Audigy 2 or Audigy 4 safe in Nforc

Think the older Audigy 2 or Audigy 4 are safe bets for my DFI NF4 mainboard? I already know the hard way X-Fi is a no go. Are these any different in PCI bus behavior from Audigy types? Meaning if the Audigy worked, either of these should behave precisely the same?
My sad story:
My faithful Audigy Plat just failed. System won't even post with the card in now.
So first I bought a Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer locally thinking at worst it would click and pop in certain games. MUCH WORSE - The card caused such bad PCI bus problems on my NF4 board that made my system totally unbootable. The SCSI controller stopped being recognized no matter what, only to return to normal as soon as the X-Fi was removed. So I had no choice but to return it. Looks like no X-Fi for me, and I'm not about to sacrifice the SCSI or replace the mainboard yet.
So then I mail ordered an M-Audio Rev5.. It works without a hitch but didn't take long to discover this card is almost useless features-wise compared to the Audigy even. It can't even moniter internal software busses intersecting from anywhere in the software signal chain through ASIO, which is totally unacceptible. Non ASIO apps stopped recognizing 96kHz WAV files altogether. One program that was fine on Creative cards wouldn't even accept its ASIO drivers. Not being local and having been overnighted, looks like I'm not getting full, easy refunds this time.
I'm not wanting to take any more chances and have no more budget or time to waste on another bad purchase. If I return the M-Audio, the replacement HAS TO BE 00% ASSURED TO WORK!!! I've looked at other simular priced cards from other brands and their ASIO I/O bus capabilities and such leave me wondering if it might not go so well. I'd just assume get something closer to the Audigy at this point, maybe a modest upgrade.

Cmon
All I wanna know is if the Audigy 2 and 4 series are the same as the st Audigy in terms of PCI bus behavior. If it is, I will get one. If its anything like the X-Fi, I won't.

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What is the difference: Audigy 4 & Audigy 4

Hi,
I'm interested in Audigy 4 non Pro but I can't find what's the difference between audigy 4 and audigy 4 pro.
Where is a review of the audigy 4 non pro?
Please, help me!
My English is bad, sorry, i'm writting from Spain.
Thanks!
RicardoMessage Edited by Ricardo_J on -08-2005 08:00 AM

... as an addon, some information on technical differences for those cards, can be found herefrom.
jutapa

Help needed for Audigy and Audigy 2

Hi, I got a set of Audigy Platinum EX and I have a Audigy 2 ZS. Can I use the external I/o part of Audigy Platinum EX on Audigy 2 ZS?Thanks

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Audigy 1 & Audigy 2 ZS Linked to RAID Setup Probl

It would seem Creative's Audigy and also Audigy 2 ZS sound cards produce unwanted sound problems with RAID setu
ps.
Specifically, my testing was done on an onboard Promise 378 RAID 0 setup.
The following setup was configured:
Windows XP (Tested both Home & Pro)
Intel Pentium 3.4C Ghz HT 800FSB
2GB Corsair TWINX PC3200
ASUS P4C800 Deluxe
2xWestern Digital 60GB Caviar's Special Edition 8MB Cache in RAID 0
Onboard Promise RAID Controller Fasttrak 378 (old and newest drivers tested)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Retail & Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Retail (all available drivers tested)
The sound problems are heavily distorted sounds, cracks, cut-outs, and hissing when any type of audio is playing and is especially apparent with using the hard dri'ves.
The standard Intel based Non-RAID configuration contains zero problems with any sound. It is only when users are using RAID that these problems occur.
It would definitely be in Creative's best interest to investigate this issue and resolve a solution. This problem has been around for a long time, with no support from Creative.
Please note, the onboard sound audio was tested with RAID setups and non-RAID setups and there were never any sound problems with either. All available PCI slots were tested and various PCI Latency configurations were tested within the BIOS. No solution was found.

terror_adagio wrote:
It would seem Creative's Audigy and also Audigy 2 ZS sound cards produce unwanted sound problems with RAID setu
ps.
Specifically, my testing was done on an onboard Promise 378 RAID 0 setup. The following setup was configured:Windows XP (Tested both Home & Pro)Intel Pentium 3.4C Ghz HT 800FSB2GB Corsair TWINX PC3200ASUS P4C800 Deluxe2xWestern Digital 60GB Caviar's Special Edition 8MB Cache in RAID 0Onboard Promise RAID Controller Fasttrak 378 (old and newest drivers tested)Creative Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Retail & Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Retail (all available drivers tested)The sound problems are heavily distorted sounds, cracks, cut-outs, and hissing when any type of audio is playing and is especially apparent with using the hard dri'ves.The standard Intel based Non-RAID configuration contains zero problems with any sound. It is only when users are using RAID that these problems occur. It would definitely be in Creative's best interest to investigate this issue and resolve a solution. This problem has been around for a long time, with no support from Creative.Please note, the onboard sound audio was tested with RAID setups and non-RAID setups and there were never any sound problems with either. All available PCI slots were tested and various PCI Latency configurations were tested within the BIOS. No solution was found.
Hi, have you find a solution?
I try to disable the Promise PDC20378 controller and the problem seems disappeared.

