Strange Sounds

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OK, I just purchased a new computer about a month ago, and I finally got the BG2 bug again and installed it onto my computer, along with the latest patch. The sound though is very strange. All of the sounds have a slight echo effect to them almost. It's like the characters are talking from behind a door and it just sounds "fuzzy" for lack of a better term. Any suggestions here? Is there an audio choice you can make to stop this from happening?

 

I have the same bug, the same echo ONLY with Skull trap spell (yes, even other Necromancy spells go off fine). I guess some of the files are corrupted, but I really don't want to reinstall.

 

I had this problem a long time ago. IIRC it went away when I went into the sound menu and disabled the environmental audio.

 

I'll try turning off the environmental sounds for sure. I can tolerate that easier than hearing all of my characters talk as if they're in an echo chamber all the time.

 

Not sure if you managed to solve your problem or not, but just in case you didn't:
I had the same problem with a computer a short while ago (Not with SoA, since I wasn't playing it at the time, but it sounds like the same issue). It was related to a mother-board based sound chip. The solution was to have a tech install an add-on sound board (pretty cheap these days) and disable the original mother-board based sound chip. After that, no problem. It may cost $20-$40 worth of hardware, but should solve the problem (it was very annoying).

 

If the on-board sound is really from an on-board sound chip then yes, replacing it with a new sound card should not have to be done. Some mommyboards that claim to have on-board sound really just have a software emulation of a sound chip. Methinks that AC'97 is really just this software package. Then adding a real hardware sound card is a good idea. Once in a while my BG2 goes all the way to 99% cpu usage and stays there. (some kinda bug in BG2) How is a software 'sound card' going to be able to work if it never gets enough cpu time?

 

I must admit that I could not say with certainty whether or not it is software based or an actual hardware chip (as I had stated). But to the best of my recollection (and my albeit perhaps limited understanding), with respect to my circumstance the tech explained that it was a "Soundblaster" chip on the motherboard, and that it simply could not handle the sound inputs (mp3 and wav files). It was replaced by a "Soundblaster" card and it solved my problem. Of course, it may not be the same problem described by Aldeth at all (sounded like the speaker was made of aluminum foil - high pitched; very tinny). I do recall that the tech tried a software (driver?) alteration first, which actually seemed to work for a while, but eventually the problem resurfaced, although much less frequently. In the end, the card solved the problem once and for all, though, from a design perspective I must agree that this isn't really a "solution", just a "work-around".

 

I also had this problem, all I could hear where echoes, but I went to the sound menu and turned off environmental sounds. That did the trick.