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Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Support Pack - Compiled on Feb 14 2008 by Daniel Kawakami& V" Y6 s% J8 ?" Y& c' N& b* a
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Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1).0 z2 J) r! p: N
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Supports all Audigy card with a Hardware EMU10K2 DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models):
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- Audigy (including ES, MP3+, X-Gamer and Platinum)1 [" K7 i, ?- [1 {/ x1 F. Q
- Audigy 2 (including Value, Platinum and Platinum Ex)4 o' |6 R& ^4 f& {6 G
- Audigy 2 ZS (including Platinum and Platinum Pro)" g. n9 S b4 Y+ _( c! E8 }
- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)6 k- m0 o" D# @! \9 A$ E
- Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) - Uses software MIDI emulation that does not (currently) work in Vista.
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Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:
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8 K: y. e1 O$ x! o9 ?% J- Host / software-based cards including Audigy LS / SE / Value, Audigy 2 SE, Live! 24-bit)9 i4 }! h% J% f$ Z- f5 I: b, x n
- any external Audigy soundcards0 M/ C( k" W% s9 f
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Integrated setup program to install the following items: ^ s6 A: e8 R' q6 e' W" k7 f2 k
6 k* }- z% ?' I9 z9 @- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004 (the latest X-Fi driver)& z6 n& v0 J, `) t2 C( B9 T
- APO Interface Module 1.30.00
6 J+ ~! y2 X. v" l3 U9 D* Q8 W2 {" B- Audio Console 1.20.57 (including Graphic Equalizer)
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- EAX Settings 1.10.05
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/ w3 t; {& i. E/ e- Speaker Settings 2.00.600 J& ~+ I6 J2 T: R2 H. t1 a
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Exclusive features in this unofficial driver:
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- Equalizer4 E% z7 g% A: B; B. f; Q9 J* B& Q. o
- CMSS and Stereo Surround with Stereo focus control) J+ V! H4 I7 e
- Advanced EQ and Special FX available (see notes below)
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- DVD Audio (32-bit only)5 r* P4 R: U8 y# ?1 p; n" q A
- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks)
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* w1 g* o5 w3 D) CRelease notes / Known issues:
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* N% I. Q s( V; L2 r6 ]- Windows Security warning during driver installation& {- @$ \5 l6 o) \5 a8 P0 v
3 N. I0 t- c" z% uWhen prompted with "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".0 R; k1 @3 \" S% E
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- Speaker configuration and CMSS settings are not synchronized
3 y+ U0 C' B2 W1 a+ FAfter making changes in Audio Console, you must change the settings in Vista's Speaker configuration -> Speaker setup and in Audio Center. If you don't need Equalizer, try the new v2.15.0004C that fixes this issue.
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- EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX- Z, j0 R e9 z2 N5 G
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EAX effects only work in 4.1, 5.1 e 7.1 speaker settings.
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Advanced EQ and Special FX only work in 2.1 speakers or Headphone settings.
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- EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX (Using SPDIF Out)7 [ ?1 O# N* O9 w+ _
All effects work properly, but when you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
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- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player requires Audigy 2 or better
3 @* m' g: z6 l/ Z0 m& s& B6 E- ?Do not install if you have the first Audigy model.
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The application does not support Windows Vista 64-bit and setup will close with an error message.
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- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default! c2 ~9 A g# w4 @5 X8 Q6 N
Does not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:
[( \2 K2 F% X2 G- run the Registry Editor (Regedit) and open the following registry tree:: P. i# J1 `7 V7 p7 p
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass
. ]0 X: q2 u4 W9 h- select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.2 @. M! Z% R2 N5 J! k% s
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3 {3 w* p' v) U% `For more information on WaveRT, access:; V! Y9 P/ |. h4 ^& Y5 f4 z- T% p
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx" W2 i# F& R; P% Z( J e% o: m' j
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- Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)+ j8 s. W8 b6 _7 J6 r
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
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Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of
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When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
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- There is no sound in games with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy% ~( \# [; x5 e! \+ X+ |7 [
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Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting "No effects" before running the game or program.
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It happens after you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy. This issue also occurs in Windows XP, so it is not specific to this Windows Vista driver.
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- Windows Vista MIDI Device Configuration Utility
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9 K* m2 F$ s1 Y1 [( n# k, Q3 T3 VNote: The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) does not have a hardware synthesizer.
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! Y) N0 V/ Z& i$ U" k& U6 n2 tThis application lets you to use CMSS and Stereo Surround features Creative has decided not to make available for Audigy cards.( \5 G- {$ `6 |3 ]1 O
A headphone optimized CMSS mode is used when you select the "Optimize speaker output for headphones" option.
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& o! S6 }' ?) K"Bass Settings" button was disabled, use the "Speaker Settings" application to adjust Bass related settings.
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Some screenshots:
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- Equalizer:- d. m$ o4 v4 P; e, D6 o' V) Q; H
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- Choose "Optimize speaker output for headphones" for improved CMSS (Bass Settings doesn't work, use Speaker Settings instead):
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/ j9 S2 \4 U* d3 ~7 n- Working Stereo Focus control for CMSS or Stereo Surround:
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- Decoder:
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( I S" E: R8 _# C- Mplayer Classic: select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of3 B; M4 Y5 G; z
your player
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- Hardware MIDI:
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