Audigy 1 + Audigy 2 ZS Platinum + Vist

So I decided to plug in my old audigy to have an extra sound card to play music and use with ventrilo.
Once I got around some problems getting the driver installed I noticed that I get no sound whatsoever out of the Audigy . When I checked the device properties for the audigy I noticed there was no tab for "Tone," "Custom," nor "Levels."
However the Audigy 2 ZS works 00%.
anyone else try this or another combination of different model Audigys?
What are the odds that this combo ever working under vista?
-- judging from some of the complaints about the lack of updates I'm thinking never?

terror_adagio wrote:
It would seem Creative's Audigy and also Audigy 2 ZS sound cards produce unwanted sound problems with RAID setu
ps.
Specifically, my testing was done on an onboard Promise 378 RAID 0 setup. The following setup was configured:Windows XP (Tested both Home & Pro)Intel Pentium 3.4C Ghz HT 800FSB2GB Corsair TWINX PC3200ASUS P4C800 Deluxe2xWestern Digital 60GB Caviar's Special Edition 8MB Cache in RAID 0Onboard Promise RAID Controller Fasttrak 378 (old and newest drivers tested)Creative Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Retail & Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Retail (all available drivers tested)The sound problems are heavily distorted sounds, cracks, cut-outs, and hissing when any type of audio is playing and is especially apparent with using the hard dri'ves.The standard Intel based Non-RAID configuration contains zero problems with any sound. It is only when users are using RAID that these problems occur. It would definitely be in Creative's best interest to investigate this issue and resolve a solution. This problem has been around for a long time, with no support from Creative.Please note, the onboard sound audio was tested with RAID setups and non-RAID setups and there were never any sound problems with either. All available PCI slots were tested and various PCI Latency configurations were tested within the BIOS. No solution was found.
Hi, have you find a solution?
I try to disable the Promise PDC20378 controller and the problem seems disappeared.

Request for advice on Audigy 2, Audigy RX and ASIO

I believe this may be my first posting on this forum although I have visited many times. I'm not a techie and a lot of the jargon is lost on me so apologies if I go off track a bit.
I am a big BIG fan of the Audigy 2 and I had been using it very happily on my Windows XP machines for at least 6 or 7 years and 3 rebuilds. When I upgraded to Windows Vista and then 7 (reluctantly) all hell broke loose.
Let me explain briefly how I use the card. I record and perform music tracks and I also regularly broadcast through a digital radio stream. Using the "What U Hear" recording setting I record and broadcast voice on mic simultaneously with backing tracks. The recording facility and EAX functions, particularly reverb, were therefore essential to me. It was a sombre moment when I lost them in the Windows upgrades, which turned to panic soon after trialling replacements from various manufacturers, Creative included.
I had a common problem with all of them; latency.
I must have tried about a half dozen or so alternatives. Each were PCIe connectivity, each had ASIO functionality and each had an infuriating latency delay between input and output (singing and hearing) that despite being milliseconds made it impossible to perform or record. I had to return them all.
The problems Audigy had with Windows after XP are already well documented and it was only thanks to the extraordinary efforts of certain enthusiasts developing upgraded drivers etc. (Thank you Mr K!) that I was able to maintain use of my beloved Audigy 2. It has rallied magnificently through much adversity and I persevered with the minor anomalies that I was unable to resolve.
For example, changing the default recording device from microphone to What U Hear and vice versa (through Windows audio settings since the Audigy panel can't do it now) would indicate that the change was successful but doesn't actually activate until I reboot. Never got to the bottom of that that and I could live with it but recently there have been some other glitches.
Music playback (on any software) will drop randomly to terrible static needing a reboot to reset.
Skype voice sounds awful to whoever is listening to me. On the rare occasion I get it working I save the settings (I have tried numerous fixes) only to find that the problem returns next time I reboot. There seems to be no consistency to the cause.
The Audigy RX looks like it will do the job for me but I am concerned about the latency issue. Is it related to the ASIO function?. As I said earlier I am NOT a techie; only through trial and error did I manage to keep the Audigy 2 going for this long.
ASIO I've read about and it seems now to be an industry standard, supposedly to improve performance but so far I have found quite the opposite. I'm not sure what it really is, how it works or if I need it. I don't think Audigy 2 had it and that was fine for me.
So please help; what can I do about this cursed latency?

oh, and I also have two LaCie NAT drives with ethernet connections which I'd like to be able to access from the iMac and the MacBook Pro...
Thanks!

Recording Software continues to look for Audigy after Audigy is disab

I disabled Soundblaster in the Window XP Pro configuration I use for recording, yet when I open Sonar I get two error messages, both of which say "There are no Creative audio products installed and running on the system that support ASIO". The drivers don't appear in the audio configuration dialogue in Sonar.
I installed a MOTU Traveler, and want to use this for recording. Unfortunately, if I have Soundblaster enabled, the MOTU drivers are all grayed out in Sonar, and the MOTU unit is unusable.
According to the Sonar tech support this is not a Sonar problem but a Soundblaster problem, and the only way he knows of solving it is to uninstall the SB drivers. I'd rather not have to uninstall them, but would like to keep them installed but disabled in case I want to use the SB for something in the future.
Anybody have any solutions?
Thanks in advance.
Matt
Audigy 2
Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 2.4

In Sonar Options->Audio->Drivers -tab, unselect all Audigy I/O drivers first to get the MOTU drivers selectable ... then select the MOTU ones.
jutapa

Audigy and Audigy 2 ZS Front Pa

I have a audigy 2 zs, will a front panel from audigy work with my sound card? thannks

