I thought it would be fun to share some advanced visitor statistics. I know It’s not exactly fun, but it amuses me for a while. All statistics are correct from December 1st. Behold the power of the interweb!

http://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com blog stats

• Total views: 1,090,246
• Busiest day: 4,719 — Sunday, March 30, 2008
• Views today: 1,231

Totals

• Posts: 78
• Comments: 1,291
• Categories: 48
• Tags: 10

Top Posts for all days ending 2009-12-01 (Summarized)

Title	Views
*UPDATED* Unofficial Audigy Series Softw	108,723
Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Suppor	90,536
Audigy Series Vista Driver Pack 2	80,514
Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector XP/Vista Dr	73,318
Audigy Drivers	69,431
How To Fully Uninstall Creative Drivers	56,224
Playing DTS Audio Files In Windows Media	45,423
Fix Punkbuster On Windows 7 (Restriction	43,214
Getting Your X-Fi or Audigy’s Dolby and	36,969
FREE Creative ALchemy “Universal” 1.00.0	24,274
Audigy Series Vista Driver Pack	24,205
Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer	23,021
X-Fi Vista Support Pack v2.15.0004 Drive	21,778
New Audigy Drivers XP Vista SBAX_PCDRV_L	21,342
Getting Better Windows 7/Vista Performan	20,807
Audigy Series Vista Driver – 9th May 200	18,360
SB Product Index	17,803
X-Fi Crystalizer for SB Audigy Series	13,312
Dolby Digital Live Pack – SB Audigy Seri	13,187
Working 5.1 Audigy Series Vista Drivers	10,932
X-Fi series Driver 2.18.0004 – 30th July	8,874
Audigy dts Support	8,614
Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector XP/Vista Dr	7,820
New Audigy Drivers 2.18.0011 For XP/Vist	7,789
Working 5.1 Dolby Digital Encoding Throu	7,635
WTF Is This?	7,446
Daniel Kawakami Says Goodbye	7,131
Official Audigy Beta Driver SBAX_PCDRVBE	6,634
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Dri	6,533
daniel_k’s Creative SB Audigy Series Sup	5,708
daniel_k’s SB Audigy Series Support Pack	4,954
Creative WaveStudio 7.10.24	4,633
RocketDock – Too Cool To Keep To Myself	4,221
Enable Windows Media Player Enhancements	4,114
daniel_k’s Vista Support Pack 3.1 + dts	4,114
Creative ALchemy 1.10.01 Available	3,686
Creative X-Fi / Audigy Speakers Resets T	3,582
Guru3D – Driver Sweeper v1.0 Final Relas	3,459
Daniel Kawakami Speaks On Wired	2,667
ALchemy 1.20.04 1st August 2008	2,472
Audigy Series and Dolby Digital Live. Wh	2,396
Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.	2,057
Xpert Vision ATi HD 3850 PCI-E Graphics	1,945
atikmdag.exe Errors in Vista. What Is To	1,727
Dolby Digital Live For Audigy Hotfix (Wo	1,634
Half-Life 2 – Review From www.unreality.	1,605
Creative Hound daniel_k Again?	1,399
DTS Realtime Digital Encoding For Audigy	1,239
Getting EAX Audio Effects To Work In Win	1,090
RejZoR’s OpenAL Generic Fixer	1,048
Creative Open Source Incomplete Linux X-	948
Audigy Series Vista Drivers Coming!	931
Creative Labs Kill Third Party Developme	899
WTF is CMSS?	866
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident – Game Revie	821
Creative “Offer” ALchemy Refunds For Aud	795
l_dolby_digital_live_pack11	565
New Driver Sweeper – Version 1.5.5	506
Left 4 Dead – It scares me!	479
Street Fighter IV PC Release Date Announ	413
New Team Fortress 2 Update Sneak Peak.	400
Super Smash Bros. Brawl! European Releas	379
halflife2	372
More Creative Fun!	343
Creative Get Slaughtered On Cafepress	301
Old Game Reviews From Unreality.com	282
Wen Iz New Driver, NoMoreGoatSoup?	260
I Have Team Fortress 2 Wooohooo!!	228
Street Fighter IV Benchmark	194
Guild Wars: Eye Of The North Sneak Peek	167
s24844_pc_1	159
Finally did it	134
It’s Been A While…	125
Download Paul “Midas Touch” Taylor’s Mix	115
Moment of Silence -Review from www.unrea	88
Freakin’ Me Out	80
nexus_3	78
24885	60
Insane In The House Brain	56
half-life-2-20041121083841425	52
Tribes: Vengance – Review from www.Unrea	51
halflife_2	30
half-life_2_hdr_2770605	30
Police Brutality or Yob Culture?	29
Billy Hotdog (Mustard Mix)	26
Only 2 Weeks Until Guild Wars: Eye of th	25
55071884-nexus021	25
My Experiences With Virgin Media’s Appal	22
hl2_deathmatch	21
rhnicxvipe	21
New Midas Touch “Full Hit” Hip-Hop Mix	20
city17	13
halflife2_city17_trainstationsquare	10
nexus1	9
Vacancy	8
sg4wl_sf4_cover_o	7
CaptainHook (Hooks From Heaven) 80’s Ele	7
half_life_2_box	6
roflcopter	5

Current Country Totals (From 24 Aug 2009 to 24 Nov 2009)

One of NMGS’s readers noticed daniel_k has released another updated installer for Audigy series. Well done Ostar, good thing somebody’s awake around here…

SB Audigy Series Support Pack 3.5 (10/11/2009)

This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.

