tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201682012024-03-13T19:33:08.886-07:00X-Fi ZoneSound of the Next GenerationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-73873137449241797902012-03-09T16:05:00.000-08:002012-03-09T16:05:14.533-08:00Windows 7 Soundblaster X-Fi DriversA very long time has passed since the last update so here's the final version of your Soundblaster X-Fi driver for Windows 7. Just follow the link below, pick your card from the list and it will link you to a download location. http://support.creative.com/kb/showarticle.aspx?sid=61105
While you're here, do you believe installing Creative's drivers makes any difference in sound quality? Do Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-76909573658439007962009-02-02T10:34:00.000-08:002009-02-02T10:45:05.784-08:00Windows 7 X-Fi DriverIf you already installed or are thinking about installing the beta version of Microsoft's latest Windows you will need some X-Fi drivers. You can install the Vista X-Fi drivers, but it would be better to get the ones written for Windows 7 so you won't run into more problems than necessary. Luckily Creative released a set of Soundblaster X-Fi Drivers for Windows 7.Filename: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-54225197254775215062008-06-22T00:49:00.000-07:002008-06-22T01:01:35.176-07:00New X-Fi DriversAt the beginning of June Creative released a new set of X-Fi drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. It's an unsupported beta drivers release. If you don't feel comfortable with betas don't install this update.Filename: SBXF_PCDRVBETA_US_2_18_0000.exeThis download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-72082512569466861502007-07-03T13:16:00.000-07:002007-07-03T13:20:33.446-07:00Audigy + Vista + EAX = $9.99It's not really about the X-Fi but I thought I'd share this bit of news with you: The Audigy Edition of Creative's ALchemy which "restores your Sound Blaster Audigy's ability to process EAX effects, 3D audio, sampling rate conversion and audio mixing for certain DirectSound3D games in Windows Vista" costs $9.99. Yea, nothing is free, not even EAX on an Audigy card.Interested? Here you go. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-80532762995537092072007-07-03T08:57:00.000-07:002007-07-03T09:00:56.798-07:00Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer at bit-techThe guys over at bit-tech have posted a pretty cool review of Creative's X-Fi XtremeGamer. Lots of good info for all those thinking about finally switching to a X-Fi soundcard.The Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer is the new addition to a refreshed X-Fi range and is equivalent to your stripped down, super lean, bare basics X-Fi that still features all the necessary gaming additives. It still has the sameUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-17602853441246997862007-06-14T09:03:00.000-07:002007-06-14T09:11:43.971-07:00Azuen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Almost HereThe first third-party soundcard powered by the X-Fi chipset will be hitting the stores later this month. Auzuentech's Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 will feature all solutions which come with Creative's soundcards including the X-Fi Crystalizer, X-RAM, EAX ADVANCED HD support and more. The card will also come with Dolby® Digital Live, DTS® Interactive and DTS NEO:PC™.Scheduled for release near the end ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-35126206828399343912007-06-14T08:52:00.000-07:002007-06-14T09:01:00.500-07:00X-Fi going PCI Express?The Inquirer reports that Creative is planning to bring the X-Fi to PCI Express. Previously it was stated that no such move will be made since "the performance of PCIe is truly bad for audio" and that "PCIe is designed for graphics and high data transfer, but audio sends very small packets and the overhead can be very big!". It seems Creative's plans have changed since ASUS announced their PCIe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-88897169203279599352007-06-13T17:23:00.001-07:002007-06-13T17:53:53.291-07:00X-Fi Xtreme Audio NotebookCreative announced their latest addition to the X-Fi family - The X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook. As the name already says it's aimed for notebook users who don't want to miss out on the possibilities of the X-Fi soundcards. It comes with a headphones optical jack, Speaker Docking Module connector and a mic/line in jack. The Speaker Docking Module can be used to connect 5.1/7.1 speaker Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-66015653335170493292007-06-13T15:36:00.000-07:002007-06-13T15:52:18.407-07:00ALchemy X-Fi EditionIf you already switched to Windows Vista or plan to you should definitely look into Creative's ALchemy. Since Microsoft announced they will be dropping the Hardware Abstraction Layer which was responsible for EAX effects in games Creative has been working on a way to restore them. ALchemy is an application which indeed does restore 3D audio and EAX effects in Windows Vista.The audio changes in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-7499794462645997142007-06-13T15:28:00.000-07:002007-06-13T15:35:16.848-07:00Soundblaster X-Fi Vista Driver for VistaA new Sounblaster X-Fi driver for Windows Vista has been released a while back. The driver version is 2.15.0002, dated May 30th 2007. Supported cards are the X-Fi XtremeMusic, XtremeGamer, X-Fi Platinum, X-Fi Fatal1ty and the X-Fi Elite Pro. This driver does not support the X-Fi Xtreme Audio soundcard.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-62770054970164554472007-03-08T12:44:00.000-08:002007-03-08T12:49:10.447-08:00Windows Vista X-Fi DriverToday Creative Labs released a new X-Fi Driver for Microsoft's new OS Windows Vista. The driver supports both the 32-bit and a 64-bit version of Vista. Driver version is 2.13.0012, dated March 8th.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-8211604748134475432007-01-01T14:35:00.000-08:002007-01-01T14:39:56.245-08:00Vista X-Fi DriverCreative Labs released a new beta X-Fi driver for the 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows Vista.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.Take note of the following:THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technicalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-18289944395489668492006-12-27T08:37:00.000-08:002006-12-27T08:44:07.676-08:00Investigating the Crackling IssuesAnother article on the SoundBlaster X-Fi crackling and popping issue which some people still seem to have trouble with has been posted at NGOHQ. This time they have taken five motherboards installed Windows XP, the X-Fi driver from the CD and updated it with the latest web update from Creative to compare the results.