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Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Support Pack - Compiled on Feb 14 2008 by Daniel Kawakami) o/ V# C8 p/ }2 k
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& w. f& S8 R9 ` {Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1).; Q" W+ X: c! W; F; s/ @; a. N
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Supports all Audigy card with a Hardware EMU10K2 DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models):
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$ g5 h$ M# ?! n5 G- Audigy (including ES, MP3+, X-Gamer and Platinum)4 P {. N) E' b
- Audigy 2 (including Value, Platinum and Platinum Ex)$ P3 k2 i. J/ k) O( n: G! _$ X
- Audigy 2 ZS (including Platinum and Platinum Pro)3 v0 v* v% k |; r
- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)
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Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:
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- Host / software-based cards including Audigy LS / SE / Value, Audigy 2 SE, Live! 24-bit)/ R, S, {$ ~& n+ }7 y
- any external Audigy soundcards
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. ^7 w; E* C9 A9 W# ]Integrated setup program to install the following items:
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- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004 (the latest X-Fi driver)
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$ Y: u+ r/ @9 P! r* n0 D- Audio Console 1.20.57 (including Graphic Equalizer)2 S7 u* F" f+ e% E- k( A
- Audio Center 1.00.09
5 u4 {3 K7 N7 I5 _- EAX Settings 1.10.05
0 e! D+ \: b# E. p, x- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76 (32-bit only)
; I- D9 X% x- A0 l% K! t- d- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.204 o& t( Y8 X4 l$ Q: a9 Z% O7 K* |
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60
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7 d8 C. s+ M; e$ B) E U! x1 vExclusive features in this unofficial driver:
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- Equalizer
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- Advanced EQ and Special FX available (see notes below)( @) E( Q3 Y7 N" z; ^- E. i7 O/ {
- Dolby/DTS decoder (working on 32-bit/64-bit, requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
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- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks)
; a6 s. {' G7 V6 _, F" \) A6 a. ^0 @- 4 Gb RAM approved (tested on Intel C2D E6400, Gigabyte 965P-DS3, 4Gb RAM)- w/ U! z6 ^9 T0 k- B( ^0 Q
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' W a( f4 f# b4 s7 t! D1 _Release notes / Known issues:
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- Windows 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".: @; r1 c" u9 R8 W* m% j
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- Speaker configuration and CMSS settings are not synchronized
/ I# _) ^) {" mAfter 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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# M2 k! X) ~5 |% j2 x; Q5 P- EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX
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, W2 |" p3 D' @4 T1 ~1 cEAX effects only work in 4.1, 5.1 e 7.1 speaker settings.& P: B/ q& p! b" h4 a! C
; e+ I- u' h3 C! B8 CAdvanced EQ and Special FX only work in 2.1 speakers or Headphone settings.0 X' z) B! h/ s0 Q% O9 y
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- EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX (Using SPDIF Out)
0 T7 X2 n* [+ k) a* {0 iAll effects work properly, but when you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
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5 d" B' l7 s5 C5 d# h6 b- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player requires Audigy 2 or better( U5 O8 t* P0 K$ ?- L% L: p9 E( D, K
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.0 v) @6 W( M/ Y/ S* Q
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& |" s0 h' [$ m( w" Z- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default
& C+ V6 H6 l! X+ XDoes not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass) u# O; I% B4 [( y; \: p5 `1 J
- select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.3 l8 |9 C: Y1 ~, y9 ^6 q
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; C1 ]& T- s, T( y; wFor more information on WaveRT, access:% y2 P2 w" [6 Z9 B
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx: m- ]7 t; e9 S' V
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( X- J3 [! k) x4 Z+ F- Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
, g) p$ c. y3 Z/ jTo use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.. E6 a$ B. D& X: J( P+ m+ T
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Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of6 `. k4 X# R4 Y5 n7 r) i' N" l
your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream. g4 w+ z/ f7 O! t5 \ v# d
through SPDIF.
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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, ]6 p/ z \" Y4 y- `
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- Equalizer settings are lost# B/ ]! A: L* ~
9 t! T5 ]" O, ^( C I% j( sIt 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 Utility6 t/ L. B9 X+ @9 Q" v
Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.% f# b) ?5 G- |' T# [" O
The driver installer automatically selects the first hardware MIDI synthesizer found.6 W7 L ?/ D" J) W" f
4 r$ @3 m# l$ NNote: The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) does not have a hardware synthesizer.! H3 G# n$ q0 k9 Z
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E. V S$ f: y* }9 d3 A- Creative Audio Center; s( P }5 W$ ~1 V7 E! y
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This application lets you to use CMSS and Stereo Surround features Creative has decided not to make available for Audigy cards.
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0 \2 j2 P: T4 j. _+ l: t"Bass Settings" button was disabled, use the "Speaker Settings" application to adjust Bass related settings.1 K8 p$ C0 z) H6 X, _2 |
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, e7 ]) \+ v$ c+ hSome screenshots:
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" D/ Q& k4 o6 L- Choose "Optimize speaker output for headphones" for improved CMSS (Bass Settings doesn't work, use Speaker Settings instead):5 _9 h+ ?; W. d& Q
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- Decoder:( d/ p Y% X) @* [
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- Mplayer Classic: select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of4 u) \% i& F8 S) E) C2 ~/ @" A
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2 _- o |3 x6 a- Hardware MIDI:
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