Audigy 2nx vs Extig

HI All. I am thinking of upgrade from The Extigy to the Audigy 2nx?But now I am relly confuse about this upgrade. Is Audigy better then Extigy?I am thinking about the sound?Will I get better sound with Audigy 2nx?I allmost use my Extigy to hear music on my laptop. I hope someone could help me out here??Regards from,?lunte

Lunte,
The Extigy is an older product, so you might not be able to get that easily.
What are your needs exactly? Is it only to play audio, or other things aswell? Have you considered the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (it fits into a PCMCIA slot)?
Cat

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Audigy 2NX Recording Issu

I am using the Audigy 2NX Sound Blaster to record voice recordings used for a training demo. I have tried recording and saving as both wav and Mp3. For some reason the recording sounds like there is small echo. To be more specific, it sounds like a PA system used in a huge auditorium, where there sounds to be a lot of 'background' noise. I have tried recording in different rooms, especially where there is little or no air movement, but no luck. Is there anything else I can try with the system? Thanks!

beezerdds wrote:
I am using the Audigy 2NX Sound Blaster to record voice recordings used for a training demo. I have tried recording and saving as both wav and Mp3. For some reason the recording sounds like there is small echo. To be more specific, it sounds like a PA system used in a huge auditorium, where there sounds to be a lot of 'background' noise. I have tried recording in different rooms, especially where there is little or no air movement, but no luck. Is there anything else I can try with the system? Thanks!
Is recording source set to "What U Hear"? Don't use this but set it by the source.
Also, check that EAX effects and CMSS are disabled (if NX has these features available).
If you can, switch to proper recording software which supports ASIO or Kernel Streaming device driver mode (IIRC, NX supports ASIO and if not then Asio4All is the way to go). Especially ASIO is good for recording work. There are plenty of these even as freeware.
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Audigy 2NX - problems with update because of missing softw

Hello,?i bought an Audigy 2NX. As I learned there should be some softwarewith. I didn't get this. Trying to get an update create an error becauseof missing original software. Is there any possibility to get this software for my Audigy 2NX?kind regardshelmut

You can get the original installation CD here (link below):?Scroll down to find your sound device "Audigy 2 NX". Note : This download is in rar format. you must use "WinRAR" to unzip it. Also, once you unzip it, it will create a ISO file, you must burn the ISO file to CD, using burning software, such as, Nero or Roxio.
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Audigy 2NX USB Root Hub Prob

Hopefully someone here will have some suggestions to help resolve my issue.
I have fi've USB Root Hubs on my computer; the USB system is 2.0
Only two of those hubs are in use. One hosts my Canon scanner.
The other hosts every other USB device on my system.
That in itself is an issue, but because not all of my USB devices are in use simultaneously, it hasn't previously been an issue.
Now, however, it has become one.
Both my Audigy 2NX and a four-port self-powered USB 2.0 hub are on one USB Root Hub. The four port hub has my two printers connected to it.
The issue is that when I use my laserjet printer, it disables the Audigy 2NX. The Audigy normally comes back up after the printer has gone back into sleep mode.
However, if I am playing a game when the printer is used (I share it on a wireless home network) it disables the Audigy and it can only be brought back up by restarting the computer.
I think it is one of two issues;
. The four port hub with the printers on it cannot share a root hub with the Audigy 2NX; when the laserjet comes out of sleep mode, it uses all of the bandwidth on that root hub and disconnects the Audigy.
2. A recent driver update to the Audigy is conflicting somehow with the printer.
I might also be tempted to think it was a power supply issue if I didn't have a robust 650 watt PSU on my system.
To try to get the two devices on separate root hubs, I turned off my computer and disconnected all of my USB devices. Then I connected one at a time, powering down in between connections.
The device assignment remained the same.
My next step is to uninstall the Audigy 2NX completely from my system, and then re-install from the base drivers.
My question is; does anyone know how to force devices to install to a specific and/or different root hub outside of their physical connection? An .ini edit or perhaps a driver edit's
Thanks in advance for any help.

