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SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.0 (07/31/2009) - AudigySE/Value/LS_Live24bit_X-Fi XtremeAudio_SB5.1VX" a/ y4 t- x& S( n
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* \" @* d* `' Y* k8 o2 z% @ WThis software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs. Use it at your own risk. ! g* n& `) Z# a: @8 A
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Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on the P17X audio controller):4 ~. B3 B; b; O! U
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- Audigy Value
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- Audigy LS
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- Live! 24-bit, L$ d6 V6 a- L
- SB 5.1 VX+ N m0 S( S u, V4 u( K* a
- X-Fi Xtreme Audio
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/ o9 F2 `( S, `. Q+ GOperating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 / Vista SP1 & SP2 / XP SP3
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Included in the pack: 4 A* X. Q2 x1 ^1 w
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- Drivers for Windows 7 / Vista v5.12.1.2016 & Windows XP v5.12.01.622 (*)7 l i# @, h) @2 E
- ALchemy 1.30.00 (Windows 7 / Vista only)
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- Console Launcher 2.61.33# o) b+ l9 B# y9 x2 c
- Host OpenAL 1.01.08 (Windows 7 / Vista only)& _& V5 L3 I; O4 `
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.00 (Windows XP only)
4 l1 O" u) Q1 M$ i6 I- Volume Panel 2.21.10
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Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?
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No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
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If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.+ _" P$ {7 s! n8 s% ^1 Q
" u/ z/ H/ E' W1 b" C) \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.7 {5 N( |. q1 s+ ?2 ]' J/ N
- j% r2 \2 Y, S: Y& M, _0 l# Z2 |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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6 N; C' w: ]# N7 R' `: r6 i5 [ wIn fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
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I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.$ [! Q% W( }) ^0 u/ p0 m$ d
( }% s% u% P; LThere are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
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Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
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Fixes and improvements:9 }# [; t* l! b% h0 ^4 A' T
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- Fixes the Headphone mode reseting to Speakers mode on reboot (all cards. including the X-Fi Xtreme Audio) : e( [ Y: K7 B6 d. E0 l9 W
- Console Launcher is now installed for all cards on all OSes, so Audio Center is removed
" j. x: b8 @* g% k- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0
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4 Y' ]6 b' t( M( i- Added Volume Panel by demand.* l4 g. ]6 T9 X( h( |; M7 l7 Z T* D
- Replaces Audio Console to fix multilanguage install.6 v+ u3 N: U+ E
- Changes setup routine and uses updated scripts.
9 ]9 g) p7 s/ R- Changes application installation to silent mode.
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- Updates 3D engine filter driver for Windows XP.
a7 {& T, Q% B$ x3 ?' I- Fixes some issues with device features.
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- Updates Creative Software Synthesizer (XP only).+ o6 X- [5 r/ N, v4 z* n. D/ O0 h
- Fixes CMSS not working on Windows 7 for AudigySE/ Value/LS / Live24bit / SB5.1VX, now everything works.6 \6 u: i8 j- E9 v6 Q7 k# f/ C
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( d% x' c8 ` J$ E0 |% GWindows 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".
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; Q* Q: J3 @# x0 p' O# mX-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. M0 e: I$ o' i9 d* g
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Configuring CMSS on Windows 7 / Vista
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For 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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Filename: P17X_SupportPack_2_0.exe# M: W$ \2 c3 q1 M4 B
File size: 58.8 MB 3 T f v" K* [; \9 p. p; g
CRC32 hash: 17E0F161+ @; k& ~5 b0 c4 ^& G
SHA-1 hash: 9D2C4395FDDABB5205A739DAD90A410C302F81581 V3 G5 y P9 \
( s- A2 C1 E$ y: ?' |/ v9 a% z7 Q. [To verify the file hashes, I recommend HashTab.
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- d" ]0 R7 A3 x, A; a, qMirrors: Rapidshare
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* x& F+ y7 l( I+ g aBe 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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