Use it at your own risk.

Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):

- Audigy

- Audigy 2

- Audigy 2 ZS

- Audigy 4

For Audigy SE/LS/Value and Live! 24-bit cards, click here for a compatible version.

Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 RTM / Vista SP2 / XP SP3

Included in the pack:

- Audigy series driver 2.18.0011.10 (latest beta)
- ALchemy 1.26.04

- Audio Console 1.32.02
- DDL and DTS Connect License Activation 2.00.03 (*)
- Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.00.03 (*)

- DTS Connect Pack 1.68.75 [modified 1.03.04] (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.56 (Windows XP only)
- Graphic Equalizer 2.00.65
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.00
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60

- THX Setup Console 2.10.43 (Windows XP only)

(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com.

Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?

No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.

No, there are no tweaks.

If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.

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.

If you “feel” the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.

In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.

I’ve disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.

There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.

Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.

Fixes and improvements:

- DTS Interactive encoder now works on Windows XP without any tricks.

- Fixes a cosmetic issue on Audio Console, encoder status now says DTS Interactive.

- Readds support for 64-bit OpenAL and 64-bit ASIO.

- Fixes Microphone not available on Audigy1 cards on Windows 7 / Vista.

- Enables support for WASAPI exclusive-mode event-driven playback, seems to be working just fine.

- Fixes the enhancements errors in Windows mixer and Windows Media Player.

- Adds Microsoft Audio Home Theather Effects for both Speakers and S/PDIF Out endpoints.

- Includes Encoder Switcher to enable DTS Interactive on Audigy cards.

- Fixes the Audio Console “Internal application error” when enabling the DDL Encoder on localized installs.

- Updates Audio Console to display DTS Interactive in the Encoder tab when Encoder switcher is used.

- Workarounds a bug that unexpectedly resets the speaker configuration.

- Prevents an issue during installation on Windows 7/Vista that may result in low volume when certain enhancements are enabled.

- Implements Hardware CMSS Headphone by using a workaround.

- Updates all InstallShield setup scripts to support Windows 7.

- Fixes installation INI to properly install applications depending on the detected OS.

- Removes COM workaround for Equalizer, fixed by Creative.

- Adds workaround to a memory corruption issue preventing Equalizer from starting on Windows 7/Vista.

- Updates shared modules, responsiveness on certain applications is improved.

- Enables CMSS2 and Stereo Surround.

- Fixes 32-bit ASIO not working on Windows 7 x64.

- Fixes Encoder not available on Windows 7 x64 (related to fix above).

- Sets default speaker setting to 5.1 to properly reset configs to their defaults during install (fixes Bass and Treble leves not set to 50% on Windows 7 / Vista).

Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):

- Fixes the 6.1 speaker configuration is incorrectly available on Windows 7 64-bit.

- Fixes the Enable Dolby Digital Live checkbox not staying checked when Audio Console is closed.

- Fixes Equalizer Out of Memory error.

- Fixes Equalizer settings being lost on Windows 7 / Vista when speaker configuration is changed.

- Fixes low volume on Windows 7 / Vista when default format is set to anything higher than 16-bit, 48kHz.

- Fixes MIDI instruments in Melodic Pool not playing when speaker setting is higher than 2.1 speakers.

- Restores missing Microphone option in Surround Mixer (documented).

- Fixes Microphone mute, volume and +20db boost controls.

Release Notes:

Windows Security warning during driver installation

When prompted with: “Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software”, choose “Install this driver software anyway”.

OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system

Due to a driver bug, your system will crash if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers. No problem With 62 or fewer buffers. OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D + EAX benchmarks are not affected.

Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0×000000D1) – ctoss2k.sys

System crashes when shutting down or restarting Windows if Encoder is enabled

Due to a driver bug, your system will crash if you try to shutdown or restart Windows with Encoder enabled.

Details: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (0×0000003B) – ha10kx2k.sys

There is no DirectSound hardware acceleration on Windows XP 64-bit (x64)

The Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, disabling the DirectSound hardware acceleration and causing multichannel sound to be played only in the stereo channels (front left/right).

Workarounds:

- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows XP.

- limit to less than 4GB the amount of RAM available to Windows.

- enable the “Memory Hole” setting in the BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports it.

Microphone issues on Windows 7/Vista 64-bit (x64) with 4GB of RAM or more

Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, resulting in random issues with the Microphone (static, robotic or distorted voice, white noise).

Workarounds:

- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows

- limit the RAM available to Windows to less than 4GB

- enable Memore Hole in BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports the setting

MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements

- 32-bit edition of Windows 7 / Vista / XP

- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card

Built-in Decoder on Windows 7 / Vista (requires Service Pack 1)

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.

Advanced EQ and Special FX not available on Windows 7 / Vista

These presets don’t work on Windows 7 / Vista.

There is no sound in games with OpenAL support on Windows XP

Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting “No effect” before running the game or program.

