivers?

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On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:11:27 GMT, pana...@juno.com (Usenet's Panache)
wrote:

>Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
>Elite?  I seem to have difficulties with it.  Every time I play
>Diablo, some sound effects and MIDI music are come out as a burst of
>loud static.  I say about 50% of all sound effects are come out as
>static.  As you can imagine, this means I have to play with the sound
>manually turned off (no power to the speakers.  Turning sounds down in
>the game doesn't work... I still get static.)
>
>I have the latest build of the drivers from Ensoniq.  I also have the
>latest version of DirectSound installed.  Yet, the problem persists.
>
>Any help?

I seem to have the same problem.  In multiplayer games, I usually turn
off the music but leave the sound.  Like you, the intermittent static
or squealing still occurs.  It's not as bad as 50% for me,
fortunately.

On Ensoniq's website, I think they say they do NOT provide separate
DirectSound drivers.  They state that their current drivers are
compatible with the latest version 3 of DirectX since the DirectSound
component did not change from 2 to 3.

Homer Simpson wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:11:27 GMT, pana...@juno.com (Usenet's Panache)
> wrote:
> 
> >Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> >Elite?  I seem to have difficulties with it.  Every time I play
> >Diablo, some sound effects and MIDI music are come out as a burst of
> >loud static.  I say about 50% of all sound effects are come out as
> >static.  As you can imagine, this means I have to play with the sound
> >manually turned off (no power to the speakers.  Turning sounds down in
> >the game doesn't work... I still get static.)
> >
> >I have the latest build of the drivers from Ensoniq.  I also have the
> >latest version of DirectSound installed.  Yet, the problem persists.
> >
> >Any help?
> 
> I seem to have the same problem.  In multiplayer games, I usually turn
> off the music but leave the sound.  Like you, the intermittent static
> or squealing still occurs.  It's not as bad as 50% for me,
> fortunately.
> 
> On Ensoniq's website, I think they say they do NOT provide separate
> DirectSound drivers.  They state that their current drivers are
> compatible with the latest version 3 of DirectX since the DirectSound
> component did not change from 2 to 3.

-- 
Yep, I have the same problem with my Ensoniq Soundscape Elite - and
several other soundcards, such as some versions of the AWE 32 do as
well.  It is more like 10% of the time for me - which is easy to fix by
quickly saving and reloading in the single player game or in either the
single player game or multiplayer game by going up/down stairs or using
a town portal.  Annoying, but workable.

Desslock

> Yep, I have the same problem with my Ensoniq Soundscape Elite - and
> several other soundcards, such as some versions of the AWE 32 do as
> well.  It is more like 10% of the time for me - which is easy to fix by
> quickly saving and reloading in the single player game or in either the
> single player game or multiplayer game by going up/down stairs or using
> a town portal.  Annoying, but workable.

I don't have an Equinox, but my soundcard goes schitzo occasionally too.  I
have found out that if you just go into the options, and drop the music
volume all the way down and then move it back, it usually fixes the
problem.  Works for me, but your milage may vary.

Desslock wrote:
> 
> Homer Simpson wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:11:27 GMT, pana...@juno.com (Usenet's Panache)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > >Elite?  I seem to have difficulties with it.  Every time I play
> > >Diablo, some sound effects and MIDI music are come out as a burst of
> > >loud static.  I say about 50% of all sound effects are come out as
> > >static.  As you can imagine, this means I have to play with the sound
> > >manually turned off (no power to the speakers.  Turning sounds down in
> > >the game doesn't work... I still get static.)
> > >
> > >I have the latest build of the drivers from Ensoniq.  I also have the
> > >latest version of DirectSound installed.  Yet, the problem persists.
> > >
> > >Any help?
> >
<snip>

I emailed Blizzard tech support about this (I have an orginal Ensoniq
Soundscape, about 1 1/2 years old) and they suggested this:

Go to control panel - multimedia.  Under audio, make sure "Use Prefered
Devices only" is checked.  (rebooting might be necessary)

This alone didn't work for me.  After playing around a bit I found that
selecting the 'Soundscape Playtback (330)' option under preferred device
fixed the problem.