I have an Audigy 2 NX myself, and I found it works best off of a direct root usb port (not off a hub). The problem is that on most computers 2 USB ports share hub. Which is why you are having that comflict.
My conflict doesn't happen there, it was on the mouse at first, now it's on an external IDE Adapter i'm using.
All I do is unplug the IDE adaptor when it stops working, waiting a few seconds, then plugging it back in.
So what I suggest is to do like I did, and switch what ports things are plugged into until it's something that can plug & unplug with no real issues.
Why this happens, in opinion, is that there just isn't enough power getting to all the usb ports when there's alot of stuff plugged into them. My limit seems to be 7 items, even though most of them are lower power stuff, mouse, joysticks. I do have a 3.5" hd in a case, which is self powered, and the ide adaptor which is self powered, and the audigy 2 nx, which is, as you know, self powered. I can plug another item in, but anymore after that will knock my ide adaptor. and i still have usb ports i'm not even using. oh, the joysticks are on a hub which is where I usually plug another item in, either my mp3 player or thumbdri've.
I think it most likely an electric problem, and that it only affects people with faulty usb componets or something. I haven't heard of it being widespread or specific chipset/usb controller problem. Can't think of anything else it could be, but i'm not an electrition.
Sorry i could be of much help, but maybe you can at least make it less of a bother to deal with.
good luck

AUDIGY 2NX DIGITAL OUTPUT PROB

I purchased Audigy 2nx USB box and i'm using it for playing my musical instrument connected through line-in. Now the SPDIF coaxial output is not functioning when line-in inputs are used and the second problem is when the line-in input is used the EAX effects are not functioning for line-input source.So is there any solution for this two problems?
CLEOPAS.Message Edited by cleopas on 0-20-2006 08:39 PMMessage Edited by cleopas on 0-20-2006 08:4 PM

No one knows where:
With the "digital output only" set on the Analog Speaker Properties Custom tab
is located at in window 7? i don't see this option anywhere. I had this option for XP.
Definately frustrating.

Audigy 2NX USB and PCMCIA 2ZS compatibil

Currently I use an Audigy 2NX USB with my laptop. I will install the Audigy PCMCIA notebook card on the same laptop. With the USB 2NX, when it is powered off, the laptop automatically configures itself to use the internal (motherboard) sound card.
() My understand is that with the 2ZS PCMCIA card, you need to physically remove the card (e.g. "Safely Remove Hardware") to revert to the internal sound-card speakers. Is that correct?
(2) PCMCIA 2ZS comes with the Smart Recorder application. Can that application be also be used with the USB 2NX card enabled (and with the PCMCIA card removed) ?

I have an Audigy 2 NX myself, and I found it works best off of a direct root usb port (not off a hub). The problem is that on most computers 2 USB ports share hub. Which is why you are having that comflict.
My conflict doesn't happen there, it was on the mouse at first, now it's on an external IDE Adapter i'm using.
All I do is unplug the IDE adaptor when it stops working, waiting a few seconds, then plugging it back in.
So what I suggest is to do like I did, and switch what ports things are plugged into until it's something that can plug & unplug with no real issues.
Why this happens, in opinion, is that there just isn't enough power getting to all the usb ports when there's alot of stuff plugged into them. My limit seems to be 7 items, even though most of them are lower power stuff, mouse, joysticks. I do have a 3.5" hd in a case, which is self powered, and the ide adaptor which is self powered, and the audigy 2 nx, which is, as you know, self powered. I can plug another item in, but anymore after that will knock my ide adaptor. and i still have usb ports i'm not even using. oh, the joysticks are on a hub which is where I usually plug another item in, either my mp3 player or thumbdri've.
I think it most likely an electric problem, and that it only affects people with faulty usb componets or something. I haven't heard of it being widespread or specific chipset/usb controller problem. Can't think of anything else it could be, but i'm not an electrition.
Sorry i could be of much help, but maybe you can at least make it less of a bother to deal with.
good luck

USB Audigy 2NX compatability with Celeron-M proces

Hi,
My notebook's processor is Celeron-M. Can anyone let me know the compatabilty of USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2NX compatibity with Celeron-M processor so that I can play my Inspire T7900(7.) speaker system?

Okay, thanks!? That worked.
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Sound Blaster Audigy 2NX: Right Channel Goes out Intermitten

In tears trying to figure this on out. My right channel goes out fairly regularly. For example, the sound will work great for a while and sound just awesome. I leave my desk overnight and when I come back, only the left channel produces sound. I?ve double checked all the balances (winamp, Creative, Windows) and they are all balanced. Besides, the right channel will come back on its on from time to time as well.
Before you all assume it'ss the speakers, I?ve tested this with a different pair of speakers and found the same. Also, if the channel is out, I can always get it to come back by switching to the primary laptop driver, playing a song for awhile and then switching back to the NX driver.
I?ve reinstalled the drivers (cleanly), updates the bios, downloaded DirectX and uploaded the firmware and drivers off of the Creative auto-update site. It seems something?s wrong with the drivers, but I can't figure what.