Equalizer settings are lost

When you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are lost. Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.

Tone settings are reset when speaker configuration is changed

Bass and treble settings are reset when speaker configuration is changed.

DTS Encoder Switcher

The Encoder Switcher is now part of Audio Console.

A shortcut is created in the Programs -> Creative folder in Start Menu.

For additional info, read thoroughly the ReadMe.txt file included in the \EncSwitcher folder where you extracted the Support Pack.

Hardware CMSS Headphone

To use the hardware CMSS you need to select “Disable all enhancements” in the “Enhancements” tab on:

Playback Devices -> Speaker Properties

Now check the Speaker configuration in “Playback devices”.

If it is Stereo, run Audio Console and change it to 4.1, 5.1 or 7.1 and only after that change it to Headphones.

This procedure ensures that CMSS(1) will work after a Windows restart, otherwise only CMSS2 will work.

Microsoft Audio Home Theater Effects

This driver adds the following audio effects, which are available depending on the current speaker configuration:

- Bass Management
- Speaker Fill
- Room Correction
- Loudness Equalization
- Bass Boost
- Virtual Surround
- Low Frequency Protection

Some effects are also available for the “SPDIF Out” device.

Some Microsoft effects have priority over Creative CMSS effects and will disable the later.

MIDI Device Configuration Utility for Windows 7 / Vista

Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

Download:

Filename: Audigy_SupportPack_3_5.exe

File size: 60.1 MB

CRC32 hash: 921CA120

SHA-1 hash: 2ACBCEC5B3DC6379F4AAB19A98198A34B5D90402

To verify the file hashes, I recommend HashTab.

Mirrors:

Rapidshare (uploaded by daniel_k)

Sendspace (uploaded by NoMoreGoatSoup)

All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

I’ve been playing about with this little beauty. It’s a far nicer option than the Creative Dolby Digital Live Pack for Audigy. I’ve just used it to switch it to dts. It’s less buggy and very slightly better quality than the DDL encoding I’ve been using. Go Go daniel_k powah!

DDL <-> DTS Encoder Switcher for Audigy Series 1.0 (05/14/2009)

This software pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.

Use it at your own risk.

DDL <-> DTS Encoder Switcher for Audigy Series by Daniel Kawakami

Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):

- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4

Host-based Audigy SE/LS/Value and Live! 24-bit cards are not supported.

Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7  / Vista SP1 & SP2

Installation and use instructions:

1) Install the DDL & DTS Pack for Audigy Series by running Setup.exe.

2) Purchase and activate the software.

If you have already purchased DDL Pack for Audigy, the same activation code may work. If it doesn’t, there is nothing I can do about it.

If you didn’t buy it, purchase the DDL & DTS Pack for X-Fi using the following link:

http://buy.soundblaster.com/_creativelabsstore/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?page=product_detail&category=Software&pid=F2222DDN6Z2H2ADDEZD

3) Update Creative Audio Service:

For Windows 32-bit, open C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files.
For Windows 64-bit, open C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Shared Files.

Rename CTAudSvc.exe to CTAudSvc_backup.exe and copy the included CTAudSvc.exe (found in the \EncSwitcher folder where you’ve extracted the DDL/DTS Pack) to the same location.

Reboot.

4) Make sure Audio Console is not running and run AudigyEncSwitcher.exe (found in the \EncSwitcher folder where you’ve extracted the DDL/DTS Pack) to change the encoder to DTS or DDL.

5) Finally, run Audio Console and enable encoding.

KNOWN ISSUES:

DTS Neo: PC cannot be used with Audigy cards. Use CMSS instead.

This is a pre release mod, so although the DTS Interactive encoder is available and works, the Encoder tab still says Dolby Digital Live.

IMPORTANT:

- Always disable the Encoder before you switch to a different one.

- Always close Audio Console before you switch the encoder.

- It is recommended that Speaker mode is already set to 5.1 before enabling the Encoder, because of the bugs in the per channel volume level synchronization.

DOWNLOAD:

Filename: Audigy_DDL_DTS_Pack_LB_1_00_00.exe

File size: 5.60 MB

CRC32 hash: A2152539

MD5 hash: BC23349A8BC3B1583E9AADB1A8757277

SHA-1 hash: 91A74FADAEA6549F2B2A045CC2A028431150DA31

To verify the file hashes, I recommend HashTab.

Mirrors: Rapidshare

Mirrors: Sendspace

All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

More information can be found in the original post at the Creative Fun Forum.

Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):
- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4

Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 RTM / Vista SP2 / XP SP3

Included in the pack:
- Audigy series driver 2.18.0011.6
- ALchemy 1.30.00
- Audio Console 1.31.10
- DDL License Activation 1.00.04 (*)
- Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.00.03 (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.56 (Windows XP only)
- Graphic Equalizer 2.00.65
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.00
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60

Fixes and improvements:
- Workarounds a bug that unexpectedly resets the speaker configuration.
- Prevents an issue during installation on Windows 7/Vista that may result in low volume when certain enhancements are enabled.
- Really improves CMSS Headphone experience.
- Dolby Digital Live works on Windows 7.
- Updates all InstallShield setup scripts to support Windows 7.
- Fixes installation INI to properly install applications depending on the detected OS.
- Removes COM workaround for Equalizer, fixed by Creative.
- Adds workaround to a memory corruption issue preventing Equalizer from starting on Windows 7/Vista.
- Updates shared modules, responsiveness on certain applications is improved.
- Enables CMSS2 and Stereo Surround.
- Fixes 32-bit ASIO not working on Windows 7 x64.
- Fixes Encoder not available on Windows 7 x64 (related to fix above).
- Modifies default format on Windows 7 / Vista to 24-bit, 48kHz.
- Properly adds support for 64-bit OpenAL and 64-bit ASIO.
- Sets default speaker setting to 5.1 to properly reset configs to their defaults during install (fixes Bass and Treble leves not set to 50% on Windows 7 / Vista).

Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):
- Fixes Equalizer Out of Memory error.
- Fixes Equalizer settings being lost on Windows 7 / Vista when speaker configuration is changed.
- Fixes low volume on Windows 7 / Vista when default format is set to anything higher than 16-bit, 48kHz.
- Fixes MIDI instruments in Melodic Pool not playing when speaker setting is higher than 2.1 speakers.
- Restores missing Microphone option in Surround Mixer (documented).
- Fixes Microphone mute, volume and 20db boost controls.

Release Notes:
Windows Security warning during driver installation
When prompted with: \”Windows can\’t verify the publisher of this driver software\”, choose \”Install this driver software anyway\”.
OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system
Due to a driver bug, your system will crash if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers. No problem With 62 or fewer buffers. OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D EAX benchmarks are not affected.
Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0×000000D1) – ctoss2k.sys

MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements
- 32-bit edition of Windows 7 / Vista / XP
- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card

Built-in Decoder on Windows 7 / Vista (requires Service Pack 1)
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.
Advanced EQ and Special FX not available on Windows 7 / Vista
These presets don\’t work on Windows 7 / Vista.
There is no sound in games with OpenAL support on Windows XP
Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting \”No effect\” before running the game or program.
Equalizer settings are lost
When you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are lost.
Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.

Windows MIDI Device Configuration Utility
Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com

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Creative failed epicly!
You buy your Creative soundcard plug it in and install the drivers on vista only to find out it is not working…
So you go to the Creative forums and find a working driver made by a guy Daniel_K NOT by the Creative company it self…
You install the driver and it works fine! This guy Daniel_K really did a good job.

But Creative is not so happy with Daniel_K because he made changes to the driver and he is distributing them without the OK from Creative!
He is distributing the drivers but he is not asking any money for it!!

Now place yourself in the shoes of Creative what would you do?|
RIGHT! You would hire this guy or ask him to let Creative distribute the drivers that work with vista and give him credit for the work!
But Creative decides to make a really dumb move!
They posted a message to Daniel_K you can read it here:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=116332&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
They have now replaced it by a message that tells us that they are now trying to work out a solution WITH independent third parties.
The orginal message was a bad one telling Daniel_K to stop distributing the drivers and that he is doing illegal work.. This is such a bad move and this is not only my opinion!

You can read up to 226 pages of angry comments and counting!

It seems daniel_K may be the victim of another witch hunt. No idea if this is fake or not, but it came from forums@customercare.creative.com. Make of it what you will, but I thought I’d post it before I go back to bed.

daniel_k
Super Contributor
Posts: 434
Registered: 04-04-2007

UPDATE2:

To be honest, I’m a little suspicius about this e-mail, as it was not signed.

Whether it is real or not, I don’t want to be legally threatened.

Lets wait for an official comment from Creative.

---

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:25:44 +0000
From: forums@customercare.creative.com
To: dkbox2000@hotmail.com
Subject: Stop the redistribution of Creative software

Hi Daniel,

Please stop the redistribution of any Creative software, otherwise we will take legal action against you.

Creative Labs
http://forums.creative.com

---

No “KTHXBAI“? I’m a bit suspicous of that email too. It’s obviously not Creative -duh?

Warning: This software is unofficial, not supported by Creative Technology Ltd.

Use it at your own risk.

This utility was written from scratch and does not contain any copyrighted code. Creative’s director of developer relations, George Thorn told me, in a chat session, that is OK to provide mods as patches.

This small utility will unlock X-Fi Crystalizer on any Audigy card, except the Audigy SE/Value/LS.

It requires Windows running in Safe Mode.
How to use:

1) Install the unofficial “SB Audigy Series Installation Disc for Windows XP/Vista” (new version, unreleased) or “SB Audigy series Vista Support Pack” from Daniel Kawakami (daniel_k).

Restart Windows to complete the driver installation.

2) Restart Windows in Safe Mode.

Install the X-Fi Console, then run CrystalizerUnlocker.

Restart Windows in Normal Mode.

3) Open the X-Fi Console and enjoy!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

This is a software (host-based) implementation of Crystalizer

CMSS in Audio Console/EAX Settings only works with OpenAL/ALchemy

These utilities configure CMSS in hardware mode, that requires OpenAL or ALchemy. Disable CMSS to avoid conflicts with X-Fi CMSS-3D.

In software mode, used by Windows Vista, use the X-Fi Console to enable X-Fi CMSS-3D.

