CMSS-3D on the Audig

There is a chart in the "Soundblaster Audio Technologies Glossary" which describes the CMSS modes in terms of the source type (2-channel, multi-channel, or 3D) and the playback type (headphones, 2 speakers, or multi-channel speakers).
The Speaker Calibration tool included with the Audigy 2 provides advanced calibration that seems to be releated to binaural virtualization (or 3D spatialization). This is available not only for headphone and 2 speaker calibration, but also for 4 speaker calibration. However, it is not available for 5/6/7 speaker calibration.
It is clear that when 4 speaker mode is selected, 3D sound sources undergo 3D spatialization rather than simple multi-channel panning as indicated in the chart.
In general, when the source is multi-channel, such as a DVD soundtrack, how is this mapped to multi-channel speakers (4 or more) if the number of speakers is not the same as the number of source channels? Is 4 speakers a special case?

I know there is a Sensaura file in the X-Fi driver release, but I never saw such a file in any Audigy 2 driver release. Also, I missed something in the knowledgebase, it does say that 4 speaker mode also gets HRTF effects, but it isn't in the chart.
Furthermore, I found out some more things when I picked up an X-Fi last night.
When 2/2. or 4/4. speakers are selected, the CMSS panel displays CMSS-Virtual. This uses HRTF to create virtual speakers. It ALSO allows you to turn both MacroFX and "Elevation Filter" on and off when using headphones (CMSS-Headphone) or CMSS-Virtual. However, when using 5. or more speakers, CMSS-Surround is displayed instead and you CANNOT select MacroFX and "Elevation Filter". This suggests that there is no HRTF with 5. or more speakers. In this case, for a Direct3D or OpenAL game, why would you ever want to use more than 4 speakers, even if your setup has 5/6/7? I only have headphones, so I can't experiment. Does anyone with 5. speakers want to try this out? Compare the 4. setting to the 5. setting in a OpenAL/DirectSound3D game such as BF2 or COD. You can also directly test positional audio using Rightmark 3DSound Positional Accuracy test. Be sure to calibrate your speakers properly (especially the rears) and position them correctly when using 4. mode, or else the HRTF effects won't work.

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Sound problems with the Audig

Did your old soundcard sound better than your new one? I purchased a new computer with the SoundBlaster Audigy 4 soundcard. It doesn't sound as good as my old system with a SoundBlaster Li've 5. soundcard. I'm using the same speakers so that can't be it. Just about everything I play sounds like they're singing in a hole. I have changed settings, disabled the bass enhancement, updated drivers, but still I can't fix it. I'm using Windows XP Professional SP2. I was using Windows XP Professional SP with my old system. Could that have been the difference or is it the sound card? I wish I had my old soundcard back. I have a lot of old 45's and LP's that I am trying to record onto cd but I don't want to have to edit each one "with a fine tooth comb" before I burn them to cd. Any suggestions?

Have you disabled EAX effects and CMSS processing?
For recording LP's, I suggest you to use software that supports ASIO or WDM/KS driver modes (these modes gives you the best signal level and 'unmodified' data).
For best quality you can get from Audigy 4, record to stereo wav files using 24-bit/96 kHz 'resolution' (one side (or both sides) of the LP into one wav file) and then, before transfering to CDs, dither/SRC down to CD quality (6-bit/44. kHz) using Voxengo r8brain free. You can split those big files (LP sides A/B or A+B) into tracks w/ most burning software as like w/ Nero (or split using CT WaveStudio). You propably can also add CD-TEXT w/ most present burning software (artist/track name).
IMO, you did get a wrong card for ripping those LP's. From Creative consumer cards, any 'original' X-Fi could have been better and from Creative E-MU brand either 0404 (~$99) or 22M (~$00-$55) would have been even better than X-Fi cards.
jutapa

