Creative Live! and Audigy 24bit into X-Fi Xtreme Audio driver modd - Page 4 - Overclock.net

SLeeZeY · 01-07-09

Great steaming bum fruit

I'm not having a very good day

http://falter.wordpress.com/2008/09/...8-and-cmi8768/

If you use Vista avoid C-media cards like the plague

pohtangina · 01-07-09

it works!
toying with it right now (EAX effects in Audio Ctrl panel) and the effects are great

enabled the 24bit
I had this card lying around...the install took awhile which kinda worried me coz I hate crapware...
also I thought it froze on reboot - took a shower came back and it was the login screen. my only complaint (to myself) is that Im testing it with headphones (sennheiser 201s) but definitely sounds better than my onboard...
awesome...this will hold me off or awhile coz I was looking up some soundcards...thanks dude

headwall · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by dragosmp

Sorry for the late response, I've been out for the New Year's. I've checked this morning if your card, the external Live! 24-bit is also based on the P17 chip (the one that powers all the rest), and I've found no reference at all. Also, the name of the driver for the external card doesn't begin with P17, as the others do, so bottom line I don't think it's possible to do this mod for the USB Live! There may be others though

Hey thanks for checking for me! I think I'm just SOL with this card haha

dragosmp · 01-09-09

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Originally Posted by pohtangina

it works!
toying with it right now (EAX effects in Audio Ctrl panel) and the effects are great

enabled the 24bit
I had this card lying around...the install took awhile which kinda worried me coz I hate crapware...
also I thought it froze on reboot - took a shower came back and it was the login screen. my only complaint (to myself) is that Im testing it with headphones (sennheiser 201s) but definitely sounds better than my onboard...
awesome...this will hold me off or awhile coz I was looking up some soundcards...thanks dude

on my system there was a difference on the headphones (some DJ stuff), but the real difference was on the big speakers (Logitech x530) once I figured out the right balance with the Crystalizer, CMSS, 3D Sound and all the rest. It sounds pretty amazing now.

I was searching for a new sound card too before this modd, now it's hard to justify anything less than a Xonar Dx.

FetusSoup · 01-09-09

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Originally Posted by dragosmp

If your aim is to offload, I would advice against using this modd - this modd LOADS the CPU with additional software instructions. The idea is that you gain sound features while sacrificing a few CPU cycles,. On a 2 year old x2 4400+ is invisible, but on a P4...

I noticed on my 4 year old processor, it has had a bit of an effect on the CPU.

No fear, my new MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum and AMD 7750 were ordered a couple hours ago

I shall also be testing this with Vista x64 once I receive that in the mail and build my new rig next week.

Also, it takes a bit of getting used to - I've noticed with some games the Crystalizer sounds really bad, but I think its just my combo of settings. I'll get it all figured out soon to my likings though.

superk · 01-10-09

Ok so I have a small problem; I have a SB Audigy 1394 (sb0090), and when I install the drivers from post 1 nothing happens, then I read further and saw post 6, however the first link to the vista support pack shows me nothing but an edited post..

Ok so I threw in the old SB Live 24 bit I had lying around and installed the drivers from the first post and bingo she works no prob.. but of course, since its not an Audigy, I dont have crystalizer right? Just for fun I tried the unlocker/console etc.. and it refused to work, said it needs the vista pack or whatever.

So what should I do now? Try to get the Audigy working, or is the Live 24 bit better?

dragosmp · 01-10-09

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Originally Posted by superk

Ok so I have a small problem; I have a SB Audigy 1394 (sb0090), and when I install the drivers from post 1 nothing happens, then I read further and saw post 6, however the first link to the vista support pack shows me nothing but an edited post..

Ok so I threw in the old SB Live 24 bit I had lying around and installed the drivers from the first post and bingo she works no prob.. but of course, since its not an Audigy, I dont have crystalizer right? Just for fun I tried the unlocker/console etc.. and it refused to work, said it needs the vista pack or whatever.

So what should I do now? Try to get the Audigy working, or is the Live 24 bit better?

Hey superk, your Audigy card isn't concerned by the first post, the 6th may do the trick though. For the Audigy, if it's an EMU card, the 6th post should unlock the Crystalizer and also the X-Fi console.

For the SB Live 24 bit the first post is what it would need. If you install the linked drivers you should "unpgrade" it to X-Fi Xtreme Audio and thus have the Crystalizer, X-Fi console and all the goodies.

@FetusSoup Glad it worked and good luck with the new rig

superk · 01-10-09

Thanks for the help, rep+

if you were in my shoes, which would you rather have working, the audigy or the live 24?

dragosmp · 01-10-09

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Originally Posted by superk

Thanks for the help, rep+

if you were in my shoes, which would you rather have working, the audigy or the live 24?

Since the result is identical (minus the few clock cycles saved by the EMU chip) - I'd pick the easier modd, the live 24. But since you have both, you can try them and also see which sounds better, although there shouldn't be any difference.

Let us know how it works

superk · 01-10-09

Well, ive decided to keep it simple and since the 24 bit is the same card but without firewire(which I will never use) I will just keep the 24bit in and figure out a use for the audigy later

Thanks for the help!

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