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

Sat Sep 29 13:49:56 UTC 2018

Not true. It works fine once you've installed windows of course. When
you have a native install of windows, it's the same as running it on a
pc.

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On 9/29/18, Joseph Bundy via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>
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