Need Help Uninstalling the Audig

I have an Audigy 2 SB0240 sound card in the pc. I want to perform a fresh re-install of the original creative disc software & drivers?that came with the card. I need to know in exactly in what order in the Control Panel\ add\remove list should I start uninstalling the below that are installed at present:?#. Creative audio console? 0.90mb
#2. Creative DVD Audio Plugin for Audigy Series? 0.0mb
#3. Creative Jukebox Driver? 4.09mb
#4. Creative Media Source 3.04mb
#5. Creative NOMAD II Driver? 90.00mb?I do have the original Sound Blaster Audigy 2 installation and Applications CD. I also do have the program called Driver Cleaner Pro .5 that has a selection tab for removing I assume any creative remnants in the pc or registry after rebooting in safe mode like I do when uninstalling video card drivers. I read the Creative uninstall Faq guide and in the event I cannot remove all the above listed items thru the normal add\remove route the procedure for removing them manually from my pc would not work when you see step 2\line 8 under Uninstalling Sound Drivers. When I hit Start\Run\Browse on this pc nothing comes up for broswing but a screen saying not found. http://ask.americas.creative.com/SRV...ve.com,case=72?This is simply the first time I have had to uninstall the Creative software in order to perform a fresh re-install and I dont want to mess the system up. At present the Audigy device is not even loaded in the pc and is not shown in Device manager. Also does it have to be loaded in device manger in order to uninstall all the Creative associated software & drivers?Regards & Thanks for any replys?

This is a user forum; we are not doing phone support.
However, we can give you step-by-step instructions here at the forum, and we can make it as detailed as you wish.
First we need to know
what is your operating system?
what is your browser?
what Flash Player version do you want to install?

Trouble with SPDIF Passthrough and the Audig

I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 from Dell and am trying to connect it to Logitech Z-680 speakers. I want to use digital surround sound. I found the instructions on how to do this on Logitech's site. However, I have a problem.
Step 2 states to go to Audio HQ, select 'Device Controls' and then select the 'decoder tab'. My Device Controls does not have a 'decoder tab' nor does it have a 'SPDIF Passthrough' option that I can find. Where do I find the SPDIF Passthrough option?
I have updated all of my drivers and Creative software as far as I can tell. In the Device Controls help it states: "Digital Input Settings is available only if you are using the Optical Digital I/O card or Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Dri've." Does this mean my Audigy 2 from Dell does not support optical out?!
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Janefoe,
Since this card is OEM I would suggest contacting Dell at this time. You can then find out from them if this feature was included with this card and if so how to enable or disable SPDIF Passthrough.
Jeremy

Lack of Bass on the Audig

Hi,?Yesterday I bought an Audigy 4, and connected a Logitech Z-5400 to it.Before I bought the Audigy 4, I used an on-board SoundMax 980, and I had such a great bass (subwoofer-sound)But after I installed my Audigy 4, almost all of the power of my sub is gone....Any suggestions ?

As I said AVOID using the speaker calibrator. Disable any changes you have done using it. If it says your speakers are wired the wrong way is because you made wrong choices in the Calibration wizard. The Speaker Calibrator cannot automatically detect how the wiring ends at the speakers. All its results are based on your selections. So you have most propably made wrong selections (as I had done 00 times until I figured this out). Bad no matter what you choose, it does reduce the Bass output, although it shouldn't. That is why the calibrator was removed from the X-Fi and only the THX?Console remained. The THX Console and the Speaker Calibrator interfere with eachother, so better stick to THX. PS: Also if you use CMSS3D to expand stereo, use the Stereo Surround option. The other two options reduce the bass output, while CMSS2 also adds a lot of reverb.Message Edited by alexs3d2 on 02-25-200608:09 PM

Only the front 2 speakers working with a 5.1 set up when playing mus

I have a xtreme gamer card, with the 2.5.0006 driver installed which worked fine up until recently. Recently only the front 2 speakers play when playing music. All 5 produce sound when tested from either the creative console or windows sound manager. So all 5 are correctly connected, yet when music is played only the front lef and front right speakers are used.
I'm using vista 32-bit.
If there is already a thread on this particular problem (all 5 work on a test and it's a 5. not 6. system) then I apologise but would still like a link. Thank you for your advice.