(...) Creative released information and blamed DDR Dual Channel for these relatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-54005855986303310492006-11-29T09:31:00.000-08:002006-11-29T09:42:59.688-08:00No EAX in Windows Vista?For some time now we know that Microsoft's latest OS Windows Vista will not support Creative's EAX in games because of the new driver model. Because of that all environmental effect would have to be processed by the CPU reducing overall performance or reduce the overall sound experience.All that would mean that it does not make a difference if you have a older SoundBlaster Audigy or a X-Fi Elite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1162235417802157932006-10-30T11:02:00.000-08:002006-11-04T13:17:30.270-08:00X-Fi Driver UpdateToday a new SoundBlaster X-Fi driver has been released. Supported cards include the X-Fi XtremeMusic, X-Fi Platinum, X-Fi Fatal1ty and the Elite Pro. The version number of the latest driver is v2.09.0007.This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic, Platinum, Fatal1ty and Elite Pro installation CDs. It provides full OpenAL support for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1161988961313661682006-10-27T15:31:00.000-07:002006-10-31T00:30:17.323-08:00Need for Speed: Carbon 5.1?Some time ago an interview was posted about the sound quality in the latest Need for Speed. A sound engineer said that Need for Speed: Carbon will feature full 5.1 sound. Today the demo has been released to the public, but the only sound option is the volume level.But not all is lost, there is a little tweak which will enable 5.1 sound in the Need for Speed: Carbon demo.1. Go to Start, then Run Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160938599359553802006-10-15T11:51:00.000-07:002006-10-15T11:56:45.966-07:00Battlefield 2142 InterviewJust on time for the release of Battlefield 2142 Creative posted an interview with David Möllerstedt (Head of Sound, DICE), Henrik Andersson (Sound Designer, DICE) and Bence Pajor (Sound Designer, DICE).The interview covers not only sound related topics, but also general information about the game.Q12. How was OpenAL and EAX® ADVANCED HD™ used in Battlefield 2142 and how do they add to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160936843682722332006-10-15T11:02:00.000-07:002006-10-18T01:26:05.830-07:00New SoundBlaster X-Fi CardsOut of nowhere two new SoundBlaster soundcards joined the X-Fi Family. The SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer and the SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio. Prices of the new cards are a lot lower compared to the original X-Fi cards. The X-Fi XtremeGamer comes with a price tag of $99.99 and the X-Fi Xtreme Audio at just $69.99.Both new X-Fi's have support for Creative's 24bit Crystalizer, EAX ADVANCED HD andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160505313937613532006-10-10T11:28:00.000-07:002006-10-10T11:35:37.320-07:00SoundBlaster X-Fi Vista Driver for Windows Vista RC1Creative today released a new SoundBlaster X-Fi beta driver for Windows Vista RC1. This driver is dated October 10th and supports the full range of X-Fi cards including the X-Fi XtremeMusic, Platinum, Fatal1ty and Elite Pro. Both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version are available for download.This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit RC1 support Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1159699246761382362006-10-01T03:26:00.000-07:002006-10-01T03:40:46.776-07:00Professional 24bit SoundFont LibrarySONiVOX announced the introduction of the first professional 24-bit sound libraries which take full advantage of the possibilities of the SoundBlaster X-Fi's 24bit SoundFont. So far those are the only available 3rd-party 24bit libraries.SONiVOX MI (new home of Sonic Implants) produces some of the finest virtual instrument libraries in the world, meticulously created and recorded by professional Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1158846714575428412006-09-21T06:29:00.000-07:002006-09-21T06:51:54.653-07:00Driver UpdateNew SoundBlaster X-Fi drivers are available for download at the Creative Labs site. This update should particulary be interesting for X-Fi Elite PRO users since it is the first non-beta driver for the X-Fi Elite Pro since November 15th 2005. Owners of the X-Fi XtremeMusic, Platinum and Fatal1ty cards will notice that the version number (2.09.0001) is the same as the one already released in July Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1158078231080107182006-09-12T09:12:00.000-07:002006-09-15T09:03:43.700-07:00X-Fi Driver FeedbackLately it has been very quiet in the X-Fi world. The X-Fi Elite PRO driver still isn't released and there haven't been any updates on the crackling and popping issues. Even thought there have been no news Creative would like you to send in your Vista feedback. If you are one of those who are using Windows Vista please fill out that form. In the end it will be us X-Fi users who are going to gain Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1155247927622072202006-08-10T14:49:00.000-07:002006-09-26T03:09:26.560-07:00X-Fi Crackling ContinuesA new update from Creative on the crackling and popping issues some people are experiencing with their SoundBlaster X-Fi cards. According to Creative the sound glitches only arise on nForce 4 motherboards and only nVidia is able to fix them. You can read about their findings below:Further to the reported cases of crackling issues reported by owners of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards, we have extensivelyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1155042336191080542006-08-08T05:33:00.000-07:002006-08-23T21:09:45.310-07:00Tweak Your RemoteIncrease the power of your remote, customize and tweak each key the way you want, change the 24-bit Crystalizer settings using your remote or any other option you would like. You can't? Now you can, with Intelliremote.Intelliremote is an open source application which uses Microsoft's Intellitype instructions to handle any event coming from your remote. Here are some key features:- NEW! Now Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1154905588573441332006-08-06T16:02:00.000-07:002006-08-06T16:06:28.583-07:00Prey Contest ReminderJust a quick reminder to let you know that the Prey Contest will end August 14th. If you still didn't submit your details and answer the rather tricky question now is a good time to do so. Why you ask? Because you want those prizes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0