No, I'm afraid not. These two are incompatible.
Cat

Installing Audigy Card on K7T Turbo2

K7T Turbo2 mobo w/ V3.6 BIOS installed
1 gb PC133 SDRam (2 512's)
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro agp Graphics (128 mb)
SB Audigy gamer PCI sound
RealTek 10/100 nic pci
Win 2K SP4
Antec True Power 550 (550w) PS
WD 800JB as stand alone
WD 400BB in line with Sony 16x DVD player
DC output +5v (0A - 40A)
DC output +12v (0.8A - 24A)
DC output +3.3v (0A - 32A)
DC output -5v (0A - 0.5A)
DC output -12v (0A - 1A)
DC output +5v sb (0A - 2A)
Did a clean reinstall of Win2k because I felt there had been too many hardware changes since the original installation. Evidently, while I was trying to get a XP 2600+ 333 recognized as a 2600+ (I learned in the BIOS forum that this wasn't possible) the onboard sound became enabled in BIOS.
I did the reinstall without the sound card. I then attempted to add it, but of course I had a conflict between the Audigy card and the AC97 onboard. After I figured out that the onboard sound was enabled, I disabled it in BIOS. I went to safe mode and removed all hardware related to sound and all software related to Creative. I shut down again- removed the audigy card - restarted. Shut down again, inserted the audigy card in a different slot (also tried original slot). Windows doesn't recognize it. It does see a "multimedia audio controller" that I cannot find a driver for. If I cancel out of that driver installation and try to install the Creative software it advises that no sound blaster card is present.
Should I start all over again? If I do, should I install win2k with the sound card installed?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
PS - system was working fine before I attempted the re-install but was sluggish which I felt was due to all the hardware changes (mobo, graphics card, sound card, hd) done at various times, not to mention the software installs and uninstalls.

This is the advice I rcvd from Creative technical support. It worked. Sound card is properly and cleanly installed. I also disabled the onchip sound in BIOS advanced chipset in addition to disabling the onboard audio in BIOS Integrated peripherals.
Again, this is for an audigy sound card and Win2k:
please try out the following cleansweep and
re-installation procedure instead, to see if it works:-
1. Enable the WINDOWS 2000 STARTUP MENU by rebooting your computer and
tapping F8 once every second OR holding the SHIFT key while rebooting.
2. When the menu is displayed, select SAFE MODE and press ENTER.
3. Once in SAFE MODE, insert the sound card's installation CD and exit
out of the installer
4. Click START / RUN.
5. Type "X:\AUDIO\DRIVERS\CTZAPXX.EXE into the OPEN field (replace X
with the applicable CD-ROM drive letter).
6. Click OK.
7. When the CREATIVE DRIVER UPDATE UTILITY opens, select DRIVER
UNINSTALLATION under UPDATE OPTION.
8. If two out of the three options are disabled or grayed out under
DRIVER TYPE, click OK. Otherwise, select WDM. You will then be
prompted to reboot, but please do not do so.
9. Click START / SETTINGS / CONTROL PANEL / ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS.
10. Remove all Creative SB Audigy 2 programs.
11. Close all windows, and reboot the computer normally (ENTER NORMAL
MODE).
12. The Audigy 2 will be detected by Windows. Cancel the ADD NEW
HARDWARE WIZARD when able.
In order to install your soundcard properly, I recommend you to ensure
the following for the audio installation and test:
- The card is the only card installed other than the Graphics card.
- The card is at least one empty slot away from the Graphics card.
- Place the soundcard away from all the others.
- That the card is seated properly in the PCI slot.
- Move the PC's internal wires away from the soundcard.
- That the on-board sound on your motherboard is disabled through the
BIOS.
- That the on-board gameport is disabled through the BIOS.
- That your motherboard BIOS is up-to-date.
- That the operating system is up-to-date with the latest service packs
and patches.
- That there are no background applications open when you attempt the
solution.
- That the anti-virus program is disabled.
- That if you are over-clocking your system, return all options to their
recommended settings.
- That you access the PC with administrator rights.
13. Perform an installation via the CTRUN program on the CD
(X:\CTRUN\CTRUN.EXE where X is the drive letter of your CD drive that
has the installation CD).
[note:RE: Item 13 - there was a ctrunx directory with ctrunx.exe and start.exe in it. The ctrunx.exe wouldn't execute, but the start.exe did the job]
14. Reboot if prompted.
15. Please obtain the latest updates for your Audigy 2 card from our
website:- http://us.creative.com//support/downloads/
Under the option 'Select your product': Select 'Sound Blaster'->'24-bit
Advanced HD'->'Sound Blaster Audigy 2'.
Under the option 'Select your operating system': Select 'Windows 2000'.
Click on the 'Go' button just below the Windows selection.
In the next page, click on 'EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD Driver Update for
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2/Audigy 2 ZS' and the download should
begin.
16. Once you are prompted to OPEN FROM CURRENT LOCATION or SAVE TO
DISK, select SAVE TO DISK and download the update to MY DESKTOP.
17. When the file has completed the phase of being transferred to your
computer, locate the file on your desktop and double click the file.

Audigy Sound Blaster and Remotely controlled speake

I own Sound Blaster Audigy card and I would like to purchase set of Dolby surround speakers that would work flawlessly with that card. I am thinking to buy Creative speakers since they also make this card, but I need a set that could be remotely controlled, either through wire or wirelessly. Anyone out there with this older model of Audigy that has surround speakers connected to it which can be remotely controlled? Any suggestions? I wrote an email with my question to Creative sales, but nobody responded yet.
Thank you,

If it is the very first Audigy model (Audigy ) then it a 5. soundcard. So any 5. speaker system or below would work nati'vely with your soundcard. If you choose a 6. or 7. system they usually have an upmix function to make 5. sounds play over all satellites.
Also, most speaker sets (regardless of manufacturer) uses some kind of remote control (either through cable or IR).
Your question is extremely hard to answer if you are looking for tips on which speaker set to buy, but easy to answer if we take the question "Anyone out there with this older model of Audigy that has surround speakers connected to it which can be remotely controlled?" at face value as everyone with any kind of speakers should have some kind of control pod or IR remote control to their speakers.
Edit: I will try to answer your question: you can choose whatever speaker set you want as I think it is safe to say they all got either a cable remote control or an IR remote. The question then becomes what exactly you are looking for and in what price range.
Message Edited by rico0 on 07-23-2005 08:43 PM

