I have a strange sound card driver / software problem with my new rig.
I recently installed an Asus Strix Soar sound card into my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system. For a day or two everything worked correctly and I was able to adjust all the sound settings via the Sonic Studio software that installs with the driver.
But then for no obvious reason Sonic Studio stopped working (nothing I'm aware of caused a conflict). Whilst the sound card still plays audio, it is not possible to process or shape this audio in any way via Sonic Studio. None of the sliders, equalizers, presets or effects in Sonic Studio work.
Device Manager does not report any problems and says the card is working correctly. Indeed, the card works fine in all games and sound apps, it's just Sonic Studio and it's effects which do nothing.
I have tried fully uninstalling the drivers and Sonic Studio and reinstalling. I have tried the 1.0.9 drivers and the 1.1.2 drivers from the Asus website. I have tried driver sweepers etc. No difference.
Motherboard is Asus Z170 Pro Gaming and I've tried with the onboard sound disabled and enabled. No difference either way.
All Asus support could suggest was driver uninstalls / reinstalls and BIOS resets etc. Beyond that they couldn't help.
I have downloaded an Open Source equalizer called Equalizer APO and a GUI for it called Peace. This is able to control the Strix Soar's sound output just fine but lacks some of the effects of Sonic Studio (most notably the surround sound). NOTE: the problems started BEFORE I installed Equalizer APO and it makes no difference to the problem whether this is installed or uninstalled.
I have also tried the Strix Soar in my old Windows 7 PC and everything works fine there, the card and Sonic Studio both work perfectly. So it's something peculiar to my Windows 10 rig.
So, I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem or can offer any advice on what might be causing the problem / conflict?
I recently installed an Asus Strix Soar sound card into my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system. For a day or two everything worked correctly and I was able to adjust all the sound settings via the Sonic Studio software that installs with the driver.
But then for no obvious reason Sonic Studio stopped working (nothing I'm aware of caused a conflict). Whilst the sound card still plays audio, it is not possible to process or shape this audio in any way via Sonic Studio. None of the sliders, equalizers, presets or effects in Sonic Studio work.
Device Manager does not report any problems and says the card is working correctly. Indeed, the card works fine in all games and sound apps, it's just Sonic Studio and it's effects which do nothing.
I have tried fully uninstalling the drivers and Sonic Studio and reinstalling. I have tried the 1.0.9 drivers and the 1.1.2 drivers from the Asus website. I have tried driver sweepers etc. No difference.
Motherboard is Asus Z170 Pro Gaming and I've tried with the onboard sound disabled and enabled. No difference either way.
All Asus support could suggest was driver uninstalls / reinstalls and BIOS resets etc. Beyond that they couldn't help.
I have downloaded an Open Source equalizer called Equalizer APO and a GUI for it called Peace. This is able to control the Strix Soar's sound output just fine but lacks some of the effects of Sonic Studio (most notably the surround sound). NOTE: the problems started BEFORE I installed Equalizer APO and it makes no difference to the problem whether this is installed or uninstalled.
I have also tried the Strix Soar in my old Windows 7 PC and everything works fine there, the card and Sonic Studio both work perfectly. So it's something peculiar to my Windows 10 rig.
So, I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem or can offer any advice on what might be causing the problem / conflict?