X-Fi Console

Provides the following audio enhancements:

- EAX effects
- X-Fi CMSS-3D
- X-Fi Crystalizer

These enhancements only work with the Windows Vista audio system, that uses software processing and don’t work with OpenAL and ALchemy.

When using X-Fi CMSS-3D, disable CMSS in Audio Console/EAX Settings to avoid conflicts.

*** There were some bugs in the previous version.

*** To install this new version, you must remove everything, including the driver, applications, “Creative” folders in “Program Files” and all registry entries.

The X-Fi Console is just the “X-Fi Audio Console” renamed to co-exist with the Audigy Audio Console and the unnecessary tabs were removed.

Without the CrystalizerUnlocker, it does nothing, so it was not “cracked”.

X-Fi Console and its files are property of Creative Technology Ltd.

Download:

Crystalizer Unlocker (19.4 Kb)

X-Fi Console 2.50.11 (5.78 Mb)

Console & Unlocker  (All-In-One)

In practice, the Crystalizer is a dedicated, dynamic equalizer (Exciter). Its main function is to enhance the high and low frequencies of the input audio. Other functions include modifying a certain range of frequencies in order to achieve better perceived sound quality on a wider array of equipment such as headphones and speakers, and also to digitally increase the volume by about 3db. The Crystalizer emphasis can be adjusted between 0-100% when enabled, however even at 0% the audio is still processed partially. As a consequence of enabling the Crystalizer, the original signal is altered, and whether the result improves upon the original audio is purely a matter of perception and can depend on the type of audio being played.

Quite a few people have contacted me asking about the Sound Blaster X-Fi Vista Support Pack v2.15.0004. The SBXF_VTDRV_LB_2_15_0004A driver seems to have vanished from the internet without trace. I know you X-Fi noobs are eager to get your hands on them, and maybe if I post it – you’ll stop asking.

Big thanks virtualex for the heads up, and daniel_k for the fixes.

< Compiled on Feb 13 2008 by Daniel Kawakami >

Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista (including Service Pack 1)

Supports all X-Fi cards with a Hardware CA20K DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models)

Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:

- Host / software-based cards including X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI and PCI-E
- any external X-Fi soundcards

This setup program will install the following items:

- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004.4
- APO Interface Module 1.30.00
- Audio Console 2.50.10
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.20

Exclusive features in this unofficial driver:

- Dolby/DTS decoder (working on 32-bit/64-bit, requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
- DVD Audio (32-bit only)
- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks)

Release notes / Known issues:

- Windows Security warning during driver installation
When prompted with “Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software”, choose “Install this driver software anyway”.

- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default
Does not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:

• run the Registry Editor (Regedit) and open the following registry tree:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
• Select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.
• Restart the computer. Restart the computer.

For more information on WaveRT, access:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devi [...] tport.mspx [...] Http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devi tport.mspx

- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player does not support the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista

- Built-in Decoder (Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
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 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) may not be applied. Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.

- Windows Vista MIDI Device Configuration Utility
Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
The driver installer automatically selects the first hardware MIDI synthesizer found.

All files are property of Creative Labs, Inc.

Copyright (c) 2007 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.

Download
Mirror 1 (Rapidshare) – SBXF_VTDRV_LB_2_15_0004A -38.3 MB (40,230,029 bytes)
Mirror 2 (MediaFire) – SBXF_VTDRV_LB_2_15_0004A -38.3 MB (40,230,029 bytes)

Daniel Kawakami has posted a farewell to the Creative Labs community. In his post on the Creative Labs Forums, he elaborates further on the purposely disabled driver features.

daniel_k Super Contributor My goodbye message to all supporters with some clarification and my legacy Unfortunately, the situation did not change for us.They did say an updated Audigy driver would eventually be released, but don’t be optimistic about it (their priority is the launch of X-Fi 2).What I can say for sure is the features I’ve enabled will not be made available in an official driver update.Although I still have my doubts, they’ve said I would not be threatened if I provided patches instead of the actual binaries, because of licensed technologies built into them (Dolby/DTS).While this could even be true, most of the disabled features are Creative’s own technologies, which means they’ve disabled them on their own choice.That’s funny when people think you are an idiot.They were after me and, on a chat session, they asked me what I’d like from them, as if I were expecting something.They’ve promised me a free X-Fi 2, but I told them it was not necessary, because I was getting a couple of cards from other companies that contacted me. Well, at least they are getting flammed all over the web and they are certainly mad about it and I could feel it while chatting with them. That is an enough reward for my hard work. I’m not releasing a patch to enable DDL on any X-Fi neither Crystalizer for Audigy because, as they’ve pointed out to me, providing an alternative for their customers is good for them and increase their sales, specially when someone is doing it for free. Given the current situation, I cannot let this happen. I just hope their competitor companies do something about it. And I really hope people don’t forget this. Thank you very much for your support and your donations. Best regards, Daniel Kawakami Below are the links for my drivers, beware where you download them from, I’ll add CRC32, MD5 and SHA-1 hashes to all files: SB Audigy series Vista Support Pack v2.15.0004EQ with Equalizer (02/24/2008)SB Live! series Vista Support Pack 2.10.0001A (03/07/2008) Gameport support pack for Vista 32-bit (x86), updated on 02/01/2008 SB Audigy Value/SE/LS & Live! 24-bit Windows Vista Pack 1.04.0077B (02/06/2008) SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio Windows Vista Pack 1.04.0078A (02/06/2008) There are people asking my PayPal account (dkbox2000@hotmail.com), so I’ll leave this link. Thanks again.