SB Audigy Series Support Pack 5.3 (02/24/2015)

This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.
Use it at your own risk.
Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):
- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4
- Audigy 5/RX
For Audigy SE/LS/Value and Live! 24-bit cards, click here for a compatible version.
Operating systems supported:
32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
Included in the pack:
- Audigy series driver 3.01.0039 (Windows Vista or later) (**)
- Audigy series driver 2.09.0016 (Windows XP)
- ALchemy 1.45.03
- Audio Console 1.41.00
- DDL and DTS Connect License Activation 1.00.04 (*)
- Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.03.08 (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.60 (Windows Vista or later)
- EAX Console 3.00.59 (Windows XP only)
- Feature Mode Selection Utility 2.10.07
- Graphic Equalizer 2.10.01
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78 (***)
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.02
- Speaker Calibrator 1.60.14 (Windows XP only)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.05 (Windows Vista or later)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.04 (Windows XP only)
- Surround Mixer 4.00.76 (Windows XP only)
- THX Setup Console 2.20.08 (Windows XP only)
(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com.
(**) - For Audigy 5/RX (SB1550) and Audigy 4 Series II (SB0612) this driver also supports Windows XP.
(***) - Requires Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS ou Audigy 4
Does this driver improve sound quality or performance Are there any tweaks ?
No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
No, there are no tweaks.
If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
Fixes and improvements:
- Fixed Audigy 5/RX support.
- Readded "EndPoint Utility" to enable the use of other digital devices to output Dolby Digital Live encoded audio.
- Fixed driver installation issues on Windows 10.
- Fixed Audigy "1" or Audigy 2 mute issue.
- Audigy RX is now fully supported.
- EAX Console now works on Windows Vista or later.
- Karaoke effects now work properly on Windows Vista or later, just use EAX Console to enable them. Effects will only be applied to the Microphone input.
- Sound Blaster Audigy Control Panel now available for all cards, but it lacks many settings available on Audio Console, so use the later.
- Added instructions on how to install the Gameport.
- Fixed missing speaker settings strings on Windows XP when DDL is enabled.
- Improved driver installation, less confirmation prompts.
- Improved setup procedure and scripts.
- Removed Encode switcher for now, only DDL is available.
- Installation now customizable, select what you want to install.
- New integrated Post Driver Install Helper tweaks the driver without tampering certificate.
- CMSS2 is now available.
- OpenAL 64-bit support.
- Dolby Digital Live now works on Windows 8.1 (update 1). Creative Audio Service was not being installed on that OS.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ, Studio and Custom presets now available on Windows Vista or later.
- Audio Console does not crash anymore on non-English localized installs. Localized resources for Online Karaoke tab were missing; added mostly localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources.
- Online Karaoke page is available for all Audigy cards on Windows Vista or later; this is NOT a new feature, but an easier way to configure the Microphone.
- EAX Settings for Windows Vista or later includes EAX Studio, a fancy version of EAX Control Panel, no changes in functionality, except the Test button now works.
- Added fully localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources for EAX Studio, which were missing.
Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):
- Headphone mode now sticks and does not revert automatically to Speakers mode on Windows Vista or later.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ and Studio presets were not working on Windows Vista or later.
Release Notes:
IMPORTANT: Driver uninstall on Windows Vista or later
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that causes a stop (blue screen) error when unloaded by disabling the Audigy or uninstalling the driver.
To workaround this issue, run the KillDrv.exe utility included and restart when asked to do so. Proceed normally and uninstall all the software or only the driver.
If you have previously installed the Audigy 5/RX driver, you MUST run this utility.
As the KillDrv verify the driver version installed, running it won't do any harm, even if the driver version is not affected.
HOW TO INSTALL THE GAMEPORT DRIVER
You can find a Gameport\ReadMe.htm file in the folder where you unpacked the Support Pack.
Just follow the steps shown in the screenshots.
WINDOWS 8.1 OR LATER DOES NOT SAVE SETTINGS
- Configure all settings and shutdown. Your settings will be saved.
- This does not work if you disable Fast startup permanently or temporarily (by holding the Shift key while shutting down).
- On Windows 10 you need to run the application with Administrator privileges (right-click and choose Run as Administrator). This is valid for all applications used to configure the card.
OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that crashes your system if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers.
No problem With 62 or fewer buffers.
OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D + EAX benchmarks are not affected.
Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0x000000D1) - ctoss2k.sys
There is no DirectSound hardware acceleration on Windows XP 64-bit (x64) with 4GB RAM or more
The Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, disabling the DirectSound hardware acceleration and causing multichannel sound to be played only in the stereo channels (front left/right).
Workarounds:
- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows XP.
- limit to less than 4GB the amount of RAM available to Windows.
- enable the "Memory Hole" setting in the BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports it.
- install and use Creative ALchemy to convert the DirectSound API calls into OpenAL, which is not affected by this issue.
Karaoke effects make the audio play in mono
You can avoid this issue by using EAX Console to enable Karaoke effects. Audio Console is affected by the issue.
Optionally, follow the steps below.
Open EAX Settings, select a Karaoke effect, then click the Edit button.
Click on the Source (Wave) tab and change the Original sound to 100% and Pitch Shift to 0%. Click the Save environment button.
Repeat the steps for all Karaoke effects.
These changes will be valid only for the current speaker configuration. If desired, repeat the same process for each speaker configuration.
MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements
- 32-bit edition of Windows XP or later
- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card
Built-in Decoder on Windows Vista or later
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF.
When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.
Equalizer and EAX effects are not available when using OpenAL or ALchemy
Only Tone (Bass and Treble) and CMSS 3D (CMSS, CMSS2 and Stereo Surround) features are available.
There is no sound in games with OpenAL support
Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX by selecting "No effect" before running the game or program.
Equalizer settings are not applied after using OpenAL or ALchemy
After you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are applied.
Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.
Tone settings are lost when speaker configuration is changed
Bass and treble settings reset to their default values when speaker configuration is changed.
Download:
Filename: Audigy_SupportPack_5_3.exe
File size: 120 MB
CRC32 hash: 76110093
SHA- hash: 1001EB673EAF532EA10B2C986F1F4046D52F6771
Mirrors: Google Drive
All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

