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SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.0 (07/31/2009) - AudigySE/Value/LS_Live24bit_X-Fi XtremeAudio_SB5.1VX
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) L* ]- l0 r# Y( ]Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on the P17X audio controller):7 x' C, p! ~% P) q) x
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- Audigy Value
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- Audigy 2 LS
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Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 / Vista SP1 & SP2 / XP SP3
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Included in the pack:
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$ J4 }1 A* e6 {( E! l6 g6 `. L- Drivers for Windows 7 / Vista v5.12.1.2016 & Windows XP v5.12.01.622 (*)
H& u3 F" {1 e& f- ALchemy 1.30.00 (Windows 7 / Vista only)
- b# Z6 E$ X! @' {/ x2 @- `- Audio Console 2.56.061 V7 I, a% W9 }) r# U3 g
- Console Launcher 2.61.33
# z8 p( W4 a: O& m% \- Host OpenAL 1.01.08 (Windows 7 / Vista only)4 i! F- q+ H. t$ O: F, y
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.00 (Windows XP only)
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Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?2 b( X8 J, \9 R9 V; F
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No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
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' `# C: I) x" v6 Y* Y3 w8 BNo, there are no tweaks.
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If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
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It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
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& M) @, N/ |. U7 ^' N& A' {If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
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In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.3 s8 O. N9 D- Q( S
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I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
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There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.; d7 h7 H7 @8 [7 A G' C
, s. ~, C4 }3 k/ G1 ]$ kWould the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.( l3 l3 T" v8 ]0 A
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Fixes and improvements:
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- Fixes the Headphone mode reseting to Speakers mode on reboot (all cards. including the X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
- D, C) v' X( G3 O7 e; O- Console Launcher is now installed for all cards on all OSes, so Audio Center is removed& w0 V: L0 x& O' p+ s
- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0
2 N- b8 c8 P' }' D8 v6 D$ g U- Fixes broken uninstaller on all OSes,6 \6 m4 i" L2 b9 s$ B; `% x
- Added Volume Panel by demand.2 C; c: A& g( t$ w6 U1 E
- Replaces Audio Console to fix multilanguage install.% a" F9 p4 s1 D$ l' B+ m
- Changes setup routine and uses updated scripts.
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3 d: F1 D; Z6 T- Enables language selection dialog
8 F" `! L/ u( R/ F- Updates 3D engine filter driver for Windows XP.- Y2 H4 S( i( h3 L% Z
- Fixes some issues with device features.8 P& ^6 v4 V& a, W+ j, x+ I# j
- Improves EAX performance on XP. K$ D8 n& M9 x& a, I: r8 h
- Improves OpenAL compatibility.
& X/ g+ _9 M2 p- A- Updates Creative Software Synthesizer (XP only).
( u9 S% d! m3 W9 J- Fixes CMSS not working on Windows 7 for AudigySE/ Value/LS / Live24bit / SB5.1VX, now everything works.
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2 y3 O) @- i3 k& ^; hRelease Notes:
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" g. w: x+ n: P, e# \" LWindows Security warning during driver installation
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When prompted with: "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".+ V. E' W) l4 ^6 c. N
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X-FI Crystalizer is available only for X-Fi Xtreme Audio on Windows Vista
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Crystalizer is not available for Audigy Value/SE/LS, Live! 24-bit and SB 5.1 VX on Windows Vista.
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Configuring CMSS on Windows 7 / Vista: _% A7 g" p1 q3 f% ~ A
/ s9 R5 I1 I( W; s8 [' iFor all supported cards, except the X-Fi Xtreme Audio, Audio Console should be used to configure CMSS, which is not available in Console Launcher.
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Download:
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! h W& T. d( w+ fFilename: P17X_SupportPack_2_0.exe
7 H: l, Q4 ^7 JFile size: 58.8 MB
0 S a" }. ]/ w+ S" h: ]$ Z/ s5 [CRC32 hash: 17E0F161
. V x6 Y$ B1 L3 P4 N! L4 PSHA-1 hash: 9D2C4395FDDABB5205A739DAD90A410C302F8158
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. u, ~ V: J; A7 ~: |, w4 qTo verify the file hashes, I recommend HashTab.
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6 n5 r5 l# g) T$ OMirrors: Rapidshare
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All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd. / f+ L8 _* ]- D' L+ G
( A) }3 k% y8 I7 HBe sure to visit my blog: http://danielkawakami.blogspot.com/
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这是最新的吗?但是下不了啊!速度太慢了! |
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