Fix for distorting sound in OS X G4

November 14, 2006 11:41 AM

The sound on my OS X G4 laptop has suddenly become very loud and distorted. Help me make it stop.

It used to be that I could hardly hear sound coming out the tiny speakers Suddenly it's really loud and distorted. Turning the volume down in the system prefs makes it less loud, but not less distorted. Weird.... HELP?

posted by cccorlew to computers & internet (4 comments total)

All sound or just from iTunes?
posted by dobie at 12:13 PM on November 14, 2006

Have you tried the Audio MIDI Setup application in the Utilities folder. Sometimes the sound settings can get mixed up there.
posted by KimG at 1:58 PM on November 14, 2006

If this just happens in iTunes, it may be you have the equalizer sliders turned up too high. Similarly, it could be "Sound Enhancer" (in Preferences) got turned on or up too high
posted by todbot at 2:15 PM on November 14, 2006

It's in every application... I'll look at the audio midi setup file. Thanks
posted by cccorlew at 3:59 PM on November 14, 2006