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Creative Labs Releases New SoundBlaster X-Fi Driver, Finally

 

"The driver release address some (but not all) issues with crackling, corrects a number of issues with popular games and adds full support for OpenAL 1.1."

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Includes Creative Audio Console, which enables you to use the Sound Blaster X-Fi features and functions.

Does not address all the reported general "crackling" issues, but it does resolve some specific issues with crackling. Investigations with some motherboard manufacturers are ongoing, and we hope to provide a general solution soon.

Resolves some issues to improve your overall audio experience.

 

Added Feature:

Supports OpenAL 1.1

 

Game Fixes:

 

For Prey™

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding

 

For Quake 4™ (version 1.04)

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding when the error message "Quake 4 has encountered an error and needs to close" is displayed

Resolves the issue of mono speaker out in surround sound environments

Allows you to hear audio from speakers when you select the OpenAL X-Fi option as the audio driver

Allows audio channels to stream to correct speakers

 

For Battlefield 2™

Allows the Ultra-High Audio setting in a multi-player game

 

For Battlefield 2 (version 1.12)

Allows you to hear audio from speakers when the X-Fi audio driver option is selected

 

For Doom 3™ (version 1.3)

Allows you to hear audio from speakers when EAX 4.0 is enabled

Resolves the "pop" issue during the Chainsaw attack sound effect sequence

Removes "hiss" from the front left speaker

Allows panning

Plays the Ambient sound effects correctly

 

For Unreal® Tournament 2004 (version 3369)

Allows you to hear audio from speakers when running in hardware OpenAL mode (the System Driver check-box is cleared)

 

For Unreal Tournament 2004 (version 3355)

Allows reverb in native OpenAL mode

Allows music to play correctly during gaming in Native OpenAL mode

 

For Dungeon Siege® (version 1.11)

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding during benchmarking

 

Music or Movie Playback Fixes:

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding when DTS signal is passed through Creative MediaSource™ Player/Organizer

Removes X-Fi CMSS-3D Speakers distortion when playing DivX stereo content

 

Recording Fixes:

 

For Audio Creation Mode

Removes distortion when recording to a 44.1 kHz multi-channel wave file in Audio Creation Mode with 44.1 kHz master sampling rate

Removes pops and crackles during record monitoring and changing sample rates

 

For Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition

Resolves the issue where no audio is heard from your speakers occasionally when playing 3D MIDI files

Resolves the missing instrument issue when playing a MIDI file in all modes

Others

 

Resolves the "recording process aborted" issue during a 44 kHz multi-channel recording

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding when recording with Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer

Resolves SoundFont® issues where notes distort and change pitch during playback and recording

 

General Fixes:

Allows your computer to quit Suspend mode when enabling "Automatically Enable Headphone Settings" even when headphones are not connected to your computer

Resolves the issue where no audio is heard when testing the X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone in the Game Mode console

Resolves the noise issue when your computer quits Standby mode

 

Fixes for developers:

Allows effects to be loaded in EAX4.0 mode of your test program (EAX50ShowDSound)

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding when loading a 2D Sound in your test program (DSound50_OpenAL 1.1)

Resolves the issue where there is no upmix when switching effects

Resolves the floating point offset issue in OpenAL

Resolves the issue of the computer not responding while using synchronous start through native OpenAL

 

Requirements:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic, Platinum or Fatal1ty audio device

 

Note:

Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player is unavailable for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

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Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite = $400

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I'm lovin' my X-Fi XtremeMusic that I got onsale for $99!! :D

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