I really felt sad as I was reading through it. Daniel has helped thousands of people world-wide. Then I reached “I just hope their competitor companies do something about it” part. Now that part sounds promising.

A sad day indeed. We’re on our own now guys.

To be continued…

“We Need You daniel_K”.

For those who missed it, I thought I’d post the interview with daniel_k at Wired.com. It’s a really great insight into the Creative Labs company. He’s a hero, so I guess we know what that makes Creative…

ALchemy

It all started when Creative released the first beta of ALchemy for X-Fi cards, saying it used X-Fi’s advanced capabilities (EAX5).

After some investigation, I’ve found an EAX5.0 check and patched it… and it worked!

Sometime later, they released the final version of ALchemy X-Fi and the paid version of ALchemy Audigy.

I was realy mad at them, they didn’t release a new Audigy driver and were charging Audigy owners for a software that runs on top of bugged drivers? What is the point of that?

Then I modified the X-Fi “free” version of ALchemy, not the paid version.

I did the same with the later versions, but when they released the 1.00.11, I couldn’t patch it anymore.

So I bought it, just for the sake of it.

Well, I did manage to patch the latest version of ALchemy X-Fi to run on any card, without even removing Safecast, but I’m done with that.

The Audigy drivers

They took several days, countless Vista reinstalls.

Creative purposedly modified the Audigy drivers to disable some features when Vista is detected and also purposedly introduced some bugs to prevent some XP utilities from running.

I did a complete analysis of the driver to determine where all the checks and bugs were introduced and started modding.
Features that I’ve successfully enabled:

- Dolby/DTS decoding (originally discovered by another Creative forum member, but I’ve explained how to use it)
- CMSS, CMSS2 and Stereo Surround (originally only “CMSS” was available, this setting also affects ALchemy/OpenAL, so it is really useful)
- Advanced EQ and Special FX presets
- DVD Audio
- Hardware MIDI synthetizer (I wrote a small utility that automatically detects and changes the default Vista MIDI Synth during driver install or can change it later using its GUI. Some media players lets you choose the MIDI synthesizer)
- Equalizer (with preset saving, very hard to accomplish, had to deal with bugs in Creative software and use my creativity to find a workaround).
- WaveRT (a Microsoft replacement for ASIO, however I don’t know if it really works or not)

The Live!/Live! 5.1 drivers

Creative have always released UDA (Unified Driver Architeture) drivers.

They purposedly ruined the Live! support in Vista: 2.1 speakers setting resulted in distorted sound.

After some investigation, I discovered the culprit module and replaced it with one from the last XP version and the problem was fixed.

In the later releases, Bass Management, Equalizer and EAX effects using software processing and Hardware MIDI support were added.

There was also an ALchemy for Live! cards.

The X-Fi drivers

I’ve added the following improvements: Hardware MIDI and WaveRT.

I didn’t have a X-Fi to test, so modding was then limited to these features.

The Audigy LS/SE/Value/Live! 24-bit drivers

Officially, they lack Bass Management, Equalizer and EAx effects, once available in XP drivers.

I’ve found that the Audio Center utility (originally from the Vista Audigy Advanced MB drivers) worked just fine with these cards, so I made it available.

Also fixed an annoying bug present in the official drivers that cause the speaker type changing to Full Range speakers on reboot (disabling Bass Management).

The X-Fi Xtreme Audio drivers
Have the same speaker type bug. I fixed it.

Gameport support pack for Vista
Allows a limited number of gameport controllers to work on the x86 version of Windows Vista.

What Creative didn’t like

I’ve learned how Creative enables or disables a feature for a specific model.

Alchemy:
My last ALchemy release (1.00.08) was complately unlocked and could be used with any sound device from any vendor.

Audigy cards:
Successfully enabled the software-based X-Fi Crystalizer for use with Audigy cards.

X-Fi:
Got Dolby Digital Live enabled on any X-Fi card. To clarify, I still didn’t manage to enable DDL on Audigy cards.
A friend of mine bought a X-Fi, so I could test it, it really works.
The only current X-Fi based card that supports DDL is the Auzentech Prelude.

The P17 to Xtreme Audio mod
P17 is the codiname for a simple PCI audio controller that powers the Audigy LS/SE/Value, Live! 24-bit and X-Fi Xtreme Audio host-based soundcards.

Completely modded the P17 drivers to transform any Audigy LS/SE/Value and Live! 24-bit into a X-Fi Xtreme Audio (enabling Crystalizer).

Modding is OK

I don’t think there was something wrong with mods themselves.

Modding is a common practice among enthusiasts and I don’t recall some company threatning a modder, unless you allow an exclusive feature to be used with competitor products (ie: SLI on non-NVIDIA chipsers or ALchemy on competitor products, as I’ve said before).

Remember the Promise Ultra to Fasttrak mod? It was even published on a well known review site.
There was also the GeForce to Quadro mod, the NVIDIA nForce 4 to SLI mod, also published on review sites.

