Creative Sound Cards.

[stormy13]

donrocker, welcome to the Seven Forums.

For the drivers which also contains the Audio Control panel you can find a working driver and most of the apps here,

SB Audigy Series Support Pack 3.8 (04/19/2010) - Creative Labs

As far as the EAX Console and Surround Mixer go, you don't need them any more (and haven't since Creative came out with the Audio Control panel). The EAX tab in the control panel has (or should have) the necessary settings, and for the Surround Mixer Windows 7 own audio settings have the same thing,

 

[donrocker]

thankssssssss

that helped me a lot otherwise i was searching my heartout for those things those are alrdy availble... thnzxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[donrocker]

how can i get my front jacks to work with audigy 2

i have recently installed audigy 2 to my intel core 2 duo....and i want to use my front panel as well..whereas it was being used with my on board sound card...so can u plz guide me step by step how can i do this..images wud be appreciated..as u do, thnkzzzzzzz

 

[stormy13]

Can the front panel connectors be used on a Creative card, yes they can but it is dependent on the card having the connector as shown in the first picture here,

Connecting the SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS to the Front Panel

and then either following the instructions on making your own cable, or you can buy one ready-made,

The X-Tap -- Sound Blaster Audigy/X-Fi Harness

You can also find the cable in older (and probably newer as well) Dell cases that came with a Creative card in them, as that is one of the reasons for that connector now being on Creative cards.

 

[donrocker]

hmmm k thnxxx...
another thing is that when i use EAX effects it reduces sound volume in playback..

 

[WolfSoul]

Daniel K has updated his packs and made CDs of them..

SB X-Fi Titanium PCI-E Install Disc 1.0 (unofficia... - Creative Labs

SB X-Fi PCI Install Disc 1.0 (unofficial) - Creative Labs

Not sure but the X-Fi so far are the only CD packs I see on there

 

[WolfSoul]

Links to all his packs

(All-in-one Daniel_K) Modded Soundcard Driver packs/disks - Guru3D.com Forums

 

[lobstrain]

Hey all,

Been trying to install my Audigy 2 for a while now. The model is CA0102-ICT. I've already gone through SB Creative Web Setup telling me that it doesn't detect my soundcard, and I've tried installing the drivers manually using Creatives newest drivers and the ones linked in the first post (not Daniel_K's). Right now I see that "Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)" is installed under Sound,video and game controllers, but it has a yellow exclamation next to it and the device status says "This device cannot start". If I uninstall that and let it auto-install drivers, it turns into "High Definition Audio Device". When it's like this, I can connect my headset by USB and it works fine, but obviously it's not 5.1 sound. With the 3 jacks in place, there is no sound. I'm pretty lost at this point. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[stormy13]

lobstrain welcome to the Seven Forums.

Depending on the age of the system (if it is of similar age as the Audigy) it could be due to a lack of proper motherboard/chipset drivers, more so if the default Windows drivers only provide basic functionality (just enough to get Windows installed, and things to work at a bare minimum).

Filling in your system specs,

http://www.sevenforums.com/profile.php?do=extra

would help a lot.

 

[Iceman]

Hi all,

I have sound blaster xi-fi xtreme music. Should i install this pack SB X-Fi PCI Install Disc 1.0 (unofficial) - Creative Labs for windows 7 x64 ?

 

[nik85]

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

 

[stormy13]

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.

 

[nik85]

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?

 

[apehf]

About that best you can hope for for that old card is to try and install the last XP driver for it,

Creative Worldwide Support > Sound Blaster PCI 128

using compatibility mode,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Is the rest of the computer of similar vintage, or is it newer? Depending on what you have you would probably be better of using the onboard sound.

Does that go for a pci128 ct4700 with 5507 chipset also? Okay I read a few more post old card not really a Creative audio... So lets forget it and I'll go out and buy a new card. Thanks!

 

[WolfSoul]

Hi all,

I have sound blaster xi-fi xtreme music. Should i install this pack SB X-Fi PCI Install Disc 1.0 (unofficial) - Creative Labs for windows 7 x64 ?

I think it's a PCI card so yes.. if it's not right the installer will refuse to install the drivers

 

[pjaj]

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?

 

[demonslayer]

ha Stormy this thread i open since a while now dont you get exhausted

ok i bought a new creative X-Fi titanium Fatality this week.Bad thing is - it has no remote control..
So i was thinking about using my platinum x-fi with windows 7 64bit.

Sure i know this would give me some problems-And here i am!

I have disabled my mainboard audio via Bios to get a message in windows device manager (explaantion mark) saying it does not know what the hack is installed in that PCI slot lol.

So what can i do here?Install the "XFI_SupportPack_2_0" you mentioned earlier?

What about all my cool softwares can i use them too or should i better skip that remote control feature and run the new titanium soundcard?

at least it seems that the support pack does NOT list my platinum card...

- Creative SB X-Fi PCI (except Xtreme Audio)
- Creative SB X-Fi PCI OEM SB077x (Dell, HP, Lenovo, Fujitsu etc)
- Creative SB X-Fi Titanium PCI-E
- Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
- Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1



edit:
i installed it for a testing.And it seems to wotk with my 7.1 speakers.
But my Front module is dead - so i cant use my mic In2 and no remote.

ah this sucks.i guess ill try the ne titanium until something better is coming out

 

[nireagle]

Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Driver (Beta) 6/8/11

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.

 

[pjaj]

beta drivers

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!

 

[demonslayer]

tested - not working for me.

i did following:

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