You should email Creative support and report the problem.
CMSS-3D has problems with the latest beta on Vista x64, but you're running 32-bit Vista on their release drivers, which is supposed to work fine.
If you get a message saying 'would you like to disable audio enhancements?' and you click 'yes', you are disabling CMSS-3D from working, which is the function that transforms normal stereo music into multi-speaker music.
You can try re-enabling it manually:
Open Sound Control Panel.
Select your output device (e.g., Speakers.)
Hit the Properties button at the bottom of the Sound Control Panel.
Select the Sound Blaster tab.
Uncheck the 'Disable Sound Blaster enhancements.'
Hit OK, and OK.
Go into the Creative Audio console, make sure you're in Entertainment mode, and go into the CMSS-3D panel, set your settings here as you like it.
Pray.
Test.
That may not work, especially if the driver / operating system was reporting problems with CMSS-3D in the first place; you may end up getting garbled sound or an error message again.
Send your details to Creative so they can try to work on it, because it sounds like driver issues to me.

CMSS-3D not working at a

Hi, i'm really confused. I've been searching for a solution for days now.
If you don't want to read the details, jump to SUMMING UP.
I've seen posts from late 2006 saying there is no support for 2.0 > 5. upmixing yet.
But then there seems to be people in vista with no problem at all and cmss-3d working.
My problem is that i'm on a 5. speaker configuration, and only get sound from the two front speakers whenever listening to 2.0 music. The sound-test works allright and i hear sound from every speaker. I also get sound from every speaker when watching movies with ac3filter, either upmixed or actual 5. tracks.
The quality of the sound is excellent, no hickups or popping, as i've read about. In fact i have never had problems with crackling or popping.
Anyway, i have tried everything i can think of. I have tried all three modes in the audio console, as well as the different speaker setup-settigs (2.,4.,5.,7.), in every combination. I've tested the beta driver, the "final" driver and now recently the youppax pack. I have played around with the THX-console and tried disabling/enabling audio enhancments in the built in windows sound-setup.
Nothing i do inside the CMSS-3D panel in the audio console makes any difference. Not the slider, not the Surround/Xpand setting. Not even enabling or disabling CMSS-3D. The CPU usage is the same wether it's enabled or disabled.
Since i cannot get ac3filter to upmix the iTunes sound stream, i still only get 2.0 sound from it
Also, I recently thought about ac3filter giving me a dolby digital outstream from every imaginable source. So i was thinking, is there any program, or workaround, to put ac3filter as a uni'versal output-mixer for ALL sound reproduced by all programs? That would be very much like the AC3-encoding option i had on my previous built in Soundstorm card, that came with nforce2 motherboards.
SUMMING UP: does CMSS-3D/upmixing work in vista, and how do yo get it to work?
i'm using vista x86, with xtreme music.
The rest is a regular opteron 46 /dfi expert configuration, with 2 gb ram.
Message Edited by Kame_boy on 03-5-200702:8 AM
Message Edited by Kame_boy on 03-5-200702:27 AM

Oh! Also, i found a post here
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&message.id=2547#M2547
where Digital_Menace said:
"I have 5. sound working fine. You simply need to open the Creative Audio Console and, under the "Speakers" tab, DESELECT Synchronize with Microsoft Windows Control Panel."
I remember having this option before but i don't have it anymore. Can anyone look for it and tell me what drivers you have?

