Sound Problem With Razer Synapse (SOLVED)

[weesechedge]

So I just spent hours trying to make sound work in Skyrim. I did tons of things and none worked. Eventually I found out that Synapse 2.0 was causing the problem. So after uninstalling it, Skyrim's sound works fine, but everything else sounds like crap and I don't get surround sound. And I do not want to have to keep uninstalling Synapse every time I want to play Skyrim. I am using Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma.
Does anybody know if there is some sort of fix to this? I have already scoured the pages of Google, and nothing seems to work.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

Ah sorry I guess that is what I have always called it. :p

That is weird that it is not there for you.

Mine is listed under a set of Speakers and says Razer Surround Audio Controller under it.

Perhaps you are using an older version of the software.

Now that I have installed Surround, how am I supposed to access it? And once I access it, how do I configure the audio interface?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Well I launch Synapse and set my audio Interface to my Speakers/Headset, then set the playback device as Speakers Razer Surround Audio Controller.

You can then turn on/off Surround in Synapse.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

Well I launch Synapse and set my audio Interface to my Speakers/Headset, then set the playback device as Speakers Razer Surround Audio Controller.

How do I change my audio interface?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

It should be in the settings tab in Razer Synapse. It says select audio interface. Choose your speakers from the drop down list.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

It should be in the settings tab in Razer Synapse. It says select audio interface. Choose your speakers from the drop down list.

Okay, yep, good. I have selected my headset (Razer Kraken 7.1 Surround) and have set Razer Surround to the default audio device. I will report back to see if this has fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

It should be in the settings tab in Razer Synapse. It says select audio interface. Choose your speakers from the drop down list.

This did not fix the problem. I still do not have any sound in Skyrim. I have also tried disabling my headphones in the playback tab completely, but this didn't change anything either.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Yeah I hope it works for you. I have very limited experience with Razer Surround.

I only used it briefly when considering it to help with the last CSGO update that made footsteps sound like crap, but I didn't want to buy the program just for the EQ. Then I noticed the new free version of DFX Audio Enhancer has a software EQ so I used it instead.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

Yeah I hope it works for you. I have very limited experience with Razer Surround.

I only used it briefly when considering it to help with the last CSGO update that made footsteps sound like crap, but I didn't want to buy the program just for the EQ. Then I noticed the new free version of DFX Audio Enhancer has a software EQ so I used it instead.

Well, thanks for the help. The problem didn't end up being solved, but thanks for taking the time to help.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

I see, that's unfortunate. We tried.

Just make sure it isn't something simple like disabling the 7.1 on your headset or the 5.1/7.1 on your soundcard or Realtek, because I am able to disable the surround using Razor Surround settings and my sound is fine.

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

I see, that's unfortunate. We tried.

Just make sure it isn't something simple like disabling the 7.1 on your headset because I am able to disable the surround using Razor Surround settings and my sound is fine.

Hmmm. Whenever I enable Razer Surround, it takes control away from my headphones and I can't hear anything. So how do I turn off surround sound without using Razer Surround?

[weesechedge]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

I see, that's unfortunate. We tried.

Just make sure it isn't something simple like disabling the 7.1 on your headset or the 5.1/7.1 on your soundcard or Realtek, because I am able to disable the surround using Razor Surround settings and my sound is fine.

Oh my God I feel like such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ now. Skyrim was MUTED IN MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RAZER SYNAPSE MIXER SETTINGS. And because I don't normally tab out of Skyrim as it crashes, I wasn't able to see whether it was on mute or not, because it dissapears from the mixer upon closing the game. ARGH. I SPENT 5 HOURS LAST NIGHT AND 4 HOURS THIS MORNING.

[Mr.Hmm]

Move the camera in-game a little bit to the right.

Sound comes only from the left for me and it happens only in Skyrim, any other game works perfectly.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mr.Hmm:

Move the camera in-game a little bit to the right.

Sound comes only from the left for me and it happens only in Skyrim, any other game works perfectly.

Are you talking about NPC voices? Sound is quiet when looking at the NPC, but sounds okay when you turn to the left or right?

If so, you have to disable 5.1/7.1 and use plain stereo as Skyrim doesn't work well with true 5.1/7.1.

If using Realtek, set your speaker configuration to stereo for Skyrim.

[Mr.Hmm]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omgwtfbbqkitten:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mr.Hmm:

Move the camera in-game a little bit to the right.

Sound comes only from the left for me and it happens only in Skyrim, any other game works perfectly.

Are you talking about NPC voices? Sound is quiet when looking at the NPC, but sounds okay when you turn to the left or right?

If so, you have to disable 5.1/7.1 and use plain stereo as Skyrim doesn't work well with true 5.1/7.1.

If using Realtek, set your speaker configuration to stereo for Skyrim.

Oh.. I did not know that, I will try it out thanks omgwtfbbqkitten and yeah I use Realtek.

[Ris†a]

Uninstall THX Spatial and everything works.