MBunjes 2 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hi, When I start FSX no matter which aircraft or which airport there's a constant loud roar like a sort of grey noise. I usually fly the NGX and always start with a cold and dark scenario, but still the aircraft roars at me. There's a louder roar when another aircraft passes. I can hardly hear the start-up sounds of my own aircraft. Toggling the Q key does not change anything. Very irritating. I hope to get some suggestions to help me solve this issue. I'm using FSX in DX10 mode with ASNext and Radar Contact on a client computer. Martin Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Have you adjusted the sliders in the sound setting tab? Try turning the environment slider down to almost nothing and see if that improve the noise.. Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 When I try that the noise doesn't become any less, there's only a bit less high frequencies. The sound could be realistic but it's way too loud. Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Martin, That's a strange problem, while I'm thinking about it, perhaps you can make sure that your PC is well away from that aircraft engine you are pictured sat in! Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 hehehe, I'll check. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I wonder if there's an issue with your sound files. I'm assuming that the computer sound card works for other, non-FSX, software. FSX has a ton of them - some in the directory //.......FSX/Sound and others, presumably aircraft specific, in //.....FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes/[pick a plane]. You comment that it is not specific to any one aircraft, so I expect you can ignore the sound files in the SimObjects/Airplanes directories. I don't think it would hurt anything to set up a new "Sound" directory, renaming the original one to save it, then move the sound files from the original directory to the new one - one at a time. Tedious? You bet! However, if it is one of those files is broken, you'll find it this way. Best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Martin, John M (despite being literally all at sea) has made some valid comments, do other programs in your pc exhibit similar problems? If so then as he suggests, your sound card is faulty or sound driver software has been corrupted. If you don't have a sound card, ie it's part of your mother board then things get a bit more tricky, but rather than replace your motherboard or whole computer, then you could install a sound card which is a relatively cheap option. My gut feeling is that your problem is a software/sound driver problem. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I don't actually know. This pc is only used for flightsimming so I've never tried the sound possibilities in other programs. It is an onboard sound chip on my Z97 motherboard. I'll do some tests tomorrow. Martin Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 You can bet it is FSX at fault and not your computer, if it is only with the NGX then it is a sound file in one of the PMDG folders. Are you also running a add-on Traffic program as they also can cause havoc? Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Ok, I tried reloading a few different aircraft but it;s always the same : I end up loading the NGX and it's perfectly silent (cold and dark) I then switch views to the outside world: also silent and back to the cockpit and it starts roaring. I managed to narrow it down to the "PMDG737NGX_GRND.WAV" which is the file being played very loudly inside the cockpit. But then I tried pressing Q a few times and it stopped roaring again. I'm using Mytraffic 6 (worst purchase ever) Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Little update, after pressing Q it was quiet for about three minutes, then the racket started again spontaneously and could not be stopped anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 looking at the sound file ground wave to see where it is used. It is used for the ground roll of the aircraft so (WARNING) do nothing with that file. Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 This is the entry in the sound.cfg for the NGX : [GROUND_ROLL]filename=PMDG737NGX_GRNDflags=125218viewpoint=1minimum_speed=0.10maximum_speed=20.00maximum_volume=10000minimum_rate=0.80maximum_rate=0.90 Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 See above your last entry Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 It maybe a environment sound wave generated by FSX itself and not PMDG Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I tried playing the PMDG737NGX_GRND.wav file and it's exactly the problem sound. It's now playing in the outside view also. Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 type .OFF at the end of the sound wave file and see if it stops it.. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Do you by any chance have JF's Traffic 360 installed, or any other payware traffic program? John Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Changing the extension to .off doesn't help : the sound is still there. I am using Mytraffic 6 Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Then it is not that file.. Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I sort of figured that, yes :-) But how am I going to find out which one it is? Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 That now becomes you nemeses, it will play you up until you finally find it. Have you tried googleing it? Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Just to check something simple, is your FSX/Sound/Setting set to your speaker set up and not on default primary device. Mine is set to Realtek High Definition. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Try turning your traffic slider down to zero and see if the sound goes away. I think the sound is from nearby traffic. I sometimes even get that effect flying over a busy airport. John Link to post Share on other sites
MBunjes 2 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Just to check something simple, is your FSX/Sound/Setting set to your speaker set up and not on default primary device. Mine is set to Realtek High Definition. yes, it is, and also in the NGX options Try turning your traffic slider down to zero and see if the sound goes away. I think the sound is from nearby traffic. I sometimes even get that effect flying over a busy airport. John There's actually no traffic at the airport I'm at at the moment but I tried it anyway and the sound was gone! So I switched the traffic on again and it was still gone. Looks like there's a culprit here : MyTraffic 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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