Creative Sound Cards.

[neyel8r]

wow...finally got Audigy 2 sound working on x64 with the kX drivers, but 7 still thinks i've got no sound & shows the stupid little red X in the system tray... that X is kinda buggin me...how to get rid of it please??

edit: nevermind, i fooled around with the sound settings & switched the default device from Waveout HQ to Master Mixer.. no red X & all is well (besides a bit of crackling). i had forgotten about the kX drivers which i was reminded of on these forums & they are doing the trick at last! now-- how to get rid of the crackling...

 

[Falco]

Hello everyone, hope you all are doing well.

I've read all the post here, but haven't found any with my exact problem. I have a SC Live! 24-bit and my PC detects it. It give the sound, but does not recieve the microphone.

I have a headset (and before all, i know its the one with the mic attached to it, just in case) and it worked perfect in XP. I bought a new hard disk and insalled Windows 7 from the start. I've been the pass week trying to work something out but alas, nothing.

From what Ive seen, the PC does detect my sound card, but for some reason it does not detect my headset. When I look for it on the record options it only appear a normal stand mic, and on the playback the only options I have are Speakers and Digital Audio Interface.

I've downloaded what I believe to be the correct package from the main post. I've changed the location of the card in the motherboard. Ive disable the sound on the BOIS and still nothing... anything you guys can do to help?

 

[Smopot75]

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Seen this enough here and elsewhere with people not knowing or understanding the differences between the different cards. For example have seen too many instances of someone recommending regular X-Fi drivers with the Xtreme Audio. With that said here we go,

1. Audigy SE/LS/Value, X-Fi Xtreme Audio and the Sound Blaster 24 bit

All of these cards are virtually identical hardware-wise, and for the most part the drivers are interchangeable. The only thing the Xtreme Audio has over the others is that it gets to use some of the X-Fi software (and supports Entertainment mode only). Drivers for all of these cards can be found on Creatives support pages,

Creative Worldwide Support > Sound Blaster

the Audigy and Live 24 bit can be found by using the "If your product is not listed above, please click here." link at the bottom of the page. Alternatively you can also try/use the Daniel_k package,

SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.0 (07/31/2009) - Aud... - Creative Labs

Filefront mirror - Download P17X_SupportPack_2_0.exe

that has been modified to work with all the above cards (single installer and driver) as well as return the use of some of the applications that used to work in XP (and Vista if the card was bought recently enough and came with Vista drivers on the CD).

2. The Audigy 1, 2 (all, including the 2 Value) and 4 series. These cards again all use the same driver and can be found through the saem link as above. And again there is also the Daniel_K driver set,

SB Audigy Series Support Pack 3.6 (11/09/2009) - Creative Labs

Filefront mirror - Download Audigy_SupportPack_3_6.exe

and will not work with any of the cards from #1.

3. Original X-Fi series and the new Titanium series. Again latest drivers as well as some of the applications can be found on Creative's site, as well as the daniel_K set,

SB X-Fi Series Support Pack 2.0 (05/15/2009) - Creative Labs

Filefront mirror - Download XFI_SupportPack_2_0.exe

Again like the regular Audigy drivers, these will not work with the Xtreme Audio.

4. That leaves the original SB Live series of cards. There is not now and never will be any support for these cards from Creative, and I really wouldn't expect them too considering most of these cards are from the Windows 95/98 era. For anyone with one of these cards the only option you really have (applies to Vista as well) is yet another Daniel_K modified driver set,

SB Live! series Support Pack 1.5 (08/09/2009) - Creative Labs

Filefront mirror - Download SBLive_SupportPack_1_5.rar

See post #10 for how to install these drivers manually.
Updated link for #2.

Then what will work with the Xtreme Audio?

Thanks.

 

[stormy13]

Smopot75 for the Xtreme Audio, #1.

 

[Falco]

Ok, Ive given up on the sound card, and removed it from the motherboard. Still I cant talk with my headset nor a standar microphone. Please anyone, what must I do to make my headset microphone work on windows 7?

 

[stormy13]

Is the headset plugged into the card or is it USB?

