Equalizer for X-Fi or Windows Itself ?

[Srfrbum]

In XP, i had the improved creative audio console, with the equalizer option. For vista 64, im guessing it hasnt come out yet, so im stuck with an old style tab menu that doesnt have any equalizer. Without it, every sound is like muffled and blurry. The windows sounds, and in games. In movies and music this isn't a problem because I could just use the itunes or windows media player equalizers. While the X-Fi one, controlled everything. Is there something like that, or am I going to have to wait for Creative to update their drivers again ?? I appreciate your help.. Thanks.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Listen the only solution is to run the youpax modded software for vista. It's hacked but it does restore much of the functionality in vista like what was available in xp. I'm using it myself because of the pathetic creative drivers and software for vista.

 

[Srfrbum]

Should I uninstall the x-fi drivers i found on creative's website first, or does this modify them some way and I don't have to uninstall them ?

 

[Ghouler]

@Puffnstuff, OT - can you use ALchemy and have hardware audio acceleration under vista with youppax driver? If so I might try it..

 

[Puffnstuff]

What I did is first uninstall all creative software and then rebooted. I then ran the youpax cd and followed the onscreen prompts. Once the installation begins only click on the creative menus as they appear. Once all of the creative panels have stopped and you are left with the youpax pane then click on it but not before the creative software has completed. This will properly install the software and then you must reboot. My son and I are both running this package and it has restored functionality to vista. I'm glad to have my eq back so I can shape my music and hear it again. There's a huge thread over in the creative forums over the fiasco with vista software and drivers. I am most unhappy with creative over this mess and I'm already looking for a replacement for this x-fi fatal1ty card. Creative has probably lost a customer for life over this.
Ghouler I don't know the answer to your question.

 

[kelleybp]

I second Puffnstuff. Youppax is the only way to go with an x-fi in vista. I don't mess with ALchemy (only have 2.1 speakers) so I don't know if there is any added benefit in gaming.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: kelleybp
I second Puffnstuff. Youppax is the only way to go with an x-fi in vista. I don't mess with ALchemy (only have 2.1 speakers) so I don't know if there is any added benefit in gaming.

In your case, the added benefit would be hardware DSP support via OpenAL.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: kelleybp
I second Puffnstuff. Youppax is the only way to go with an x-fi in vista. I don't mess with ALchemy (only have 2.1 speakers) so I don't know if there is any added benefit in gaming.

The Alchemy project has nothing to do with multi speaker. It is a OpenGL wrapper to allow EAX effect to work in games in Vista because of the dropped support of API programmed DirectSound in Vista

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: AnnihilatorX

Originally posted by: kelleybp
I second Puffnstuff. Youppax is the only way to go with an x-fi in vista. I don't mess with ALchemy (only have 2.1 speakers) so I don't know if there is any added benefit in gaming.

The Alchemy project has nothing to do with multi speaker. It is a OpenAL wrapper to allow EAX effect to work in DirectSound games in Vista because of the dropped support for that in Vista

Fixed. Alchemy works on more than games too, I use it on Winamp since as a cans user CMSS-3D in software eats 20% of one of my A64X2 cores.

 

[fire400]

one reason why vista annoys me