Help - noise in HL2 Citadel Level

[kilgore777]

Help!

I’ve played HL2 with abosultely no audio anomalies, until I got to the Citadel level. There, I am getting a crackling staticy noise (one that isn’t supposed to be there) that is really annoying. If I go back to a previous level (where there was originally no buzz), the buzz is there as well. I checked my speakers and headphones; they are both functioning correctly and both reproduce the noise. If I restart the game, the noise is gone when I play any other level than Citadel. But when I go there, there’s no noise for a while, then it starts back up.

The only recent change I have made is updating my video drivers – I can’t imagine that could have anything to do with this.

I use: CREATIVE X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS

This is very odd – any ideas?

 

[MightyMouse957]

Sound drivers up to date?

 

[kilgore777]

Sound drivers up to date?

Yeah, sorry I forgot to mention that.

I think I may have found the solution, but haven't had enough time to check it for sure...

I had XFI-CMSS-3D enabled in the Creative Audio Console. Disabled it and it seem to have solved the problem. I'll bumb if it comes back.

Thanks.