[Perform-Talk] major audio issues with windows ten via bootcamp on my MacBook pro... Driver issue?

[Joseph Bundy]

Thank you for explaining. I been thinking about getting a mac but I
heard jaws doesn't work well with it.

On 9/28/18, Cameron Strife via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Bootcamp is a mac OS utility that allows you to install/run windows
> natively on your Mac so you can have both operating systems on a
> single machine but they stay seperat and you aren't splitting up
> resources. (For any sort of audio work, this is a better choice than
> running windows as a vm.)
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> On 9/29/18, Joseph Bundy via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> This is a dumb question probably, but what is bootcamp?
>>
>> On 9/28/18, Cameron Strife via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone. I have been doing forum searches and reading articles etc
>>> and can't figure out what's going on here. If anybody has any tips,
>>> please let me know! Thanks.
>>>
>>> I recently sold my two older macs and bought a new 2018 MacBook pro
>>> with ssd, six core processor, and 16 gigs of ram.
>>>
>>> I do some things on the mac side and some on the windows side. I had
>>> been using windows ten on my old iMac. I upgraded from my windows
>>> seven install on that machine and did not have the issues I am about
>>> to lay out here...
>>>
>>> I ended up buying a windows ten license and doing a clean install,
>>> setting up everything from scratch. I downloaded the latest version of
>>> bootcamp the day I did the windows ten install.
>>>
>>> With any sort of audio playback whether it be audio files through a
>>> media player, screen reader output, audio streaming from a web site,
>>> or good old system sounds, I can hear a noise gate even at low
>>> volumes. This results in the first syllable of every word being cut
>>> off with jaws or NVDA for example when navigating around or typing
>>> etc. Also, everything is squashed. The amount of compression is un
>>> freaking bearable! The odd thing is that with my old machine running
>>> windows ten via the upgrade, I had no issues with audio playback. It
>>> was fine. This... This is just a mess. I don't know what group of
>>> people came to the conclusion that these features/settings were good
>>> for anything under any circumstances.
>>>
>>> I have music I am very familiar with and I use a nice set of Marintse
>>> headphones. I know what they sound like normally and they do not sound
>>> like this.
>>>
>>> I am aware of the windows ten audio enhancement features that are
>>> turned on by default. I've read all about that and know how to turn it
>>> off. However, when I look in the properties dialogue box, I do not
>>> have a tab called enhancements for the on board headphones or
>>> speakers. According to everything I've read, this is where I need to
>>> be to turn this garbage off but it's simply not here. I can't seem to
>>> find a way to disable them via the command prompt or the registry
>>> either. I do have a tab called spacial sound but even if it's off, it
>>> makes no difference.
>>>
>>> The audio on my mac OS partition is fine an I do not have these issues
>>> with my focusrite saffire pro 40.
>>>
>>> This leads me to believe that it may be a driver issue with this
>>> version of bootcamp... If the drivers are the culprit however, why can
>>> I not find a single reference to this missing tab?
>>>
>>> And yes, I did uninstall the Apple headphones and speaker drivers. I
>>> thought that when windows ten restarts, it may grab a generic driver
>>> and that would solve the issue. No luck though! When I went back into
>>> sound and then device manager, both were back!
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cameron.
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Take Care and God Bless
>>
>> Joseph S. Bundy
>> 1405-693-4771
>> Josephbundy92 at gmail.commm
>>
>> For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
>> salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
>> Greek.-Romans 1:16
>> For we walk by faith, not by sight.-2 Corinthians 5:7
>> Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining
>> to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us
>> by His own glory and excellence.-2 Peter 1:3
>> Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will
>> bmount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired,
>> They will walk and not become weary.-Isaiah 40:31
>> Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
>> comes to the Father but through Me.-John 14:6
>> He must increase, but I must decrease.-John 3:30
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Take Care and God Bless

Joseph S. Bundy
1405-693-4771
Josephbundy92 at gmail.commm

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.-Romans 1:16
For we walk by faith, not by sight.-2 Corinthians 5:7
Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining
to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us
by His own glory and excellence.-2 Peter 1:3
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will
bmount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.-Isaiah 40:31
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
comes to the Father but through Me.-John 14:6
He must increase, but I must decrease.-John 3:30