Distorted Sound

◊Once again, is the SB’s connector plate screwed onto the back panel? Is the other end securely connected to the card? If not, the Sonic Blaster is not grounding properly.

◊Is the E-I/O cable connected to both the Sonic Blaster and the motherboard?

◊Check your speaker wires. Are all the connections secure? Are bare wires from the left and right wires or the power and ground touching?

◊Are you clipping the sound? If the peaks of your sound waves are flattened against the top and/or bottom of the sound graph window (see below), you’re clipping. This results in distorted sound. Turn down your record level. Try using Auto Gain to set the record levels for you.

An example of clipped sound

Sonic Blaster’s Error Messages

Cannot Set Record to Playback

The maximum Playback Sample Rate is higher than the maximum Record Sample Rate so the record cannot always be set equal to the playback rate. For example, if your Playback Sample Rate is set to 43382, the Record Sample Rate cannot match that setting.

Maximum number of windows opened

You’ll get this message when you have eight windows open and you try to open another with the Open, New, or Record commands. Close a few windows before proceeding.

Maximum of 2 Channels Supported

This error message appears when you try to open an AIFF channel that has been recorded with more than two channels. You won’t be able to open the file.

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