Originally Posted by Dave_
Please help me daniel_K. All I want to do is send 5.1 sound to my Sony amp (SRT-DH520). I have purchased a new SB Audigy 5/Rx [CFC0] and when I install from your pack everything looks great until I toggle the "Enable Dolby Digital Live". Then I get no sound output at all. And when I try to test the signal through the audio settigs it says "The device is being used by another application. Please close any devices that are playing audio to this device". I cant think of any other device running. When I untick the Enable Dolby Digital Live I can get stereo sound again. The DDL is authenticated. The cable is working. The amp is fine. I neeeeed help....
Unfortunately I don't have a sample card to test personally and don't know anyone with an Audigy 5/RX.
Anyway, I have a suggestion.
Run EndPtUtl.exe found in the Audio Console installation folder.
If the issue still persists, try to use the Digital Output (Coaxial/Optical) of another device, provided that you have any on your computer.
EndPtUtl.exe enables the use of any device for outputting encoded audio.

SB Audigy Series Install Disc 2.0 (02/24/2015)

This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.
Use it at your own risk.
Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):
- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4
- Audigy 5/RX
Does NOT SUPPORT Audigy SE/LS/Value.
Operating systems supported:
32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
Included in the Disc:
- Audigy series driver 3.01.0039 (Windows Vista or later) (**)
- Audigy series driver 2.09.0016 (Windows XP)
- ALchemy 1.45.03
- Audio Console 1.41.00
- DDL License Activation 1.00.04 (*)
- Diagnostics 5.11.35
- Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.03.08 (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.60 (Windows Vista or later)
- EAX Console 3.00.59 (Windows XP only)
- Entertainment Center 5.10.21
- Feature Mode Selection Utility 2.10.07
- Graphic Equalizer 2.10.01
- Karaoke Player 2.12.02
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78 (***)
- Online Manual
- On Screen Display 2.20.03 (Windows XP only)
- Remote Control System 5.00.34
- SB Audigy Control Panel 1.00.15 (Windows Vista or later)
- Smart Recorder 2.41.30 (Windows Vista or later)
- Smart Recorder 2.30.08 (Windows XP only)
- Sound Blaster Plugin for Microsoft Media Center 3.00.05
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.02
- Speaker Calibrator 1.60.14 (Windows XP only)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.05 (Windows Vista or later)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.04 (Windows XP only)
- Surround Mixer 4.00.76 (Windows XP only)
- System Information 2.00.03
- THX Setup Console 2.20.08 (Windows XP only)
- Vienna SoundFont Studio 2.40.73
- WaveStudio 7.14.01
(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com.
(**) - For Audigy 5/RX (SB1550) and Audigy 4 Series II (SB0612) this driver also supports Windows XP.
(***) - Requires Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS ou Audigy 4
Does this driver improve sound quality or performance Are there any tweaks ?
No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
No, there are no tweaks.
If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
Fixes and improvements:
- Fixed Audigy 5/RX support.
- Readded "EndPoint Utility" to enable the use of other digital devices to output Dolby Digital Live encoded audio.
- Fixed driver installation issues on Windows 10.
- Fixed Audigy "1" or Audigy 2 mute issue.
- Audigy RX is now fully supported.
- EAX Console now works on Windows Vista or later.
- Karaoke effects now work properly on Windows Vista or later, just use EAX Console to enable them. Effects will only be applied to the Microphone input.
- Sound Blaster Audigy Control Panel now available for all cards, but it lacks many settings available on Audio Console, so use the later.
- Added instructions on how to install the Gameport.
- Fixed missing speaker settings strings on Windows XP when DDL is enabled.
- Improved driver installation, less confirmation prompts.
- Improved setup procedure and scripts.
- Removed Encode switcher for now, only DDL is available.
- Installation now customizable, select what you want to install.
- New integrated Post Driver Install Helper tweaks the driver without tampering certificate.
- CMSS2 is now available.
- OpenAL 64-bit support.
- Dolby Digital Live now works on Windows 8.1 (update 1). Creative Audio Service was not being installed on that OS.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ, Studio and Custom presets now available on Windows Vista or later.
- Audio Console does not crash anymore on non-English localized installs. Localized resources for Online Karaoke tab were missing; added mostly localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources.
- Online Karaoke page is available for all Audigy cards on Windows Vista or later; this is NOT a new feature, but an easier way to configure the Microphone.
- EAX Settings for Windows Vista or later includes EAX Studio, a fancy version of EAX Control Panel, no changes in functionality, except the Test button now works.
- Added fully localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources for EAX Studio, which were missing.
Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):
- Headphone mode now sticks and does not revert automatically to Speakers mode on Windows Vista or later.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ and Studio presets were not working on Windows Vista or later.
Release Notes:
IMPORTANT: Driver uninstall on Windows Vista or later
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that causes a stop (blue screen) error when unloaded by disabling the Audigy or uninstalling the driver.
To workaround this issue, run the KillDrv.exe utility included and restart when asked to do so. Proceed normally and uninstall all the software or only the driver.
If you have previously installed the Audigy 5/RX driver, you MUST run this utility.
As the KillDrv verify the driver version installed, running it won't do any harm, even if the driver version is not affected.
HOW TO INSTALL THE GAMEPORT DRIVER
You can find a Gameport\ReadMe.htm file in the folder where you unpacked the Support Pack.
Just follow the steps shown in the screenshots.
WINDOWS 8.1 OR LATER DOES NOT SAVE SETTINGS
- Configure all settings and shutdown. Your settings will be saved.
- This does not work if you disable Fast startup permanently or temporarily (by holding the Shift key while shutting down).
OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that crashes your system if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers.
No problem With 62 or fewer buffers.
OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D + EAX benchmarks are not affected.
Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0x000000D1) - ctoss2k.sys
There is no DirectSound hardware acceleration on Windows XP 64-bit (x64) with 4GB RAM or more
The Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, disabling the DirectSound hardware acceleration and causing multichannel sound to be played only in the stereo channels (front left/right).
Workarounds:
- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows XP.
- limit to less than 4GB the amount of RAM available to Windows.
- enable the "Memory Hole" setting in the BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports it.
- install and use Creative ALchemy to convert the DirectSound API calls into OpenAL, which is not affected by this issue.
Karaoke effects make the audio play in mono
You can avoid this issue by using EAX Console to enable Karaoke effects. Audio Console is affected by the issue.
Optionally, follow the steps below.
Open EAX Settings, select a Karaoke effect, then click the Edit button.
Click on the Source (Wave) tab and change the Original sound to 100% and Pitch Shift to 0%. Click the Save environment button.
Repeat the steps for all Karaoke effects.
These changes will be valid only for the current speaker configuration. If desired, repeat the same process for each speaker configuration.
MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements
- 32-bit edition of Windows XP or later
- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card
Built-in Decoder on Windows Vista or later
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF.
When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.
Equalizer and EAX effects are not available when using OpenAL or ALchemy
Only Tone (Bass and Treble) and CMSS 3D (CMSS, CMSS2 and Stereo Surround) features are available.
There is no sound in games with OpenAL support
Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX by selecting "No effect" before running the game or program.
Equalizer settings are not applied after using OpenAL or ALchemy
After you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are applied.
Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.
Tone settings are lost when speaker configuration is changed
Bass and treble settings reset to their default values when speaker configuration is changed.
Download:
Filename: Audigy_Series_ISO_2_0.exe
File size: 448 MB
CRC32 hash: A746058E
SHA- hash: 3035E45928BCA852A638BE511A5A042310B26359
Uninstall any Support Pack before installing this CD.
This is an ISO image, you need to burn it on a CD/DVD or to mount it as a virtual CD drive.
Mirrors: Google Drive
All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

