Audigy Series Drivers for VISTA - Daniel K - Latest 04-25-2008

< Compiled on Apr 25 2008 by Daniel Kawakami >



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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Readme File

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- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004.4

- APO Interface Module 1.30.00

- Audio Console 1.20.57

- EAX Settings 1.10.05

- Graphic Equalizer 2.00.58

- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76

- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.20

- Speaker Settings 2.00.60

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".

MediaSource DVD-Audio Player requires Audigy 2 or better

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Do not install if you have the first Audigy model.



The application does not support Windows Vista 64-bit and setup will

close with an error message.

Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)

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To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.



Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of

your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream

through SPDIF.



When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble)

are not applied.

Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.

EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX

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EAX effects only work in 4.1, 5.1 and 7.1 speaker settings.



Advanced EQ and Special FX only work in 2.1 speakers or Headphone

settings.

EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX (Using SPDIF Out)

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All effects work properly, but when you restart your computer, the Tone

settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.



Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.

There is no sound in games with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy

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Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting "No effect" before running

the game or program.

Equalizer settings are lost

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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.



When you restart the computer or run Equalizer, the saved setting is

automatically loaded.

No sound when CMSS is enabled using Audio Console (4.1 or more speakers)

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Just move the Stereo Focus slider and set it back to the desired position,

even if it is 0 (zero). Once the setting is saved, works properly.



This issue does not affect EAX Settings.

Windows Vista MIDI Device Configuration Utility

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Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and

64-bit applications.

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