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 2.18.0011.8 (latest beta)
— ALchemy 1.30.00
— Audio Console 1.32.02
— DDL and DTS Connect License Activation 2.00.03 (*)
— Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.00.03 (*)
— DTS Connect Pack 1.03.04 (*)
— 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
Fixes and improvements:
— 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).
— 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).
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