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Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Support Pack - Compiled on Feb 14 2008 by Daniel Kawakami# r! R3 A" Q3 k- T2 C% t0 H
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: U; T }) s" W L% L! RSupports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1)./ |7 J* J( c7 ?# L F, }' l" G; t! B! ^
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Supports all Audigy card with a Hardware EMU10K2 DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models):8 z/ e, q! f! y* _) j
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- Audigy (including ES, MP3+, X-Gamer and Platinum)* o: @: E! T6 S& A9 n) N
- Audigy 2 (including Value, Platinum and Platinum Ex)# E; d4 \( W {9 _
- Audigy 2 ZS (including Platinum and Platinum Pro)5 m, F8 F9 k8 b: |
- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)
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Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:8 s e$ \; R3 c
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- Host / software-based cards including Audigy LS / SE / Value, Audigy 2 SE, Live! 24-bit)
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Integrated setup program to install the following items: h6 I3 f1 B( a3 y2 }. K' k
/ q) x. M9 f! e9 U+ e7 W- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004 (the latest X-Fi driver)* G0 U( @% ^: ?! b
- APO Interface Module 1.30.00
6 ]' P6 Q& |: F/ Q- Audio Console 1.20.57 (including Graphic Equalizer)
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- EAX Settings 1.10.05 d9 }7 o) }$ L; L& Y( m p0 {2 L" K$ `
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76 (32-bit only)/ E. n8 t# {- t3 P. y( O5 w5 M
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.207 [9 Y7 Q: v2 ^: t% S: D# F+ j
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60
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Exclusive features in this unofficial driver:
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! z7 m! Q0 L7 Y- Equalizer* T/ y. c9 H1 l5 U& \/ Q8 x
- CMSS and Stereo Surround with Stereo focus control5 A. `& O# R" G/ C' T) P+ g5 l
- Advanced EQ and Special FX available (see notes below)
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- DVD Audio (32-bit only)* w0 L+ s m- s7 ?* ?; ?3 K( H- |
- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks) k% n1 u! j! G% f* y
- 4 Gb RAM approved (tested on Intel C2D E6400, Gigabyte 965P-DS3, 4Gb RAM)
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- Y1 W2 i/ T9 y" tRelease notes / Known issues:4 Y5 Y+ s" i7 O) c4 b
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- Windows Security warning during driver installation3 J4 M) w$ M4 `( r3 Y
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When prompted with "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".4 |8 L0 J0 a5 U/ K7 l3 w1 D
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b3 W# A2 l- D4 n; ]. ~- Speaker configuration and CMSS settings are not synchronized0 x) n+ P2 z1 `
After 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
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EAX effects only work in 4.1, 5.1 e 7.1 speaker settings.* @# ]3 u& a/ u5 h
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Advanced EQ and Special FX only work in 2.1 speakers or Headphone settings.
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All effects work properly, but when you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.- y$ N1 A; S3 A3 U7 V
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.0 T0 Z3 V1 z- {
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- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player requires Audigy 2 or better
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8 e7 f/ Q& R( iThe application does not support Windows Vista 64-bit and setup will close with an error message.- N/ g) C+ V* Z4 o: }, ~) x: j, S9 `' S0 O9 K
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/ @" p# f3 k/ c' P8 v( `8 \- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default
1 @ \8 D; f# p% g: pDoes not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass/ Y0 y* g m: O1 w4 S
- select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.
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. G e. H( g2 \% Q* B8 X1 Q; sFor more information on WaveRT, access:
. p( p o& b. ^5 o% Chttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx d2 s' J8 ~! e6 r. x
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( D5 P! r6 X0 u- Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
' o3 e5 F( j4 p9 e1 s7 rTo use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console." L% y. j! S% D9 t
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Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of
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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 ALchemy4 u2 H' y( `% g7 k/ }
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Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting "No effects" before running the game or program.$ m& J% |8 I& j0 _7 h
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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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Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.& p6 I+ N I _2 `- D6 W8 Y, g
The driver installer automatically selects the first hardware MIDI synthesizer found.
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Note: The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) does not have a hardware synthesizer.
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- Creative Audio Center
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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.1 k* a9 F# @* W/ n& w) |3 C
A headphone optimized CMSS mode is used when you select the "Optimize speaker output for headphones" option.8 ~7 m1 o- Q2 y5 D8 U
$ l; j' N; O/ P6 e: D# w6 C"Bass Settings" button was disabled, use the "Speaker Settings" application to adjust Bass related settings.
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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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+ u) r% {, D! \; z- Working Stereo Focus control for CMSS or Stereo Surround:
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your player
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- Mplayer Classic: configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF
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0 ~7 u0 @) [' V( ^5 Q- Hardware MIDI:
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