Sound Blaster

[KokChoy-CL]

Hi everyone, 

There is a new beta driver available for download, please try it out and post up your feedback here. Thanks. 

Creative Sound Blaster Beta Driver
Release date : 20 Feb 09

File Name : USB_W7DRVBETA_US_1_01_0091.exe

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 Beta, Windows Vista® and Windows XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® audio devices.

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 driver available.

This download supports the following audio devices only:
For Windows 7 Beta, Windows Vista and Windows XP

•Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Go!
•Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook
•Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
•USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Karaoke
For Windows 7 Beta and Windows Vista only

•Sound Blaster Audigy® 2 ZS Video Editor
•Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
•Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
•Sound Blaster Digital Music PX
•Sound Blaster Digital Music
•Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
•Sound Blaster Connect  
•Sound Blaster MP3+
•USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
•USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX
Fixes:
For Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 only

•Resolves issue of LFE Channel distortion when Bass Redirection is enabled in 5.1 speaker configuration, and all speakers are set to small.
•Resolves issue of BSOD in Windows XP when resuming from Stand By or Hibernation mode if device was hot-plugged during those modes.
For USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Karaoke only

•Resolves issue of LFE Channel distortion when Bass Redirection is enabled in 5.1 speaker configuration, and all speakers are set to small.
Requirements:

•Microsoft Windows 7 Beta, Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista 32-bit with SP1, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows XP Service Pack 3.   
•Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above
Notes:

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

[robertmc8]

Thanks KokChoy-CL I be releasing that set later on alot people looking for it I'm gald all in one pack

[watitta]

i'm use  win7

on-screen display is missing  on my usb x-fi surround 5.1 after installed beta driver

but in daneil.k usb pack ,it's still can be use  

Message Edited by watitta on 02-22-2009 12:18 AM

[parastie]

LFE redirecti distortion is gone, and greatly improved over the older drivers.

OSD doesn't work in Win7, but I couldn't get that to work with other drivers either.

I'm very happy.   

[flipflop]

Hi,

Can those of you who have tried this new beta drivers that Creative has released share some feedback with the rest of us? I believe some are like me, who is waiting to see more feedback on how this new drivers is before trying it.

[parastie]

I'll be happy to add more.

I gotta say, this is quite an update.  The sound quality is completely fixed, I'd say it's better then the older XP drivers I have installed on another computer.  LFE quality is spot on, CMSS works, everything is working.  I'm quite happy.

Just so you know, I'm running this on 32bit version of Windows 7, with X-fi Surround 5.1 running through a USB hub (that also has 2 external hard drives and a printer plugged in.  The hub is not powered and I have no latency problems what so ever).  The X-Fi is connect to a 5.1 amp with analog connections.

The OSD stuff doesn't work, but I've never gotten those to work in Windows 7, as I said before.  Other then that everything is working just as advertised on the box.  I'm extremely happy.  So much so that I'm annoying my girlfriend with it  

[Thunder_2008]

Hello All I am wishing to be able to get my Asus Rampage Extreme's stock card which is an Asus creative supremfx x-fi card to be able to work with all of it's features such as the cmss 3d , eq, crystalizer, surroung sound modes etc.

Back in January I switched to w7 beta, I have the 64bit version and have all other drivers working flawlessly except for the stock w7 audio driver is not capable of recognizing the supremfx x-fi card that I have.

Also, I have tryed uninstalling the w7 driver and putting the driver which came on dvd with the mb/card. That one does the same thing it is not recognized at all.

I also have tryed Daniel K's driver, and that one does not work either...it also is not recognizing the card.

All of the drivers I have tryed ' DO " work providing the stock sound so I do have sound, just I don't have access to the creative console where all of the surround eq and processing power to the card are controlled.

I am one of thousands of Asus Rampage I & II Extreme users who have this same card.

Asus is always slow to adapt to any new driver changes, and so I hope that with the assistance of all of you that I might be able to get the Asus Supremfx x-fi creative sound console working?

Thankx in advance

[stormy13]

Thunder_2008 you're going to have to take that up with Asus. They are the one's that licensed the software to run on that board. By the way in case you didn't know, your motherboard DOES NOT have an X-Fi on it, what it has is a SoundMax based audio chip, and just uses the X-Fi software.

[Thunder_2008]

Hmm, are you sure about that. Rampage Extreme I & IIs' have a dedicated pcie audio card. The sound is not on the motherboard. I know that the card is using an audio 8-channel and is labeled supremefx x-fi.

I do know that the software is in fact x-fi, but the actual card does in fact have Analog Devices' new A2000DX part, the successor to their previous AD1988B chip 

Sound with Clarity

 SupremeFX X-Fi
Listen with Absolute HD, Play in Extreme Fidelity!
SupremeFX X-Fi delivers an excellent high definition audio experience to the gamers of ROG. The SupremeFX X-Fi features unique audio innovations for gamers to spot enemies in 3D environment during game play. SupremeFX X-Fi also provides gamers a special tool to emphasize human voices in games to help make dialogues clearer and more audible.

Noise Filter
Eliminate background noise while recording
This feature detects repetitive and stationary noises like computer fans, air conditioners, and other background noises then eliminates it in the incoming audio stream while recording.
Sound with Clarity

 SupremeFX X-Fi
Listen with Absolute HD, Play in Extreme Fidelity!
SupremeFX X-Fi delivers an excellent high definition audio experience to the gamers of ROG. The SupremeFX X-Fi features unique audio innovations for gamers to spot enemies in 3D environment during game play. SupremeFX X-Fi also provides gamers a special tool to emphasize human voices in games to help make dialogues clearer and more audible.

Noise Filter
Eliminate background noise while recording
This feature detects repetitive and stationary noises like computer fans, air conditioners, and other background noises then eliminates it in the incoming audio stream while recording.

SupremeFX X-Fi Audio Card
- ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- EAX® Advanced™ HD 4.0
- X-Fi CMSS®-3D
- X-Fi Crystalizer™
- Creative ALchemy
- Supports 1 x S/PDIF out header
- Supports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rear

"

As per the Maximus II Formula we reviewed recently, the Rampage Extreme supports Creative's new SoundBlaster X-Fi MB technology, which in essence uses the hardware codec of another audio processor (in this case Analog Devices' new A2000DX part, the successor to their previous AD1988B chip) coupled with software CPU utilisation to offer up much of the functionality of Creative's current X-Fi sound cards.  This means that you get access to EAX functionality up to EAX 4.0 (meaning no EAX 5.0 support), as well as other features such as 3D CMSS and Crystalizer for improving sound quality.  The lack of EAX 5.0 is also a bit of a blow, but at least with EAX 4.0 support you're in a far better position than you would normally be with a standard on-board sound solution."

check this link: http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=27&limit=1&lim...

[stormy13]

Quite sure,and you even admitted it yourself,

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I do know that the software is in fact x-fi, but the actual card does in fact have Analog Devices' new A2000DX part, the successor to their previous AD1988B chip 

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Do you really think that Creative is going to write drivers for someone else's sound card? You want Win 7 drivers, get on Asus' case to get one out.

Message Edited by stormy13 on 02-21-2009 08:33 PM