Karaoke Player
You can use hardware or software-based Microphone effects.
If you select an effect in the Karaoke Player itself, it will be software-based and you might experience delays or increased CPU utilization.
If you enable the Karaoke effect in the EAX Console, it will be hardware-based (using the Audigy DSP) with no delay and not relying in the system's CPU. Highly recommended.
I did not make any extensive tests, so please try the software-based Microphone effects and share your experiences.

I think I found my problem...SB Audigy

Hi all
I have been having problems with my system when I enter one of my games...
It runs ok for a while and then suddenly locks up with reboot the only way out.
Previously when running 3D mark the sound would cut in and out on the sound test section and even occasionally it would lock up on the 24bit sound test but my scores were still around 5400 when it completed.
I unistalled the card and reinstalled the drivers numerous times but always the same results. I reset the bios to the defaults and only reset needed things like SATA RAID0 and boot order.
Temps are all good....I ran memtest 86 this morning with no errors at all.
So this morning I decided to disable the SB Audigy and install the drivers for the onboard sound....
I also removed the drivers for my graphics card (9800 pro) and reinstalled them.
Again with all default settings in the bios (1.8) I fired up the system with the onboard sound installed and I could instantly tell the the system had a fast crisp feel to it...
I ran 3d mark and not one problem while it ran...score come up with 5880 that is the performance I thought I should be at.
I re ran the 3dmark 3x and got almost the same score every time.
I then removed the onboard sound and reinstalled the SB Audigy.
Again with default setting in the bios I ran 3dmark....The sound did not cut out but the score was only at 5322 and it froze on one of the tries.
So I believe my system is being happered by the sound card...
anyone have a suggestion for this?
I would like to use a sound card because the onboard sound does not seem to give me 4 speaker outputs...only 2 speaker.
I do have a Turtle beach Santa-Cruz sound card that I could use but before I tried that I thought I would see what all of you think.
Thank you for your input in advance....
einsteins

