Sound Blaster Omni 5.1 Surround randomly loses audio in or out.

When I'm playing games or voice chatting in skype - sometimes sound just go off or mic stops working. And I see that in Windows Playback devices sound bar is green as if sound is there, but nothing heard on headphones.
I re-plug usb cable and it works again. What could be the problem?

Hi Andrew,
The latest drivers release on 4 Nov, 2014 can be found here.
Please download/install it and let me know if you still have the same problem.
Cheers,
Colin-CL

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For some reason, in the sound blaster omni surround 5.1 mac software, the line in volume is stuck on mute. I cannot select it, which does not allow me to move the volume up or down. How do I fix this?Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 8.07.00 AM.jpg

Originally Posted by xnathanmeyerx
For some reason, in the sound blaster omni surround 5.1 mac software, the line in volume is stuck on mute. I cannot select it, which does not allow me to move the volume up or down. How do I fix this?Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 8.07.00 AM.jpg
Hey xnathanmeyerx,
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All the Best!!
Yours sincerely,
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Originally Posted by xnathanmeyerx
For some reason, in the sound blaster omni surround 5.1 mac software, the line in volume is stuck on mute. I cannot select it, which does not allow me to move the volume up or down. How do I fix this?Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 8.07.00 AM.jpg
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Hi Andrew,
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Please download/install it and let me know if you still have the same problem.
Cheers,
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Maybe you can try to disable your on board sound card in the bios to see if it works.

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Lormer

;? ?If your amp has the multichannel analog inputs on it, that is far-and-away the best method to connect your card to it. That way, you get multichannel sound from ALL sources that produce it. It's just not worth it to struggle trying to get multichannel sound using the digital hookup. So many posters report problems with the Dolby Digital encoding software that can be added for that purpose. Although you will need at least three stereo pair cables for the analog hookup, you will get the best possible fidelity from the card that it was designed for. the digital system is highly compressed only to be "reassembled" a few feet away in the receiver and to me it's just not the way to go. Using the free download for Power DVD you can even watch DVD movies in full surround, or if you have Nero or any other type of DVD player software you will get multichannel sound. I use an Xtreme Gamer card and have awesome and wonderful 7. channel sound, even from my MP3 collection.
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Hi Tony,
Unfortunately there is no physical button to achieve that. Neither is there a software button to disable both speakers and mic at the same time.
Regards,
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[size="3" face="Times New Roman">?[size="3" face="Times New Roman">I have tried everything that I can think of (uninstalling and reinstalling in normal windows and safe windows mode, even after doing a full clean of the registry).
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">I thought that the sound card must have developed a fault so bought a new one - but alas the same problem!
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">?[size="3" face="Times New Roman">I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling windows component software for the multimedia but still the same problems.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">?[size="3" face="Times New Roman">A question that I have thought of ?pertains to the relationship of the applications involved along with the relationship between the kernel , the CPU memory , and the sound devices.
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http://forums.creative.com/creativel....id=5682#M5682
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32-Bit Professional Quality Effects Engine
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? Support for real-time digital effects like reverb, chorus, normalizer, pitch shifter, or distortion across any audio source
? Capable of processing, mixing and positioning audio streams using up to 3 available hardware channels
? Full 32-bit digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the digital domain, eliminating noise from the signal
High Definition Audio Quality
? Playback of 64 audio channels, each with its own independent sample rate
? 24-bit Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion
? 6-bit recording with sampling rates of 8, .025, 6, 22.05, 24, 32, 44. and 48kHz
? Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) input and output of up to 24-bit/96kHz quality
? SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at selectable sampling rate of 44., 48 or 96kHz
? Low latency multi-track recording with ASIO? support
EAX?ADVANCED HD?, Advanced Audio and 3D Audio Technology
? Optimized user-selectable settings for headphones, two, four or six speakers and external A/V amplifiers
? Dolby? Digital audio decoding to 5. speaker channels in both analog and digital modes
? Upgradeable 3D audio architecture for future improvements
? Hardware acceleration of EAX ADVANCED HD for games
? Creative Multi Speaker Surround? (CMSS) technology places any mono or stereo source in a 360? audio space
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SB394 Connectivity
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hmm...thanks.
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Filename: SB24_VTDRV_LB__04_0077.exe
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I'm recording my xbox 360 game play sound and possibly some OTA Antenna receiver Dolby 5.1 Surround through a Toslink optical cable input on the daughter card of the SB ZxR sound card.
I'm using an Intel Core i7 2600 in an Asus p8p67 deluxe running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 using the Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR.
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"sound blaster zxr" optical in dbpro "daughter card"
http://goo.gl/ewO6ha
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Can the driver be updated to fix these problems?
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http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewto...p?f=46&t=84846

I noticed the following when I more closely examined the SB ZxR Mixer settings...
The Toslink / optical s/pDIF input levels, even when an AC3 surround 5.1 channel stream is being input displays level control sliders for only Left and Right channels, when there should be 6 channels.
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You will get better results using bass redirection in yer surround mixer or speaker settings. Once you do this however, you'll find that the bass levels are somewhat low ( but better than without bass redirection ).
Perhaps you should have a look a this thread:
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leminhyen wrote:
Is there anyone has used Sound Blaster (any kind) to Upmix the stereo sound to surround (5.,6. or 7.) by hooking up to the home theatre system? Please help tell me the surround sound of which one (by using Sound Blaster upmixing or Home theatre system's) is better?
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