1xm1n's Guide to the Audigy 2 ZS (FAQ)

PART GUIDE. This guide comes in 3 parts. Hello all Creative Audigy 2 ZS ( non Pro ) owners. After owning this card for close on 7 mths now and getting to know the basic ins and outs that need to be set up to get the most out of the card I thought I would write up a basic guide to get new owners started as quickly as possiable. I know when I first got home with it, it was close to hour or so before it was all up and running 00%. Hopefully with this basic guide to getting started, new owners will be up and running 00% in about 0 mins. My guide is not aimed at serious problems? and/or software releated issues as there is just far to many variables. Instead I have compiled the basic needs for installing and setting up the card to get the very best possiable sound reproduction for games/music and DVD video playback. Along with a few common problem solving ti
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For the most part the card is simple enough to setup,install and update drivers and get fantastic DD 5. sound, THX and DTS reproduction. As far as games go, everything should work right off the bat and in most cases going to the developers web site for patches will solve any sound issue you may have. It is impossiable for me to add any fixes for games in this guide but if you have a problem most developers have a dedicated forum for thier games at which help is at hand. I have not included any tips/info on recording media as there are WAY too many things to list, so a seperate guide may follow although the online manual for all creative products is very good. THIS GUIDE IS FOR THE CREATIVE AUDIGY 2zs ( NON PRO ) though should work with all creative products. Table of contents:
1: SETTING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME:
2: INSTALLING THE zs:
3: Updating Drivers and applications ( This is a 2 part guide ):
4: PLXCore.PLX Error:
5: UNINSTALL DRIVERS:
6: UPDATEING DRIVERS : PART 2 : BETAS
7: SLOW BOOTUP AFTER DRIVER INSTALL/UPDATE:
8: SOUND CARD NOT DETECTED OR DRIVER WONT INSTALL:
9: NO SOUND AT ALL:
10: SOUND POPS AND CRACKLES:
11: 5. SOUND IN DVD MOVIES:
12: FILTERS AND CODECS:
13: Some common errors you may encounter with WMP0:
14: Fix a Codec/filter error:
15: MISC Errors you may encounter:
16: Test your overall sound with RightMark:
17: Music playback:?: SETTING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME:Make sure all previous sound devices and drivers are removed. The first thing that needs to be done is general system maintenants. The first thing is to make sure that any previous sound device drivers and application, ( mixers and recorders etc ) you have are removed from your system. This is very simple to do. Go to add remove programmes and find the device driver and the applications and select remove. Now you may think, thats it but there is a little bit more to be done. After the driver is removed there is bound to be a few files left over. So in general simply go through your temp folder? C:\Documents and Settings\"user"\Local Settings\Temp and delete all files. Also go through C:\WINDOWS\Temp and delete files in here. Go through C:/ and locate any folders that contain the apps for your old sound device, these may include mixers and the like. Delete these folders if found.
After this is done it is a good idea to uninstall any and all third party codecs. ( more on codecs later ) These would include Divx, AC3 filter etc. You should know what Codecs you have installed, and as there are many different codecs its not practical for me to go through them all here. Now that we have covered the removal of previous sound devices and its applictions along with all 3rd party codecs its time to get that new ZS up and running.NOTE: If you have onboard sound you MUST dissable it in the bios.
At boot hit the Del key and once in the bios ( read through the manual for your Motherboard ) find the onboard sound device and dissable it.2: Installing the ZS:As a rule you do not want to install any PCi device in the PCI slot directly under the AGP slot as it can and mostly will cause an IRQ conflict. PCI-e has no issue with this though. So on an AGP board I have found the PCI slot 4 is best suited. After the Sound card is sloted in place, double check it is sercure and the mounting screw is in place.Fire up your PC. The first thing to happen is windows will find the device. Let Windows find the device, then you will get a screen asking if you want windows to find drivers or simular. Say no and cancel this. Place the CD that came with your card into the CD dri've and simply follow the prompts to install the drivers and applictaions. It is important not to cancel this and to install ALL the applictions such as media source etc. After all is installed you will need to reboot for all changes to take affect. Once the system reboots you will then given the choice to regeister your Creative product. I would highly recommend you do this now, if not just to get it out the way but you may get an application is not regestered error.
Hopefully you now have your card installed and working. Please do view the getting started demo as it will show you first hand all the settings and options for Media source applictaions. Very handy. CHECK THIS FIRST UP:?In Creative Media Player click on tools and then settings. Click general and under play back sound devices, ensure your card is selected thus to the device features.
Type in run "C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource\Audio Device Selection" Doulble click the "CTAudSel" Icon and ensure your device is selected?
3: Updating Drivers and applications ( This is a 2 part guide ):The next thing you WILL want to do before running games or Media is to update your drivers and ap
ps.
