We had the same problem. In our case, it turned out to be nothing to do with
WMP. We ended up fixing it through the Master Volume control (double click
the speaker icon in the System Tray ... you can also get to it through
Control Panel). There are about 15 different volume sliders here. One of
them is called '3D Depth'. We checked the 'Mute' checkbox and the vocals
came back. Dunno what '3D Depth' means, but seems we're better off without
it!

"amateur" wrote:

> on version 10.00.00.36.46, operating on xp home edition service pack 2, my
> audio is all sounding incredibly unbalanced, i cant hear any vocals on pretty
> much all of the tracks/the guitar is all i can hear, no bass or synth etc.
> and i cant find any way to make it sound right. i thought the graphic
> equaliser was responsible but turning that off or setting it to default
> doesnt help. my audio sounds fine on realplayer but there seems to be a
> problem with windows media player. what could be responsible for this and
> what steps should i take to fix the problem?