Give it a try, and good luck!

Brian Oesterling wrote:
> 
> Desslock wrote:
> >
> > Homer Simpson wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:11:27 GMT, pana...@juno.com (Usenet's Panache)
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > > >Elite?  I seem to have difficulties with it.  Every time I play
> > > >Diablo, some sound effects and MIDI music are come out as a burst of
> > > >loud static.  I say about 50% of all sound effects are come out as
> > > >static.  As you can imagine, this means I have to play with the sound
> > > >manually turned off (no power to the speakers.  Turning sounds down in
> > > >the game doesn't work... I still get static.)
> > > >
> > > >I have the latest build of the drivers from Ensoniq.  I also have the
> > > >latest version of DirectSound installed.  Yet, the problem persists.
> > > >
> > > >Any help?
> > >
> <snip>
> 
> I emailed Blizzard tech support about this (I have an orginal Ensoniq
> Soundscape, about 1 1/2 years old) and they suggested this:
> 
> Go to control panel - multimedia.  Under audio, make sure "Use Prefered
> Devices only" is checked.  (rebooting might be necessary)
> 
> This alone didn't work for me.  After playing around a bit I found that
> selecting the 'Soundscape Playtback (330)' option under preferred device
> fixed the problem.
> 
> Give it a try, and good luck!

-- 
Thanks for the tip - I'll try it (I didn't have "use preferred devices
only" checked.

Desslock

On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:01:17 -0500, Brian Oesterling <bpo...@psu.edu>
uttered these pearls of wisdom:

>Go to control panel - multimedia.  Under audio, make sure "Use Prefered
>Devices only" is checked.  (rebooting might be necessary)

Well, to paraphrase Bart Simpson, "As usual, a knife-welding maniac
Usenet'er has shown us the way."

I went up to the Multimedia control panel and made sure "Use Prefered
Devices Only" was checked.  BAM!  Problem solved!

Thanks, guys!
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Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
<32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> Greetings all!
> 
> Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> Elite?  I
> 
I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find that
if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.

Catboy wrote:
> 
> Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
> <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> > Greetings all!
> >
> > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > Elite?  I
> >
> I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find that
> if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.

I have the same problem with static.  Recently, I've found that I can
fix it by turning the music all the way down and then back up again.
If I leave the music off, I hear intermittent static.

Tim Shultz
ttsh...@aol.com

Catboy <us...@msn.com> wrote in article
<01bc238e$aeda46c0$96cd2299@john-ruzicka>...
> 
> 
> Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
> <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> > Greetings all!
> > 
> > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > Elite?  I
> > 
> I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find
that
> if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.
> 
> 
I use an ensoniq soundscape and find that the sound is staticy, but i've
found that happen in a lot of games (one big one is 11th hour)
hmm, anyone know why?

Why deal with this problem Skasoup, when you can alleviate it and all
future problems by spending $75 for a Soundblaster 16 card, and not deal
with this obviously annoying problem any more? I'd understand this not
being a viable solution if it were hundreds of dollars, but so many of
my fellow gamers out there would be alleviating a MASSIVE amount of
headaches if they would just install the game develpers base card they
program to, instead of the chump card Gateway or Dell low bucked you
into . . . .

G
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grundman wrote:
> 
> Why deal with this problem Skasoup, when you can alleviate it and all
> future problems by spending $75 for a Soundblaster 16 card, and not deal
> with this obviously annoying problem any more? I'd understand this not
> being a viable solution if it were hundreds of dollars, but so many of
> my fellow gamers out there would be alleviating a MASSIVE amount of
> headaches if they would just install the game develpers base card they
> program to, instead of the chump card Gateway or Dell low bucked you
> into . . . .
> 
Your are absolutely right!  You can buy a lot of asprin for $75.00 but
who needs the headaches?

mall wrote:
> 
> grundman wrote:
> >
> > Why deal with this problem Skasoup, when you can alleviate it and all
> > future problems by spending $75 for a Soundblaster 16 card, and not deal
> > with this obviously annoying problem any more? I'd understand this not
> > being a viable solution if it were hundreds of dollars, but so many of
> > my fellow gamers out there would be alleviating a MASSIVE amount of
> > headaches if they would just install the game develpers base card they
> > program to, instead of the chump card Gateway or Dell low bucked you
> > into . . . .
> >
> Your are absolutely right!  You can buy a lot of asprin for $75.00 but
> who needs the headaches?