What I did wrong

I’ve asked for donations.

Do I really need the money? No, thank God I don’t.

I thought it would be ok to ask for donations so I could buy new hardware to support.

I did buy some hardware: an used Live! 5.1 for ~$15 and a new Audigy SE for $60.

Computer hardware is really expensive here in Brazil.

An X-Fi Xtreme Gamer costs about $240 here, with taxes and shipping, The same card can be bought for ~$80 in the US.

I just can’t spend my money buying new hardware that I won’t even use.

Even the features I’ve enabled, I don’t use.

Later I tried to encourage donations to release the DDL feature for X-Fi and Crystalizer for Audigy.

I said something like “the more people donate, the faster I’ll release”.

This was even worse, but I was so eager to modding that I didn’t think straight. I was hoping to get a X-Fi asap.

While I did ask for donations, once released, the downloads would be public.

I do recognize that I deserve some criticism for that.

To date, I’ve got $146, with amounts ranging from $1 to $50 (this value is still uncleared).

Reversing ALchemy was also wrong, I know. But I reiterate, what is the point of improving ALchemy and changing for it, when it requires an improved driver? It was my protest against Creative.

What Creative did wrong

- They publicly threatened me, just to show their arrogance.
If they had contacted me by e-mail or private message I would do the same thing (remove everything) and no one would know about their insatisfaction.

- Removed everything I posted in the forums, even if unrelated to the “forbidden” stuff.
If they can’t provide better drivers, let people make their own choice.

- They did not recognize my hard work.
I’ve been supporting about every Creative PCI soundcard, would even support USB devices if I had one of them.

To date, the Audigy Vista Support Pack was downloaded about 20,000 times.

The current situation

DDL encoder and Crystalizer were not publicly released.

I’ve deleted the P17 to Xtreme Audio mod and ALchemy from FileFront (where I store the files).

I’ve been told they will allow me to continue with my mods, except the “forbidden” ones.
I’m also allowed to receive donations.

You can download all daniel_k’s files from here!

Remember what I said about third party software / hardware vendors knowing in advance of its release that Windows Vista wouldn’t be working properly?

Well Daniel_K, a Brazilian coder who used Creative Labs sound cards, wasn’t happy with the fact that his X-Fi card didn’t work as well with Vista as it did with Windows XP – so he wrote a patch for the driver and put it on the internet.

Let me just say that again. A guy in his bedroom made a product from Creative Labs work with Vista, even though they could not, or would not. That is until they brought out a newer version, which existing customers had to pay more money for. Are you seeing the pattern yet?

So, what did Creative do to reward this ingenious young man – who’d been using their products for years? Oh, nothing much. Apart from sending him a cease and desist and the threat of legal action for stealing. You know, the usual friendly banter that takes place between a customer and a huge corporation.

Well Daniel_K has broken his silence in this article for wired. See what you think about using Creative’s products, much less switching to Vista, after reading this…

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/04/daniel_k-who-fi.html

Es muy fácil. Cierta empresa acaba de conseguirlo.

La noticia está en Slashdot, ha sido número uno y sigue siendo portada en Digg y ha sido número uno en Reddit, aunque ahora no lo encuentro.

La historia, por lo que he podido averiguar, va como sigue:

Por un lado, Creative Labs sigue, a estas alturas, sin ofrecer drivers para Vista que funcionen correctamente. Además, no ha sacado driver alguno para la gama Audigy, obligando a los usuarios de Vista a comprar las nuevas X-Fi.

Por otro lado, Creative licenció el uso de sus procesadores a Auzentech, que consiguió licencia de Dolby para que sus driver incluyesen soporte para Dolby Digital, cosa que las tarjetas comercializadas directamente por Creative Labs no tienen.

Entonces aparece en escena un tal “Daniel_X”. Daniel_X se dedica a “hurgar” en los driver de Creative, los modifica y hace que (1) las X-FI funcionen “bien” en Vista y (2) que las Audigy también funcionen en Vista. Después se vuelve ambicioso y hace que soporten Dolby Digital.

Entre medias, cosa que se ha vuelto en parte en su contra, ha pedido donaciones, aunque tampoco ha exigido un pago por su trabajo.

Llega el viernes y Creative decide que esto no puede continuar así y pubica esto en sus foros: Message to Daniel_K. Básicamente, le dicen, con bastante amabilidad, que lo que está haciendo viola su propiedad intelectual y la de terceros y que desista.

La liamos.

Como dije antes, la noticia ha circulado generosamente por Internet. Cometieron el error de publicar el post justo antes del fin de semana (en Singapur): cuando llegue el lunes, dentro de unas horitas, van a ver que tienen casi 800 respuestas (y subiendo), la mayoría de gente diciendo que no piensan volver a comprar productos de la casa.

Al parecer, Creative no tuvo en cuenta la comunidad de “hard core gamers” que querían sonido digital 5.1 chachi y Direct X 10 al mismo tiempo. Bastante gente estaba utilizando las tarjetas de Creative gracias a los drivers de Daniel_K. Y, los que no, no han recibido con mucho cariño estas noticias.