 

[Falco]

Into the card. It was the same with the sound card, only now its on the motherboard

It got the 3.5mm connectors.

 

[berfles]

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if it's possible to get EAX Console working in Windows 7 and an Audigy2 ZS? I had it working in Vista 64 decently but I have no idea where I got it from. I also want the EQ manager too, but I can't find that either. That pack from Daniel in the first post says XP only for those things and I can't find a straight answer if it's at all possible. If not I'm going to have to buy a new sound card (which I want to anyway, I hate this thing more than I can describe) because it's making my AudioEngine A5s sound like complete trash.

Also, Daniel's stuff didn't seem to change anything but I didn't delete the DLLs he mentioned because he gave no reason or what they're used for. I didn't want to delete something without an explanation, so maybe that's why his software pack didn't seem to change anything.

I've tried this too: Re: where is my EAX CONSOLE on AUDIGY 2 in Windows... - Creative Labs

I can't find my disc so I downloaded the image he linked to but none of those files are where he says they are.

 

[grimreaper]

I thought maybe this post might help someone out there who has a X-Fi series sound card.



Installed Daniel K drivers with nothing running in the background, (reboot), went to Creatives page for X-Fi Titanium Pro updates.
Installed Titanium driver 2.17.0007 (30 July 09), Creative Diagnostics application(26 Nov 09),Creative Console Launcher application(19 Aug 09) and reboot.
Configured the launcher, and all is well


On a side note you really notice the power of premium sounds cards when playing HD movies....the sound quality is incredible:shock: on a 5.1 or 7.1 setup.



Current info:
Driver provider: Creative
Driver date: 7/13/2009
Driver version: 6.0.1.1347

Checked on Jan 03, 2010

I would like to tell our members that users who own a X-Fi series sound card that updated to 2.17.0007 after installing Daniel K's megapack may or may not experience crackling sounds, and unfortunately, I had to roll back the driver to 04/20/09, and the crackling issue is gone.
It's sad that Creative's own posted drivers created this issue, and can only hope that they develop better drivers for users like me who continually enjoy the benefit of owning a premium sound card.

Edited Jan 05/2010

 

[rayhan619]

I have a creative sound blast live model CT4780 in dell dimension 4300. Does anyone know how can i make it work with windows 7?

 

[stormy13]

I have a creative sound blast live model CT4780 in dell dimension 4300. Does anyone know how can i make it work with windows 7?

For starters,

Urgent!!! ***Audio driver for Dell dimension 4300 ... - Creative Labs

and if you manage to get the chipset sorted out, then #4 from above is about it.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.5 (02/06/2010) by daniel_k

SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.5 (02/06/2010) - Aud... - Creative Labs

Fixes and improvements:

- Driver based on WHQL release from WindowsUpdate (with Headphone mode/Bass Redirection fixes by me)
- Fix Console Launcher memory leak and is slow loading and running under Windows 7 / Vista
- Updates many shared components for improved compatibility and performance.
- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0
- Fixes the Headphone mode reseting to Speakers mode on reboot (all cards. including the X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
- Console Launcher is now installed for all cards on all OSes, so Audio Center is removed
- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0
- Fixes broken uninstaller on all OSes,
- Added Volume Panel by demand.
- Replaces Audio Console to fix multilanguage install.
- Changes setup routine and uses updated scripts.
- Changes application installation to silent mode.
- Enables language selection dialog
- Updates 3D engine filter driver for Windows XP.
- Fixes some issues with device features.
- Improves EAX performance on XP.
- Improves OpenAL compatibility.
- Updates Creative Software Synthesizer (XP only).
- Fixes CMSS not working on Windows 7 for AudigySE/ Value/LS / Live24bit / SB5.1VX, now everything works.



Hope this helps,
Captain

 

[Zahl]

New dts connect and dd live packs out for any that use them; especially on win7. I'm hoping they take care of the shutdown hang at least

Creative Worldwide Support

 

[SoLoR]

AFAIK shutdown hanging is because of faulty CTAudSvc.exe and not becuase of DDL/DTS pack. You can get "fixed" CTAudSvc.exe on Creative beta FTP, but you need to install it manualy.