Creative have made this process easy with their Auto Updater. Simply go to the surrport page at creative.com and select drivers. You will then need to select the auto update fuction which will need to install acti'veX control ( this one is safe so dont stress ) after this is installed your card will be detected and the next page will be displayed with all relevent di'vers and applictaions. I highly reconmend you install any apps that state Critical or essectial. Other reconmened applications are for specific fuctions so use you own judgement on these. The process wont take to long and is fully automated. Now you may ask, what about the beta driver. To update to the latest beta you need to download it manually and install it from your desktop.Note: The betas are?GREAT so dont be afraid to use them though you must understand that some applictaions may not work correclty, though I have found these issues to be somewhat hit and miss. If an application fails,? simply reboot usally this fixes it.Ok, so thats the easy stuff out the way then and hopefully you dont need to read on, though errors do happen and things go a bit pear shaped from time to time and I myself get the odd issue, though I've found for the most part these things are simple enough to solve hence this guide. 4: PLXCore.PLX Error:?This is a mystery error that can arise for no reason at all, sometimes.
Verify that the file PLXCore.PLX is located in the correct folder in your hard dri've. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files folder. If the file is not present in the folder, manually copy the file from the original installation CD-ROM disk to the above location. To do so, insert the Sound Blaster installation CD-ROM disk, exit from the Installation procedure if it auto runs.Go to My Computer, right click on the CD-ROM dri've that contains the installation CD-ROM disk, and select Explorer.Double click on the CTEngine folder, then the PlayRec.cab file, it should expand.Select the file PLXCore.PLX and copy it to C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files.Reboot.Any other bootup error that may arise can be fixed using the same method as above, though you will be looking for a different file.
5: UNINSTALL DRIVERSIf you want to un-install all drivers before updateing to beta drivers).
This is my tried and tested technique.BACK UP THIS FILE NOW! ( this may save time later )? PLXCore.PLX? located in C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files. Incase you get PLXCore.PLX error.Go to Add Remove Programs and un-install all listings related to your audio card.Also any? apps, eg: media source. Do not restart your computer when prompted so. In? C:\Program Files folder you should have an installshield folder ( may be hidden). In here are GUID named folders. . If hidden, to view these folders Open folder options under tools . Now untick HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING SYSTEM FILES ( RECOMMENED ) it also may be just under hide files also. Try both methods if need be to veiw files.Make sure when you are all done place tick back in box.::YOU WANT TO DELETE THE INSTALLSHIELD files for CRETAIVE::If you go through all the folders and look at each setup.ini you will find ones corresponding to Creative .
You can right click on some and it gives you info or open the ini? with note pad and if there is a reference to Creative labs, media source? and other creative apps? delete the entire folder.
Go through this twice to make 00% sure you get them all.
Empty out all temp folders. Type in run MSCONFIG and make sure all creative entries are untick. There may? be nothing in here.
Type in run regedit and then in search / find / type in? startupreg . This will give you the MS startup entries. Delete the keys for creative if any.
No need to Delete this folder ---- C:\Program Files\Creative ---- its proberly safest to leave it anyway.Run the Beta installer. 6: UPDATEING DRIVERS : PART 2 : BETASYou can use the auto updater from Creative and this is infact the best way to do this. However if you want to update the Beta Drivers ( which are infact better ) its best to just over right them,? with this method things SHOULD go smooth. I have always installed beta drivers this way with no issue as of yet.Download the Beta. Type in run "msconfig" and make sure ALL creative apps are unticked thus not to run at boot.
Type in run "services.msc" and dissable the Creative service.Reboot.Now run the installer for the Beta driver. You will come to a screen that will say or to this effect. An older file was found and may no longer be needed. SAY NO TO REMOVING THIS FILE AND ANY FILES!If after this if you have any kind of media source application error ( which can happen with betas ) then simply re-install the applications. Its best to re-install ALL media source applictaions. 7: SLOW BOOTUP AFTER DRIVER INSTALL/UPDATE:
Search for these in sys32 "ctaud2k.sys" & ha0kx2k.sys. Are they the same version?
All system devices and drivers need to be the same version. In control panel ( windows ) sound and Audio Device Properties, go to Audio and make sure they are all the same device.EG:
Sound playback
Default device: SB Audigy 2ZS Audio [DF00]Sound recording
Default device :SB Audigy 2ZS Audio [DF00]MIDI music playback
Default device : SB Audigy 2ZS Syth A [DF00]Place a tick in Use only default devicesGo to C:\WINDOWS Updreg.exe. Right click on it and go to Pro
ps.
In general go to advance .( this is for regestering your product.)
check its set up as follows.Under Archi've and index attributes are 2 boxs. File is ready for archiving and For fast searching, allow Indexing.
Untick File is ready for Archiving.
Place a Tick in? For For fast searching, allow Indexing.Under Compress or Encrypt untick both.Do the same for this exe. in C\:windows CTRegRun.EXE
Message Edited by xmn on 02-7-2006:40 AM