Has anyone else seen this problem or have any suggestions. Again, I?ve done a complete uninstall of the SB drivers and reinstall twice now.
I am running a pair of Cambridge Soundworks 2. speakers off of the external SB Audigy 2NX out of a Toshiba Tecra. I have a Pentium M 700 process or and 52 RAM.

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Audigy 2NX - drop down menu panel suddenly gone

When I installed my Audigy 2NX external USB Sound Blaster last week, the installation software set up a menu panel that would drop down from the top of the desktop when I ran my mouse up to the top of the desktop screen. The menu panel was veryhand and had in it all the various Audigy tools (mixer, speaker settings, equalizer, player, wave studio, EAX console, etc.). When I booted up the computer today, that drop down menu panel was gone & rebooting did not bring it back. How do I get it back without dleting and then reinstalling the whole software package...
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CD playback distortion with Audigy 2NX after XP SP2 and Creative upda

I have an Audigy 2 NX attached to a Dell Inspiron 8600 running Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2.
Sometime after I installed Service Pack 2, the Audigy stopped functioning completely. I cannot say when, exactly, it "broke," as I have not used it for a while, but I suspect the problem was related to SP2.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the Audigy software and then, using the "Software AutoUpdate" feature on your web site, installed the latest drivers, firmware and software. This process completed successfully.
The Audigy now "sort of" works. I am having problems playing CDs on the Inspiron's CD/DVD dri've. The output through the Audigy is distorted. This "distortion" is hard to describe. The Audigy seems to be "overloading," and the sound drops out briefly two or three times a second.
When I play MP3s through the Audigy, however, there is none of this overloading or distortion.
When I play CDs using the Inspiron's internal sound system, there is also no distortion.
I ran your diagnostics and no errors were reported.
Please let me know how I can go about fixing this problem as I would like to recover the Audigy's full capabilities.
With thanks,
Trip





Check your device manager IDE controller and ensure that DMA are enabled for the CD dri've.
Jason

Audigy 2nx in vista rtm no soun

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How do I work around this problem?
Specs:
Sony Vaio laptop
Core 2 Duo
Vista RTM
Creative Audigy 2NX

Hi , I'm just wondering why U don't use search button on this board , please look here - but it only works for me on Windows Vista 64bit edition - check here !http://forums.creative.com/creativel...scending&page=?Regards

SB Audigy 2NX USB - Sound distorted and interrupted after format

Salve,
due to some softwareproblems i had to format my hd, and reinstall my windows.
some specs first:
win xp prof, sp2, intel p4 2,2 desknote motherboard, sis vga, sis onboard sound
usb devices: ta 33 usb router, wacom intuos 3 and soundblaster audigy 2 nx
the funny thing is - before i formated, the sb worked well, i had no trouble.
then i got my graphic tablet - and it didn?t work properly - the pc chrashed every time i used the tablet. installing sp2 solved the prob, and sb and tablet worked well togehter.
i installed the system again, and first my onboard chips drivers were installed. i can't deaktivate them in the bios - so they are loaded, no matter if you want to or not.
then i connected the sb again, and the sound plays clean - but only on two speakers.
after installing the drivers, the sound was interrupted, or had some distortion.
i tried to deaktivate the onboar chip, but it didn?t solve the problem.
after installing my tablet - the sound got worse, and the mouse cursor often lagged or stucked. so i thought it could be a driver problem, or irq conflict. in installed sp2 again, but this time it did not fix anything.
i tried all i knew - deaktivate acpi, reinstall drivers, cleaning registry, re install and so on. then i calles the tech support - he gave me hints, i already tried, and gave me a alink for the webupdate drivers. i downed and istalled them - but still the same problems. i uninstalled my usb controllers, disconnected all other usb hardware, i even changed through all 4 ports - but the problem stayed. after 3 days i decided to format again - but - tadaaaa -it was useless. i still have the same problem - now one week is over and i?m fed up with this. i need my soundcard for making music, and playing dj sets....and i?m running out of time - so please - if anyone has an idea, i would be very glad.
i found out the distortion depends on cpu usage, but also changing the parameters of the hardwares, soundchip- and blasters accelaration did not help. dxdiag said it'ss all fine
with my system.
greetings,
psycho mantis,
germany

hi,
well i could fix the problem.
first i downloaded updates for my board and all the chips on it, and windows sp2 and so on...
but nothin worked. the problem was caused by the ir port. i disabled ir support in the bios, and then it worked fine. there was an interrupt channel conflict. now everything is fine

