Audio Plays Sound Very Weird

girkens

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For a while now my computer has not been playing it's sounds correctly.

I just tried to play a YouTube video, and when ever the back up singers begin to sing, they are loud. Almost like their sound is played separately for my computer. On Skype when our friend talks to me, he is very quiet, and it's not his side, its mine. He also gets feedback from my computer.

[Edit:] Also, I have a stereo system connected to my computer, and it works fine, i had it connected to my other computer and I didn't have this problem. I have to turn the volume all the way up to even start hearing my friend on Skype.

[Edit:] I have a Realtek Audio Surround system. My computer OS is Win XP. I have Legacy Audio Controller... (Not sure if this is what I'm looking for, for 'audio')

[Edit:] I don't know how to explain anymore in depth. All I can say is my audio sounds very odd, I watch videos/movies via Netfix, when I do this, the voices on the video are very quiet, but the sound effects such as music in the movie or an explosion are very loud... I don't understand please help!

Can anyone help?
Thanks!
 
Solution
Test things with regular PC speakers or headphones. You may have a low signal on the output you are using, stereo systems can be pretty sensitive to what they get on the inputs especially if they have several for different components. For example the phono in (for record players) is a different input type than the one you'd use for a tape deck or MP3 player.
Test things with regular PC speakers or headphones. You may have a low signal on the output you are using, stereo systems can be pretty sensitive to what they get on the inputs especially if they have several for different components. For example the phono in (for record players) is a different input type than the one you'd use for a tape deck or MP3 player.
 
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girkens

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Yes I have it active, because that's the type of surround I have. All of my speakers work, just the sound is awful sounding.