This explains the Creative Labs patch from the link( http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#CREATIVE ) I posted earlier:
SoundBlaster Live / Audigy patch for Windows
README File
All executable and document files of this patch are Copyright (C) 2003, George E. Breese. All Rights Reserved.
Version 0.10 April 16, 2003
Important notes:
This product could, in a rare case, damage a computer. Use it carefully and at your own risk. By using it, you agree to the license as shown below.
License:
This software is licensed, not sold. The author of this product has granted you a license to use this product, subject to the following conditions. By possessing, using, or attempting to use this product, you assume all liability for its use. You agree never to take legal action, civil or criminal, against its author for any reason. You may redistribute this product in its original form only. You may not charge money for distribution of the product, unless all such charges are remitted to the author immediately upon payment. The author retains ownership of all intellectual properties embodied in this product.
Disclaimer:
All copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the properties of their owners.
Description:
This patch will try to solve problems with Creative Labs sound cards.
Some recent Creative Labs sound card drivers feature a "turbo mode", which is usually enabled by default. Disabling "turbo mode" will stop the sound cards from making "hissing" or "crackling" noises, but Creative Labs does not provide a way to disable it. This patch program will disable "turbo mode" and thus stop the cards from making noises.
Before you begin:
The sound card drivers supplied with Windows do not feature "turbo mode", and this patch will not work. You must install drivers from a newer Creative-supplied CD, or download new drivers from http://www.creative.com.
The only cards supported by this patch program are the SoundBlaster Live series and the Audigy series.
Examples of supported cards:
SoundBlaster Live! Value
SoundBlaster Live 5.1
Audigy MP3+
Audigy Gamer
Examples of unsupported cards:
SoundBlaster 16
SoundBlaster 16 PCI
SoundBlaster AWE32
SoundBlaster AWE64
SoundBlaster PCI128
Any motherboard or sound card containing Creative chips with part number CT5880
Instructions for use:
Run the patch program by double-clicking on it. The patch program will look for the Creative Labs sound card's driver information. The program will display one of the following messages.
Cannot find a registry key to be patched. Either the right sound card isn't installed, or the driver doesn't support "turbo mode". The program will stop at this point.
Ready to apply patch. Apply patch now? Answer "Yes" to apply the patch, or No to end the program without patching. If you answer "Yes", the patch will be installed, and you will need to restart Windows in order for the patch to take effect.
Ready to remove patch. Remove patch now? Answer "Yes" to remove the patch, or No to end the program without removing the patch. If you answer "Yes", the patch will be removed, and you will need to restart Windows in order for the patch to take effect.
Release Notes:
This is the first public version of the patch, version 0.10. It has not been tested on all versions of Windows. It might not work on Windows versions older than Windows 2000, such as Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT 4.0. If it does not work, then the most likely reason will be that Creative Labs is not supporting "turbo mode" in its drivers on these versions of Windows.
If the "turbo mode" setting has already been disabled by a user or another program, this version of the patch will still offer to "apply" the patch.
There is currently no way to save the program's log to a file. This may be addressed in a future version of the patch program.
********************************************************************

SB Audigy Series Support Pack 3.1 (OUTDATED)

[color="#ff0000"]This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.
[color="#ff0000"]Use it at your own risk.
Supports any model of the following?Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu0kx DSP):
- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4
For?Audigy SE/LS/Value and Li've! 24-bit cards, <a target="_self" rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=4440"]click here for a compatible version[/url].
Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7?RTM
?Vista?SP2 / XP SP3
Included in the pack:?
- Audigy series driver 2.8.00.8 (latest beta)
- ALchemy .30.00
- Audio Console .32.02
- DDL and DTS Connect License Activation 2.00.03 (*)
- Dolby Digital Li've Pack 3.00.03 (*)
- DTS Connect Pack .03.04 (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.56 (Windows XP only)
- Graphic Equalizer 2.00.65
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.2.00
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60
(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com.
Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?
No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
No, there are no tweaks.
If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and?sound?fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
[img"]http://brztech3.googlepages.com/audcondts.png" height="530" alt="Audio Console: DTS Interacti've in Encoder tab[/img] width="44">[img"]http://brztech3.googlepages.com/spkmshte.png" height="46" alt="Microsoft Audio Home Theater Effects for Speakers[/img] width="44">[img"]http://brztech3.googlepages.com/spdifmshte.png" height="46" alt="Microsoft Audio Home Theater Effects for S/PDIF Out[/img] width="44">
Fixes and improvements:
- Enables support for?WASAPI exclusi've-mode event-dri'ven playback, seems to be working just fine
- Fixes the enhancements errors in Windows?mixer and Windows Media Player.
- Adds Microsoft Audio Home Theather Effects for both Speakers and S/PDIF Out endpoints.
- Includes Encoder Switcher to enable DTS Interacti've on Audigy cards.
- Fixes the Audio Console "Internal application error" when enabling the DDL Encoder on localized installs.
- Updates Audio Console to display DTS Interacti've in the Encoder tab when Encoder switcher is used.
- Workarounds a bug that?unexpectedly resets the?speaker configuration.
- Prevents an issue during installation on Windows 7/Vista that may result in low volume when certain enhancements are enabled.
- Implements Hardware CMSS Headphone by using a workaround.
- Updates all InstallShield setup scripts to support Windows 7.
- Fixes installation INI to properly install applications depending on the detected OS.
- Removes COM workaround for Equalizer, fixed by Creative.
- Adds workaround to a memory corruption issue preventing Equalizer from starting on Windows 7/Vista.
- Updates shared modules, responsi'veness on certain applications is improved.
- Enables CMSS2 and Stereo Surround.
- Fixes 32-bit ASIO not working on Windows 7 x64.
- Fixes Encoder not available on Windows 7 x64 (related to fix above).
- Modifies default format on Windows 7 / Vista to 24-bit, 48kHz.
- Properly adds support for 64-bit OpenAL and 64-bit ASIO.
- Sets default speaker setting to 5. to properly reset configs to their defaults during install (fixes Bass and Treble leves not set to 50% on Windows 7 / Vista).
Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):
- Fixes the Enable Dolby Digital Li've checkbox not staying checked when Audio Console is closed.
- Fixes Equalizer Out of Memory error.
- Fixes Equalizer settings being lost on Windows 7 / Vista when speaker configuration is changed.
- Fixes low volume on Windows 7 / Vista when default format is set to anything higher than 6-bit, 48kHz.
- Fixes MIDI instruments in Melodic Pool not playing when speaker setting is higher than 2. speakers.
- Restores missing Microphone option in Surround Mixer (documented).
- Fixes Microphone mute, volume and +20db boost controls.
[size="3" color="#000000">?
[size="3" color="#000000">Release Notes:
Windows Security warning during driver installation
When prompted with: "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".
OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system
Due to a driver bug, your system will crash if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers. No problem With 62 or fewer buffers. OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D + EAX benchmarks are not affected.
Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0x000000D) - ctoss2k.sys
Microphone issues on Windows 7/Vista 64-bit (x64) with 4GB?of RAM or more
Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, resulting in random issues with the Microphone (static, robotic or distorted voice, white noise).
Workarounds:
- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows
- limit the RAM available to Windows to less than 4GB
- enable Memore Hole in BIOS Setup, if?your motherboard supports the setting
6. Speakers?incorrectly available on Windows 7 64-bit (x64)
Due to a version detection bug in the 64-bit drivers, the FilterSpeakerMode registry setting is ignored, exposing the 6. speakers setting on Windows 7 x64 edition.
Do not choose that mode as it causes sync issues with Windows mixer.
MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements
- 32-bit edition of Windows 7 / Vista / XP
- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card
Built-in Decoder on Windows 7 / Vista (requires Service Pack )
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF.
When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.
Advanced EQ and Special FX not available on Windows 7 / Vista
These presets don't work on Windows 7 / Vista.
There is no sound in games with OpenAL support on Windows XP
Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX selecting "No effect" before running the game or program.
Equalizer settings are lost
When you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are lost.
Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.
Tone settings are reset when speaker configuration is changed
Bass and treble settings are reset when speaker configuration is changed.
DTS Encoder Switcher
The Encoder Switcher can be found in the \EncSwitcher folder in the path where you extracted the Support Pack.
Thoroughly read the ReadMe.txt file included before using the provided?utilities.
Hardware CMSS Headphone
To use the hardware CMSS you need to select "Disable all enhancements" in the "Enhancements" tab on:
Playback Devices -> Speaker Properties
Now check the Speaker configuration in "Playback devices".
If it is Stereo, run Audio Console and change it to 4., 5. or 7. and only after that change it to Headphones.
This procedure ensures that CMSS() will work after a Windows restart, otherwise only CMSS2 will work.
Microsoft Audio Home Theater Effects
This driver adds the following audio effects, which are available depending on the current speaker configuration:
- Bass Management
- Speaker Fill
- Room Correction
- Loudness Equalization
- Bass Boost
- Virtual Surround
- Low Frequency Protection
Some effects are also available for the "SPDIF Out" device.
Some Microsoft effects have priority over Creative CMSS effects and will disable the later.
Windows MIDI Device Configuration Utility
Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
Download:
New version available here:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=46907?
All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