Soundblaster Audigy 2NX External Sound Card Fidelity Degradat

I get a muted, out of phase, tinny sound along with the music being played; sounds ok for a while then this happens regurlarly. Closing player & reopening stops the problem temporarily but recurs. I've uinstalled/reinstalled software & updated as well. Any suggestions?Message Edited by Vince8 on 0-22-2005 09:50 PM

You should insist to have the installation CD. There are several essential software in the CD which may not be avaibale for download. Alternati'vely, you may want to contact Creative technical support to get/buy the CD.

Line-in only outputs to front speakers (Audigy 2

I have a problem that has me at my wits end. At one time this was working perfectly for me. Now the ONLY thing that will not work is my Line-in to my Audigy 2NX. When I use the Line-in i only get sound from the front 2 speakers of my 5. sounds system.
Everything else works fine (Winamp, Media Player, etc). I have verified CMSS is enabled, removed and reinstalled the software, replaced the device with a new one, all the way to formatting and reinstalling my system. No matter what the line-in only plays from the front 2 speakers. Any help would be appreciated.

Can't Agree with you on that one Jeremy. I had had Creative Labs for the past 8 or so years. I went to USB after my SB audigy 2ZS?pci card. st was Sound Blaster Li've 24 bit external, got cmss upmix from the line in, was great to watch movies and tv. this current upgrade?I just got to audigy 2NX external, there is only stereo true, which is ashame and a sham.
Leaving all the spare time I am about to reclaim?from spending time installing?and the hair pulling with VISTA, it saddens me that even with the new driver support, even though the onboard sound I have with my gateway will do 5. surround from the line in, at a far less?quality, its at least something which is not what I have come to?expect out of?Creative. I will use the usb audigy 2nx?to play my audio files, which it does?far better better quality than the onboard sound provided by the 9600 phenom 32 bit vista product or the sb li've 24 bit.
I would have been willing to ante up 5 to 0 dollars a year for creative to keep up with drivers, but as a musician, on a limited budget due to disability from stroke, with enough cogniti've remnants to post, the digital world is becoming a nickel a dime a person to death. Wish consumers could charge back our time spent dealing with?the?failures of the PC/Digital world to execute solutions either intentionally or unintentionally and in a timely manner. Not threatening anyone with this next statement but there are laws within a few states called the "law of fraudulent conveyance" that is on the books which would?clear up the subprime fiasco?and I am writing to my attorney general and congress and senate to see that they consider it in the digital world to include software/ hardware applications?across the board.
I had such High regard for Creative, now they will have to EARN my respect back and my money. after 52 reformats and installs over the past 8 years, the digital world can take a hike to a black hole. Having programmed in?the higher languages back in the late seventies, what I see going on is uncalled for that being said with full appreciation for what the digital world can provide --but I am not a servant to the digital world---it is Creative's Privledge to have my business and to do business in the USA---I am not here to work for them.

SB Audigy 2 NX on Windows 7, speakers + headphone problem

Hi All, I plugged my USB SB Audigy 2NX into a Windows 7 x64 laptop. I have 2.1 Stereo speakers plugged in to the SB 'FRONT' Jack. And sometimes plug a stereo headset into the 'SIDE /PHONES' jack.
This works fine on my XP system. And when I plugged in the headphones, the sound will just play on the headphones
THE PROBLEM IS, on the Win 7 laptop, when I plug the headphones into the Audigy 'SIDE /PHONES' jack, the sound still plays thru BOTH the speakers AND the headphones. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
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Ok, thanks. Is the PCMCIA Audigy 2?ZS able to decode from external sources? Or is there a way for the laptop (via software) to decode, effecti'vely only using the NX as a hub to connect to the speakers?Message Edited by Alonso4 on 03-27-200704:54 AM

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