My HP Brio Has an Audio (Sound) Problem

There Is a Humming Noise

Have you checked that...

The power grounding of your audio

Ö

components is adequate

The PC Hangs While Recording

 

Have you checked that...

 

You are not filling up your hard disk with

Ö

uncompressed digital audio. For example, one

minute of stereo sound recorded at a

 

resolution of 44 kHz will occupy about 10.5

 

MB.

 

How

Plug all devices into adjacent power outlets (outlets within 5 cm / 2 inches of each other), or use line filters

How

Before recording, check that there is enough free space on your hard disk.

Data compression can reduce the space required. The A-law and m-law hardware compression used by the audio interface enables the sampling of sound at a resolution of 16-bits, but it generates the same quantity of data as an 8-bit sample.

No Output From 8 or 16 Bit Digitized Sounds

Have you checked that...

How

You do not have an interrupt conflict or that

Use your operating system’s audio control software

you have not selected the wrong DMA

Ö to change the audio interface’s DMA channel or IRQ

channel

setting

 

Audio Input From Microphone Too Low

 

 

Have you checked that...

How

The microphone specifications meet the

Check the documentation that came with your

requirements of the 16-bit sound

Ö microphone

components. The microphone should be a 600-ohm electret type.

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HP BrioBA410 There Is a Humming Noise, No Output From 8 or 16 Bit Digitized Sounds, Audio Input From Microphone Too Low