Creative Sound Cards.

Hello, I have a problem with my audigy es and windows 7.

The problem is with two outputs and directx. I select 4.1 speaker settings and cmss: stereo surround in audio console, and then I select quadraphonic in windows speaker setup. When I am using ASIO, there is no problem, and I get the sound from the two outputs, one using for speakers, and the other for headphones. But, in other programs I get no sound from the second output. Also, a strange thing is that when I test the speakers in windows speaker setup they actually work, all four of them, but not for windows sounds, in winamp, bsplayer, etc. The second output also works in games, but only sound, not music.

Please help me, I am desperate :)

nik85, welcome to the Seven Forums.

That sounds about right. Unless the source is encoded in more than stereo, all you will get is stereo playback. Most music (unless DVD-A), Windows sounds, are all stereo sources whereas games that are working in 4/4.1 are encoded in 5.1/surround, hence why you're getting sound out of all 4 speakers. You need to use CMSS 5to get more than stereo from a stereo source.

Thanks for the response.

Ok, I understand that, I tried using CMSS but it doesn't help. Only when I put it on CMSS 2 I get the sound but it is really horrible, it couldn't be listened to. Moreover, I didn't have problems with Windows XP. Is there something I could try?

There are at least two threads on the Creative Labs forums concerning lost sound with the X-Fi cards, and a lot of frustrated CL card owners.

X-Fi Titanium - speakers lost from audio playback devices

Sound disapears

The common features seem to be Windows 7 64-bit and an SSD drive. Uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them cures the problem for a few hours / days, but it always returns. Are there any other makes of sound card exhibiting similar problems? Can we isolate the problem to CL or W7+64-bit+SSD?

Beta Driver
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium series beta driver
Filesize : 46.05 MB Download


Release date : 8 Jun 11
File Name : XFTI_PCDRVBETA_US_2_17_0008A.exe

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Take note of the following:
THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver on a system used to perform critical tasks.
Users who are looking for stable drivers should wait for the final release. When this happens, user should install the latest Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium series driver available.

This download supports the following audio devices only:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty® Champion Series
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Professional Audio
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

Fixes:
Resolves the issue with no sound coming from speakers after unplugging headphones from the front panel of the system case or the Sound Blaster X-Fi I/O drive.

Known Issues:

Audio stutters during the opening video for certain game titles while Dolby Digital® Live is enabled. This issue occurs on certain hardware and OS configurations only. More details and a workaround are available here.

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 3 (SP3), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP MCE 2004
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium series audio devices listed above

Notes:
1. To install this driver
2. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
3. Double-click the downloaded file.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Sorry, but I'm not convinced.
Untested, no guarantees, no mention of them fixing the main problem.
I think I'll give them a miss until they are an official release that claims to fix all problems.
I'm currently running the Pax drivers, and so far they have continued to work for over 2 weeks, although the sound quality is poor in my case - lots of pops and crackles and distortion, but at least sound!

tested - not working for me.

i did following:

Noise Crackling cracking pop sounds from my Soundb... - Creative Labs