IRe: SB Audigy Series Support Pack 3.0 + DTS Encoder Switcher (08/28/2009).
blunden wrote:
EddieObscurant: 4. works fine for me in AC3. I use AC3filter though and it has it's own speaker settings. Perhaps that helps until the next release.
daniel_k: I uploaded it to 4shared.com and MediaFire for you since I don't really like Rapidshare. I hope you don't mind.
http://www.4shared.com/file/302793/e9678376/Audigy_SupportPack_3_0.html
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rjmznqa2oy
Sure I don't mind, thanks for helping, but I've?just uploaded an updated package, version 3..
Fixes an issue that prevents Speaker Fill from working.
There is also a hotfix in the main post, so those who have already installed Support Pack 3.0 don't need to reinstall.

Audigy 4 + DTT3500 doubts about how to conn

I have an Audigy 4 and an old DTT3500 Digital 5. (old but still very good, no reason to buy a new set, is also a Dolby Digital decoder). The DTT3500 accepts optical, coax, digital din and as 'line in' only front and rear (no center).
Ok, so previously I had a Audigy (and Audigy 2) and I both connected those using the digital din. With this, I got full 5. surround in games and when playing DVD the digital sound was send through the decoder and got decoded by the amplifier.
Now with the Audigy 4 I am confused. I have bought a new product but it seems I have _LESS_ features? As I understand it I have to connect the analog out's of my Audigy 4 to my DTT3500 for games (and miss the center channel because my DTT3500 doesn't have an analag-in for center). I also have to connect the digital out to my DTT3500 in case I want to play a DVD movie and use the DTT3500 decoder to get full 5. DVD sound.
It seems there is no way anymore that I can have 5. sound in games? So, I'm wondering if there is a way that I can make my own 'custom cable' which has a digital din on one end (for in my DTT3500) and at the other end is a combination of different outputs of the Audigy4. Is that possible?
Also, I don't like that now when I have to switch between headphone and speakers I have to unplug the front DTT3500 plug and switch it with my headphones. I very often change between headphones and speakers (for online gaming matches I use headphones, also at night, but for the rest I use my speakers).
Any advice for the most elegant solution? Or I'll just have to li've with it ... maybe switch my Audigy 4 back for an Audigy 2 (which is in an older computer that I still have).

dchandresh wrote:
yes it is Audigy 4 pro.and i want to buy that yamaha receiver for connecting it to NS P00.i want to connet through SPDIF on soundcard (there are 3). So i want to know is it compitable with the yanaha RXV 357.
thanks
It seems, you can connect Audigy 4 Pro to RXV least through coaxial.
You can download the manual for RXV-357 from Yamaha.
Here is also a picture of connectivity.
jutapa

Audigy 2 or Audigy 4 safe in Nforc

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