Realtek HD questions

I have the newest realtek drivers and still I have a couple questions about preferance.

Over all, the sound in this laptop is... adequate. The sound crackles a little during 3d movement, especially when switching between right and left speakers. I really want to get a creative x-fi when they start making them in PCcard format. ^^

Until then, I'll have to make due. Like I say the sound is pretty okay, except one thing, the Environments. When I play World of Warcraft, and go raiding in dungeons, it starts switching to these environmental presets. Some are okay, but the larger ones have so much reverb that it practicly feeds back on itself and I cant hear a bloody thing! It's just way too loud and overpowering.

Is there ANY way to edit the environmental presets in Realtek HD drivers, or shut them off entirely? I can find no options in the rather meager options I've seen in the drivers.

 

Unfortunately X-Fi wont be going mobile from Creative designers that told me when I was at E3 2006. No big loss, Creative cards suck anyways for the price.

I recommend to get a professional quality external (USB or Firewire) sound card from M-Audio. Definitely better than anything that Creative's got... for recording and playback.

We kinda went over this recently:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=84773

From the Post:
Get yourself an external USB or Firewire soundcard.

M-Audio professional mobile audio products

You might want to get a professional device from M-Audio.. definitely past the quality of anything that Creative has to offer.

M-AUDIO Transit (USB interface) - $70-100

Picture of front and back
- mobile 24-bit/96kHz USB audio
- 1/8” stereo analog/optical digital input
- 1/8” stereo line/headphone output
- TOSlink optical digital output allows AC3 and DTS pass-through
- line/optical input accommodates self-powered stereo microphones
- includes 3.5mm (male) to TOSlink (female) adapter

Read review for M-Audio Transit (audoMIDI.com)
Read review for M-Audio Transit (AudioReview.com)

Hope this helps,

-Gophn

P.S. I work with professional recording artists and producers... its M-AUDIO all the way for them, Creative is too weak for them.

 

you can turn off the environmental effects found in the sound option in WC and the echoes will go.

*no more voices in my head ...i'm cured!!!*

 

The option should be in the actual Control panel. not just the software.
I actually dont have any of the extra sound software installed, just the drivers. And in my control panels is one for REalTEk HD sound effect manager. this has the options for the reverb and special effects, as well as switching the speaker set up.
So far this is all i've needed to switch between my onboard speakers, headphones and my 5.1 surround. All of which sound great.

 

Erf... I got a laptop for its ease of cary and use, I dont want something dangling and using my usb/firewire slots...

What can I use this **** PCslot for if i dont need any more SATA/USB/FIREWIRE connections?