Driver Update for Soundblaster Audigy 2 and newer.

[Googer]

As we all know Creative almost never releases new drivers for their products. So many of you may not be aware that a newer driver and Creative Media Source Suite is avalable. The new driver and suite do help to improve the overall sound quality. They have also fixed a few Direct Sound bugs (I experienced) that plagued the last version of the driver pack.



http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

 

[RallyMaster]

interesting, i'll try it out.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
interesting, i'll try it out.

The EAX works better and CMSS is much improved.

 

[Megatomic]

I've been using them for 2 months now.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I've been using them for 2 months now.

I was running the beta drivers for a long while and funny things were happening.

 

[Megatomic]

I'm pretty happy with the new driver pack myself. I might almost be willing to go as far as to say it gave new life to my A2 ZS.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm pretty happy with the new driver pack myself. I might almost be willing to go as far as to say it gave new life to my A2 ZS.

Did you recalibrate your Speakers?

 

[Megatomic]

I only have a 2.1 speaker setup, there's not much to calibrate. I don't have a place for anything more than that without intruding on my wife's sense of decorum.

 

[Ricemarine]

I thought there was a new set of drivers... I was wrong :laugh:

I already installed em.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I only have a 2.1 speaker setup, there's not much to calibrate. I don't have a place for anything more than that without intruding on my wife's sense of decorum.

You need your own room buddy, where it is yours to do what ever you want; then let her have the rest of the house the way she wants it.

It still helps to calibrate 2.1 systems.

 

[imported_Reck]

release date january 24 2006.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Reck
release date january 24 2006.

But for those who missed the rare occasion, this is their notificatoin.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I only have a 2.1 speaker setup, there's not much to calibrate. I don't have a place for anything more than that without intruding on my wife's sense of decorum.

You need your own room buddy, where it is yours to do what ever you want; then let her have the rest of the house the way she wants it.

It still helps to calibrate 2.1 systems.

I'd have to make one of the kids move out to have my own room. The oldest is 14 so I guess my room will have to wait a few years.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I only have a 2.1 speaker setup, there's not much to calibrate. I don't have a place for anything more than that without intruding on my wife's sense of decorum.

You need your own room buddy, where it is yours to do what ever you want; then let her have the rest of the house the way she wants it.

It still helps to calibrate 2.1 systems.

I'd have to make one of the kids move out to have my own room. The oldest is 14 so I guess my room will have to wait a few years.

4 Years is not to bad, so in the mean time is their room in the garage for your private space?

 

[LOUISSSSS]

under add/remove programs.. to before installing the new drivers, should i remove:
-Creative MediaSource
-Creative System Information
-Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
??

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
under add/remove programs.. to before installing the new drivers, should i remove:
-Creative MediaSource
-Creative System Information
-Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
??

Yes you should or if you do not the driver will do it for you and reboot. I recommend you let the driver do it for you. The installation process is slow so you will need patience.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Googer
4 Years is not to bad, so in the mean time is their room in the garage for your private space?

I live in Texas where most of the year is unbearably hot. The garage swelters. You know, my wife would love for me to have my own room, and I would like one too. But I can wait a few years for my kids to begin to move out.

In the meantime I have a decent set of cans to wear when I need volume for gaming goodness.

 

[HorseShoe]

Can I just install this driver over my existing one? Or should I uninstall the old driver first and then install this one?

Sorry for such a newb question but I really don't want to restart my comp.

 

[Bluestealth]

You can install it over the old one, but you still have to restart to "load" the new driver.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Hmm I just installed the drivers and now I dont have any options for EAX in the EAX control panel, anyone know what the deal with that is?

 

[The J]

The installer will uninstall the old driver for you. It will tell you that, uninstall them, and restart. When you reboot, you will return immediately to the driver installer.

 

[Luckyboy1]

Also remember to reboot into safe mode and run both Ad-Aware and Spybot to remove all the cute stuff that Creative gives you that nobody wants hobbling their PC.

 

[GTaudiophile]

These for X-Fi owners too?

 

[zagood]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
These for X-Fi owners too?

Most recent drivers are November, but they're newer than the ones on the installation CD. Haven't tried them yet.

-z

 

[alcoholbob]

Hmm, all the joys of new drivers? Does it include the Crystalizer too and CMSS3D Headphone? Or will someone have to hack the X-Fi drivers to work with older Audigies?