[CLUE-Tech] Sound card/speaker "feedback" problem

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Kevin Cullis wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When my sound is turned all of the way up, I get feedback through my
> speakers, even when I adjust some of the controls.  Any ideas?

Don't turn it all the way up... :)

Seriously, though... are you sure it's feedback and not something
else? Do you have a sound input source, like a microphone, connected
at all? Actual feedback happens when sound is emitted through the
speakers, sent through a microphone, amplified and creates a loop.
So if you have a microphone connected to the computer, that's might
be what's happening if you have the microphone/line-in on.

If it's just a loud hissing/buzzing noise, that's just the speakers
amplifying the signal noise. (Note, I'm not an audio engineer, so
that's probably not the correct technical term.)

Take care,

Zonker
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