 

[Zahl]

Thanks, I've been told before and have a workaround for it but I'm always hoping. You're right though, it doesn't

 

[TheHeadhunter]

Drivers for Win7 do not support What U Hear recording

Great resource about Creative drivers! Thanks for posting.

However -- please note that Creative has admitted the new Win7 drivers DO NOT support What U Hear recording on X-Fi Audio and certain X-Fi Audigy adapters. My X-Fi Extreme Audio card handled What U Hear recording just fine under Win XP, but does not record under Win7. Creative tech support has confirmed this. So if you go to Win7 and need to record What U Hear, you will need a new sound card.

I posted the Creative tech support e-mail elsewhere on this forum. A big raspberry to Creative. Nice way to sell new adapters.

 

[Crispy]

NEW DRIVERS!!

Release date : 9 Apr 10
This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
File Name : SBAX_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0017.exe
This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series
• Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA

Fixes:
Resolves the following issues:

• Audio device driver files are not removed completely when uninstalling from Windows Device Manager.
• Sound Blaster Audigy audio device does not appear in the Encoder tab of Audio Control Panel.
• Unable to run 64-bit version of ASIO software.
• Device error caused by enabling audio enhancements.
• Incorrect speaker configuration shown in Audio Control Panel.
• System unable to shut down when Dolby® Digital Live is enabled in Windows 7.
• Passthrough of Dolby/DTS® audio does not work with Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7.
• Speaker settings in Audio Control Panel are not in sync with Microsoft Speaker Setup in Windows 7 64-bit.
• System becomes unstable when uninstalling the audio device driver in Windows 7 64-bit.

Known Issues:

• Driver decoding of Dolby/DTS audio does not work with Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7. As a workaround, use a 3rd party software media player to playback DVDs.
• Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Click here to download the latest applications that are available for your product.
• Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
• Gameport is not supported in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
• 6.1 speaker mode is not supported by Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista 32-bit with SP1, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP MCE 2004
• Sound Blaster Audigy audio devices listed above

Notes:

• DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value.
• To install this driver
  1. Download the SBAX_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0017.exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Download: Creative Worldwide Support

Creative ALchemy

Release date : 26 Jan 10
This download is an application for use with Creative audio products. It restores 3D audio and EAX® effects for certain DirectSound®3D games in Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
File Name : ALMY_PCVTAPP_LB_1_41_02.exe
This download is an application for use with Creative audio products. It restores 3D audio and EAX® effects for certain DirectSound®3D games in Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio products only:

• Creative Sound Blaster® World of Warcraft® Headset Series
• Creative Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes®
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Titanium Fatal1ty® Champion Series
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Series
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Karaoke
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go!
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Play!
• Creative Sound Blaster Arena Surround
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy® 4
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS SE
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2
• Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy LS
• Creative HS-1200 Headset
• Creative USB Gaming Headset
• Creative USB Speaker

Fixes:

• Enables the DirectSound3D game audio to be processed by your Sound Blaster audio device to deliver EAX effects, 3D audio spatialization, sample rate conversion and hardware audio mixing. Without this, most DirectSound3D games will be reduced to stereo output without any EAX effects.
• Improves 3D audio processing for host-based Sound Blaster audio devices.

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows Vista 32-bit with SP2
• Creative audio product listed above

Notes:

• Do not install this application if you do not play DirectSound3D games in Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
• To find out more about Creative ALchemy or view the list of DirectSound3D games supported, click here.
• To install the application
  1. Download the ALMY_PCVTAPP_LB_1_41_02.exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Close all other Windows applications.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Download: Creative Worldwide Support

 

[stormy13]

Thanks Crispy. Saw that yesterday on the Creative forums and was just waiting on a bit of feedback there before updating the links. Other than one happy person the only other thing about them so far is one guy who's AV threw a wobbly and threw up a couple of false positives (Comodo, which also did it back in October last year).

P.S. Have you tried them and how are they?

 

[Floss]

Does this work on the Xmod? Need help Not much of a Tech expert

 

[stormy13]

Does this work on the Xmod?

No it won't. As I understand how the Xmod works, it is a totally self-contained audio device that uses the default USB drivers from the OS with nothing else to install.