La situación es complicada. Hay que decir que, desde el punto de vista de la legalidad, Creative Labs está en mejor situación que una posible defensa de Daniel_K. La EULA de los drivers indicaba que no se daba permiso para hacer ingeniería inversa de los mismos, cosa que Daniel_K hizo.

Sin embargo, como indican algunos comentarios, Creative Labs no está en una situación muy buena. A saber, se la puede acusar de publicidad engañosa (sus tarjetas “para “Windows Vista” tienen funcionalidad limitada bajo este sistema operativo y no soportan, bajo este, todas las características que anuncian) y de vender un producto inferior a sabiendas.

En cualquier caso, no está sentando demasiado bien. No sé si tendrá un impacto real en las ventas de la casa, pero el boycott está ahí y la mala publicidad está servida.

Como dije al principio, convertirse en enemigo público de la noche a la mañana es muy fácil: basta con no cuidar a tus consumidores y echar los perros detrás de un tercero que lo hace por ti.

Editado:

Más información en Noticias 24.

Daniel_K se llama Daniel Kawakami. (Ese no es su blog, sino uno que publicaba sus drivers.)

Warning: These drivers and softwares are unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs, Inc.

Use them at your own risk.

Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Support Pack – Compiled on Friday, April 25, 2008 11:47 AM by Daniel Kawakami

Changelog:

* 02/24/2008:

- Finally fixed Speakers and CMSS setting synchronization, so Audio Center was removed.

- Completely uninstall the previous version, including all applications, before installing this one.

* 02/21/2008:

- Under certain circunstances, Speakers and CMSS setting are still not synchronized.

- Now includes the full featured Creative Graphic Equalizer, with Preset saving, see screenshot below.

* 02/19/2008:

- Changed the driver version from v2.15.0004B to v2.15.0004EQ (with Equalizer).

- Windows speaker settings are now synchronized with Audio Console / Speaker Settings speaker configuration.

- Enabling CMSS in Audio Console or EAX Settings now properly activate effects in Creative APO; Stereo focus slider does not work, so Audio Center is still required for that.

- Audigy 2 ZS Notebook is now properly supported / detected by Setup

- Completely uninstall the previous release before installing this one.

Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1).

Supports all Audigy card with a Hardware EMU10K2 DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models):

- Audigy (including ES, MP3+, X-Gamer and Platinum)

- Audigy 2 (including Value, Platinum and Platinum Ex)

- Audigy 2 ZS (including Platinum and Platinum Pro)

- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)

- Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) – Uses software MIDI emulation that does not (currently) work in Vista.

Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:

- Host / software-based cards including Audigy LS / SE / Value, Audigy 2 SE, Live! 24-bit)

- any external Audigy soundcards

Integrated setup program to install the following items:

- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004 (the latest X-Fi driver)
- APO Interface Module 1.30.00
- Audio Console 1.20.57 (including Graphic Equalizer)
- EAX Settings 1.10.05

- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76 (32-bit only)
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.20
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60

Exclusive features in this unofficial driver:

- Equalizer

- CMSS and Stereo Surround with Stereo focus control

- Advanced EQ and Special FX available (see notes below)

- Dolby/DTS decoder (working on 32-bit/64-bit, requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)

- DVD Audio (32-bit only)

- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks)

- 4 Gb RAM approved (tested on Intel C2D E6400, Gigabyte 965P-DS3, 4Gb RAM)

Release notes / Known issues:

- Windows Security warning during driver installation

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

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.

- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default
Does not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:

- run the Registry Editor (Regedit) and open the following registry tree:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class

- select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.

Restart the computer.

For more information on WaveRT, access:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx

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

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

EAX effects only work in 4.1, 5.1 e 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)

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

Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting “No effects” before running the game or program.

- Equalizer settings are lost

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)

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

Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

The driver installer automatically selects the first hardware MIDI synthesizer found.

Note: The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) does not have a hardware synthesizer.

Some screenshots:

- Equalizer:

- Stereo Surround:

- Decoder:

- Mplayer Classic: select “SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))” as the output device of
your player

- Mplayer Classic: configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF

- Hardware MIDI:

Download from: FileFront 61.03 MB (63,991,397 Bytes)

All files are property of Creative Labs, Inc.

Message Edited by daniel_k on 03-26-2008 10:05 PM

Message Edited by Dale-CL on 03-28-2008 05:14 PM

]]> http://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/creative-labs-kill-third-party-development/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:02:13 +0000 nomoregoatsoup http://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/creative-labs-kill-third-party-development/

Well it had to happen sooner or later. Creative have chosen to step in and prevent people from “modding” drivers. This link to Creative Forums contains confirmation that Creative own the rights to Audigy software – and they don’t want you to use it under Vista. Finally some sort of stance from them I can believe.

Daniel_K:
We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards.  In principle we don’t have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative.  Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended.  We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services.  The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing.  By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods.  When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own.  If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make.

Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you.  We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages.  To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP.  In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules.  If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting.

Phil O’Shaughnessy
VP Corporate Communications
Creative Labs Inc.

Forum Moderator
Creative Labs

Well that’s really sad if you ask me. Grab them while you can, while the links are still available. Many thanks to daniel_k for all his hard work. Creative Labs even grudge us modding old drivers it seems. Come on lets all return the favour and buy new Creative soundcards… NOT

Pffft