-- 
I strongly disagree.  There are still many good games that support MIDI,
and the Soundscape Elite has far superior sound to the Soundblaster 32
Awe, let alone a non-midi card like the Sb 16.  Virtually no games are
released now without a Win95 version, and with Win95 "soundblaster"
compatibility is irrelevant.

Desslock

skasoup wrote:
> 
> Catboy <us...@msn.com> wrote in article
> <01bc238e$aeda46c0$96cd2299@john-ruzicka>...
> >
> >
> > Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
> > <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> > > Greetings all!
> > >
> > > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > > Elite?  I
> > >
> > I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find
> that
> > if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.
> >
> >
> I use an ensoniq soundscape and find that the sound is staticy, but i've
> found that happen in a lot of games (one big one is 11th hour)
> hmm, anyone know why?

-- 
There's a simple solution to this problem for the Soundscape Elite.

Go to the control panel in Win95 (start button - settings - control
panel) click on multimedia and make sure that the "use preferred devices
only" button is clicked, and that under "playback", preferred device is
Soundscape Playback 330.  

That should do the trick!

Desslock

Catboy wrote:
> 
> Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
> <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> > Greetings all!
> >
> > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > Elite?  I
> >
> I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find that
> if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.

try the new patch (1.02) maybe the problem will be gone...if not,
there's a good troobleshooting text with it...

	Salfir,Sorcerer Level 33

Le Felin wrote:
> 
> Catboy wrote:
> >
> > Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
> > <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
> > > Greetings all!
> > >
> > > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
> > > Elite?  I
> > >
> > I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find that
> > if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.
> 
> try the new patch (1.02) maybe the problem will be gone...if not,
> there's a good troobleshooting text with it...
> 
There's a simple solution to this problem for the Soundscape Elite.

Go to the control panel in Win95 (start button - settings - control
panel) click on multimedia and make sure that the "use preferred devices
only" button is clicked, and that under "playback", preferred device is
Soundscape Playback 330.  

That should do the trick!

Desslock

>There's a simple solution to this problem for the Soundscape Elite.
>
>Go to the control panel in Win95 (start button - settings - control
>panel) click on multimedia and make sure that the "use preferred devices
>only" button is clicked, and that under "playback", preferred device is
>Soundscape Playback 330.  
>
>That should do the trick!

So, do you know why it works?  Or if there are any side effects?
Since "use preferred devices only" means that software will only be
able to access the Soundscape Playback 330 and not the 534, I am
wondering if I am limiting myself somehow?

Ken

Saam Tariverdi wrote:
> 
> Uh.  Yeah, whatever.  Is that why the AWE is rated "Best Sound Card"?  I
> have 6 computers, and I used to have an ESS in one of them, and let me tell
> you, it worked with jack crap!  I switched all of them to AWE32's and
> SB32's.

Um yeah, speaking from the point of view of someone who makes Game 
music, and is trying to make a career out of it.

SB's, AWE included (though I havn't heard the "64") sound like crap
""Best Sound Card"?" ? um sure for dos games but not for sound quality
or for quality of the Synth sound, right now the best sounding card 
(if you can find one), would be one of Rolands SCDB's or SCC1. A close
runner up (and in some ways better) Card would be Yamaha'a XG's

Think of them as the 3dfx (3d card) of sound cards to the SB's 
Mystique and you wouldn't be far off.

CL Labs has a nice (but somewhat crippled) little standard going
Win95 games make that standard far less important. some people are
willing to give up a little trouble to have better sounding (Midi)
music and cleaner Audio. 

