New Santa Cruz Drivers v4193

[xNoodles]

Available here, released 6/27 Santa Cruz Downloads

v4193 - New Features/Fixes
==========================
* 5.1 Gaming support! Now you can play the latest 5.1 games with the 5.1
speaker config and hear everything you are supposed to.

* Windows Media Player 9 5.1 support added under XP.
Now you can play multi-channel WMA files!

* SRS CSII 5.1 plugin for MP9 works with this driver.

* EAX 2.0 fully compliant. Query for BasicSupport of Deferred EAX
properties now works.

* Fix for games where all sound would suddenly stop.

* Fixed Hibernate/S3 issue where center/sub would not work without a speaker
config change after resume.

* Fixed game port conflict with MPX/nForce motherboards.

* 3d sounds with elevation playback distortion free.

* DSound primary renderer now follows the speaker config. Example going
from 5.1 to headphone, all 3d sounds will now play out two channels.
This corrects missing sounds in games.

* AC3 digital over SPDIF now works in 98SE. Detects if the AC3 node should
be utilized in the topology based on system support.
98SE requires QFE 269601USA8.EXE, 2K requires SP2.

* Enhanced MIDI playback with better timing and fixed region exclusive
(hihats)

* Fixed DSound volume scaling. Now distant sounds in games are more audible.

* Matched Center/Sub volume scaling to front/rear output levels.

* Fixed distortion/intermittent noise playing multiple channels at various
sample rates.

* Synced up the windows speaker modes with Santa Cruz Control Panel.

* Improved Installer. Removes old driver and installs new one. Corrects
missing support files when uninstalling/reinstalling without restarting.
9x now prompts for a reboot after driver install.

* Bugchecks on uninstalling resolved.

* Optimized boot time and resume from standby times.

Additional Notes:
=================
* XP ONLY: Santa Cruz effects may not work when playing certain multi-channel
( >2 ) streams while in 6 speaker mode.

* You can use the 'restore defaults' in the Santa Cruz Control Panel to use
the default speaker setting you selected during the install. Please note
that other presets do not affect the speaker config or the master volume.

* To load the Santa Cruz tray icon (blue speaker), simply run the Santa Cruz
Control Panel from the Start Menu or Windows Control Panel. Right click on
it and select the 'Load System Tray' from the context menu.

* 98SE ONLY: if you install the QFE for AC3 support, the mixer device will
show two wave sliders in tandem.

Enjoy and thank you for choosing Turtle Beach!

 

[0roo0roo]

yay

hope it doesn't break headphone support like last beta

 

[BuckNaked]

Thanks xNoodles! Had kind of given up on any further updates for the card..... Anyone try these yet?

 

[Blooz1]

Thanks, xNoodles! I'm gonna try this one..passed on the last one once I saw some of the issues people had!

 

[0roo0roo]

yea i swore people in the beta driver thread said tb was through with drivres.

 

[HiTek21]

Man I just upgraded to an NForce Board today. Woulda been nice if I could have used these new drivers on my old Santa Cruz card.

 

[NFS4]

Yet another reason why Creative sucks

 

[draggoon01]

what games have 5.1 support? doom 3?

when games do use 5.1 what api are they using? is it true 5.1?

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Yet another reason why Creative sucks

word

 

[ginfest]

I'm not an "audiophile" but have had my SC since they came out and never had a problem with it-I mostly game and have the "line-in" and "speaker out" going thru my stereo reciever/surround system.
I'm just amazed that the company is still supporting the card with new drivers-the 4161s have worked fine here although they date to April '02.
Great work TB!

Mike G

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
Man I just upgraded to an NForce Board today. Woulda been nice if I could have used these new drivers on my old Santa Cruz card.

I gave up my TBSC when I upgraded to my 8RDA+ back in March. I wish I hadn't sold the card now.

And thanks go out to all the misinformation spreaders about TB stopping support for the TBSC. I'll learn to ignore most, if not all, of what I read on these forums one day. :|

 

[abaez]

This is nice.. anyone tried them?

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

And thanks go out to all the misinformation spreaders about TB stopping support for the TBSC.

But.. but.. what I heard from my friend's brother's cousin's uncle who is an IT director for this guy who knows someone's brother who works at TB is that TB is going out of business!

 

[Remedy]

I tried them on my 760MPX this morning and the sound is bit vibrant then the previous betas and official before that. No errors or crashing. SP4 is co-oping with it just fine as well.

 

[KhoiFather]

This update is so retarded, after I installed it, I get the Found New Hardware crap and it keeps asking me to install the drivers. Uhhhhh isn't my freaking drivers already installed? Now I can't find my original cd for the original drivers. WTF!!! TB drivers are retarded!!!!

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: KhoiFather
This update is so retarded, after I installed it, I get the Found New Hardware crap and it keeps asking me to install the drivers. Uhhhhh isn't my freaking drivers already installed? Now I can't find my original cd for the original drivers. WTF!!! TB drivers are retarded!!!!

sounds like windows is the one having issues

 

[Remedy]

Windows 2K/XP
=============
Please make sure that you do not have the Santa Cruz CD in your CD-ROM
drive otherwise the new drivers may not install correctly.

The install will check and update Windows Installer if needed and then
ask to reboot the system. Upon rebooting, you'll need to launch the
installation again to install the drivers and applications.

Windows will warn you that you're installing an unsigned driver.
To continue installing, click the 'Continue Anyway' or the 'Yes' button to
ignore the unsigned warnings. You may also have to click OK or Next on
found new hardware dialogs. Note that you will get a set of these dialogs
for each device (Santa Cruz(tm), Santa Cruz(tm) WDM Interface,
Santa Cruz(tm) Game Port). If not it could indicate that an older driver is
being installed.

If you get a bugcheck (system suddenly reboots or blue screens) during the
uninstallation of a previous driver, boot the os into safe mode (press F8
while the PC is booting, after the POST) and disable the Santa Cruz(tm)
driver (right click-> disable) in the Device Manager. Then restart normally
and run the installation again.

You MUST REBOOT after the installation if prompted by Windows.

Uninstall your old TBSC betas/drivers. Don't reboot. Delete the TBSC folder. Then double click the 4193's and allow them to install. 90 seconds or so. Then reboot. (Speaking from my 2K install.)

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

This update is so retarded, after I installed it, I get the Found New Hardware crap and it keeps asking me to install the drivers. Uhhhhh isn't my freaking drivers already installed? Now I can't find my original cd for the original drivers. WTF!!! TB drivers are retarded!!!!

Did you try clicking the "Next" button?

 

[randumb]

Sweet. I just got a TBSC, and now I'm gonna update it!

 

[jm0ris0n]

yay !

 

[oldfart]

:beer:

 

[Remedy]

Originally posted by: oldfart
:beer:

Nothing worst than an Elite member who's also an Alcoholic.

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: ReMeDy{WcS}

Originally posted by: oldfart
:beer:

Nothing worst than an Elite member who's also an Alcoholic.

:beer:BURP!!:beer:

 

[Corporate Thug]

sound went out on my TBSC, installed new drivers, sound came back. i'm happy

 

[ViperV990]

This is so nasty... I've an Abit NF7 nForce2 board and this TBSC is giving me big troubles. The gameport issue is supposedly fixed but nope, still the same crap. Even worse is that sound dissappears in BF1942/DC as soon as I hop into a HIND or any airplanes (the Apache is fine tho). If I can't get it fixed soon I'm going back to onboard sound. I so regret not paying an extra 20 bux for the -S version of the board...