
These compatible drivers are called UAD, short for Universal Audio Drivers, and they’re the second, less common kind of Realtek audio drivers. They don’t work with the Realtek Audio Console, so they must be uninstalled and a good set of compatible drivers installed in their place. Unless you see “Realtek(R) Audio” in Device Manager, in fact, you’ve most likely got the HD Audio Drivers installed. First and most common there are Realtek HD Audio Drivers, which can show up as generic “High Definition Audio Device” or as “Realtek High Definition Audio” in Device Manager. Turns out there are two kinds of Realtek audio drivers. Problem 1: Realtek Audio Console Won’t Install Of course, you can get the best audio experience with popular music apps like pandora, spotify as well. Realtek audio console helps provide the best quality sound while watching a movie with Cinema HD. There are some complications that must be resolved beforehand. And once I got it installed, I couldn’t get it working right away, either. Once I found the UWP app and got it to my PC, I wasn’t immediately able to get it to install. A Few Hurdles Before Putting Realtek Audio Console to Work This thread might help nailing down the Gain dB bug: Post Number #19 and #20Finding this UWP program can be tricky, but here’s proof positive that it’s there for the downloading. Only thing left to do is reinstall Windows 10 which i don't want to since MSI Realtek Audio Driver Gain dB bug can trigger by itself again.Īlso why does ICESound Service exist in MSI Realtek Audio Driver? Isn't that for certain Asus Laptops and motherboards?

I also have Loudness Equalization and Headphone Virtualization enabled but that isn't causing the problem since the hissing sound is still there after disabling it. Gain dB Bug sticks around even after i reset everything to default.

I also tried disabling enhancements which just makes the sound mumbling and muffled again. I did reinstall driver but the bug sticks around persistently. Then it sounds good, or so was the case for years until the Gain dB bug was somehow triggered and is now is causing hissing sounds for over 4 or 5 months now.

I think the bug got triggered sometime after i saved Custom Equalizer Preset and then later deleted it, not sure though.Īnother bug that was in MSI Realtek Audio Driver from the beginning, even in older driver, is that audio is all muffled like whenever someone is speaking it sounds like they are mumbling rather than speaking, until i set Equalizer Preset to Treble. Likely because the bug in audio driver which automatically boosted Gain dB to Max and now it is stuck there as there is no option in MSI Realtek HD Audio Manager to adjust Headphone Gain Setting like in Gigabyte Realtek HD Audio Manager ( in this pdf. It used to be that i had to set Volume to 100%, now i have to reduce Volume to 60%. I am getting hissing sounds from Sony Headphones as well as Stereo Speakers from any audio jack i plugged in.