> --
> Saam Tariverdi
> sa...@icode.com
> http://www.icode.com/shock
> (My Unofficial System Shock Page)
> 
> Simon Juncal <s^jun...@erols.com> wrote in article
> <33170F...@erols.com>...
> > Saam Tariverdi wrote:
> > >
> > > ESS sucks.  Why not get a SB32 or an AWE32?  Much better...  100%
> > > compatible with everything.  Wavetable, etc...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Saam Tariverdi
> > > sa...@icode.com
> > > http://www.icode.com/shock
> > > (My Unofficial System Shock Page)
> >
> > Probably because SB's sound like crap.
> >
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On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:53:57 -0700, grundman <allspammers@must.die!>
uttered these pearls of wisdom:

>Why deal with this problem Skasoup, when you can alleviate it and all
>future problems by spending $75 for a Soundblaster 16 card, and not deal
>with this obviously annoying problem any more? I'd understand this not
>being a viable solution if it were hundreds of dollars, but so many of
>my fellow gamers out there would be alleviating a MASSIVE amount of
>headaches if they would just install the game develpers base card they
>program to, instead of the chump card Gateway or Dell low bucked you
>into . . . .

I disagree.  Diablo is the ONLY game that's given me problems with my
Soundscape.  Otherwise, I love my Soundscape.  Great card.  Excellent
MIDI.  

Anyway, I bought a Soundscape to replace the cruddy Soundblaster 16
that came with the machine.  Ick.

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"Only the crazies hang around nursery."

On Sat, 01 Mar 1997 10:46:06 -0500, Le Felin <com...@dmi.usherb.ca>
uttered these pearls of wisdom:

>Catboy wrote:
>> 
>> Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
>> <32fedd1a....@news.alt.net>...
>> > Greetings all!
>> >
>> > Is anybody else out there playing Diablo with a Ensoniq Soundscape
>> > Elite?  I
>> >
>> I too have the Soundscape and get static about 5% of the time.  I find that
>> if I save and then reload it goes away but this is a pain.
>
>try the new patch (1.02) maybe the problem will be gone...if not,
>there's a good troobleshooting text with it...

That's the ironic part.  Somebody here posted a suggestion which
worked great.  No more static.  

Well, I log onto Battle.Net, and Diablo automatically applies the
v1.02 patch.  Guess what.. statics back!  ARGH!


--------
"Only the crazies hang around nursery."

In article <331a9ce3...@news.alt.net>,
Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote:
>I disagree.  Diablo is the ONLY game that's given me problems with my
>Soundscape.  Otherwise, I love my Soundscape.  Great card.  Excellent
>MIDI.  

I agree.  My SoundScape Elite hasn't given me any problems with modern games 
(INCLUDING Diablo);  the only games that have problems with it are some old
games with soundblaster-only support.

>Anyway, I bought a Soundscape to replace the cruddy Soundblaster 16
>that came with the machine.  Ick.


Agreed.  The SoundScape is a MUCH nicer-sounding card for most applications.
Even when it's just emulating the SB16 ;-)

Are the people having problems with Diablo and the SoundScape Elite running
WinNT or Win95?  I'm using WinNT with the newest SoundScape drivers, with no
problems.

I'm also running a few DirectX 3 games (Red Alert) on Win95 with the latest
Win95 SoundScape drivers, again no problems...
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Usenet's Panache <pana...@juno.com> wrote in article
<331a9ce3...@news.alt.net>...
> On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:53:57 -0700, grundman <allspammers@must.die!>
> uttered these pearls of wisdom:
> 
> >Why deal with this problem Skasoup, when you can alleviate it and all
> >future problems by spending $75 for a Soundblaster 16 card, and not deal
> >with this obviously annoying problem any more? I'd understand this not
> >being a viable solution if it were hundreds of dollars, but so many of
> >my fellow gamers out there would be alleviating a MASSIVE amount of
> >headaches if they would just install the game develpers base card they
> >program to, instead of the chump card Gateway or Dell low bucked you
> >into . . . .
> 
> I disagree.  Diablo is the ONLY game that's given me problems with my
> Soundscape.  Otherwise, I love my Soundscape.  Great card.  Excellent
> MIDI.  
> 


I've had problems with Red Alert and the same static...  I was kind of
pissed the first time I killed Diablo and all I heard during the ending
movie was static.


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