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Hello YouTube! As you know, some months ago I actually got myself a nice new HP Laptop.
I really loved the experience of working with this laptop, except I had that one little
quirk...
And that is the Beats audio driver, which actually somehow interfered with my audio
editing. So in this episode, I'm gonna show you how I removed it, so if you actually encountered
the same problem, you can follow the method shared with you in this guide.
It is the 5th of November, 2012, a Monday. You are watching 0612 TV.
So today, I'm gonna show you how you can actually disable the Beats audio driver on your HP
Notebook if you actually have the need to do so.
Now just to go a little bit in-depth as to why I had to do that, mainly because there
was this stereo widening effect that I couldn't switch off - Basically the checkbox which
said something like "Enable Effects" didn't actually disable it when I unchecked it, and
there were a number of other settings that didn't really help.
And apart from that, there seemed to be some kind of bass boost which, despite the fact
that I disabled all the EQs, it still kinda kicked in.
So I wasn't too happy when it came to editing my actual audio recordings, because I needed
to hear exactly what my mic had picked up.
If, on playback, the audio was actually effected by the driver, I cannot accurately edit my
audio.
So I hope this shows you that I'm not actually nitpicking, I really had a need to get rid
of that driver!
So without further ado, here's how you could do that!
As with all tutorials like this, please do this at your own risk. So let's begin!
First, hit start, and type in "Device Manager". Hit enter.
Then, hop over to this segment called "Sound, Video and Game Controllers". You should be
able to see an item in there labelled "IDT High Definition Audio Codec".
This is basically the driver that drives your audio system.
Double-click on that line, and go to the "Driver" tab. Look for the "Update Driver..." button,
and click on it.
Now click "Browse my computer for driver software".
After that, click on "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".
You might have to wait a few moments until the list comes up.
All you have to do now, is to select the "High Definition Audio Device". Click next, and
you should get a warning.
Now, make sure you read and understand that warning. Like I said before, I cannot be held
responsible if you, I dunno, fry your laptop or turn your cat into a dog or whatever.
Point is, you do need to understand what you're doing, and if you're okay with the risk, click
"Yes".
Now, that is basically it! You might have to wait a while for your computer to actually
unload the Beats driver and load in the default Windows High Definition Audio Driver, but
once it's all done, you should actually be able to check that this change has indeed
taken place.
Head over to your system tray, and right click the volume icon.
Then, click the "Playback Devices" option.
Now, if the item you see there is actually labelled "Speakers; High Definition Audio
Device", then that's it! You have actually done the job!
Now, remember that I only did this because I had a huge practical need to do so.
If you actually looked underneath your laptop, you should be able to see some extra speakers,
like a bass subwoofer.
And none of these will actually work when you use this driver. Also of course, none
of the equalization options or any other effects that are presented to you in the Beats Audio
Control Panel will actually have any effect on the audio, because of course, you have
now bypassed that driver.
Now if you want to undo this change, it's not that hard. The steps are pretty much the
same!
You'll open Device Manager, and now you'll look for the "High Definition Audio Device".
Double-click on it, go to "Driver", and you should see that the "Roll Back" button has
actually been activated.
As its name implies, rolling back will actually undo any driver changes you've made, so this
will automatically reload the correct Beats driver.
In any case, a rollback should replace the IDT Drivers. If it doesn't you might have
to manually search for the correct IDT driver.
So yea, I hope I've been a help. I know most of you probably won't need this, but to the
couple of you who actually edit audio like I do, chances are you'll probably want to
take a look at this.
So that's all there is for today's episode! If you have any comments, queries or suggestions,
feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below.
As always I appreciate every like, favorite and subscription you give me. But until next
time, you are watching 0612 TV!