PART 3.
2: Filters and Codecs.
For the most part you only need AC3 filter , Xvid ( or the full Divx Pack ) WMP0 and which ever other Play back programme you may prefer, Eg, Win DVD, Winamp and so on.
Codec stands for Coder/Decoder. Basically it is a piece of software or a driver that adds a support for certain video/audio format for your operating system. With codec, your system recognizes the format the codec is built for and allows you to play the audio/video file (=decode) or in some cases, to change another audio/video file into that format (=(en)code).
For example, when you install Windows to your home computer, Windows installs automatically most commonly used codecs into the system, so you don't have to download them separately from their vendors. However there are some codecs that are widely used, but not installed by Windows. Most notably DivX , MPEG-2.
Get all the Codecs/Filters/Plugins you could ever need from:
http://www.free-codecs.com/AC3_Filter_download.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...0/default.aspx
Ok, you now should be all set.
A major required Filter is AC3.
AC3Filter - it is DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding to play AVI with AC3 audio tracks and MPEG2 (DVD). Required for WMP.
NOTE: If you have DVD software that should play encoded 5. then make sure you have any updates/patches for the player installed and go through the tools/options for the player and ensure its setup correctly to decode AC3filters in the applictions tools menu.
If you use Cyberlink Power DVD you may need to pay an extra fee to get the required AC3filter/MPEG2 decoders to fuction as all 5. sound settings may be greyed out on some dated versions.
InterVideo WIN DVD ( this software suit comes with most "Asus" if not all makes of Mainboards. This suit comes complete with the required codecs/filters so get full surrport for 5. - 6. - 7. out of the box. Note: you must set it up first under audio options as it defualts to 2..
If you use WMP0 you NEED to download and install the AC3filter or get the latest XP codec/filters packs. With out these filters you may not get 5. sound and/or poor reproduction.
Supported file types:
The following table lists the file types (formats) supported by Windows Media Player .(For files type played by Power DVD or WIN DVD please refer to the makers website or read me file for a detailed list).
File type (format) File name extension .Music CD Playback (CD audio) .cda Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) .aif, .aifc, and .aiff Windows Media audio and video files .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmp, .wmv, .wmx, .wpl, and .wvx Windows audio and video files .avi and .wav Windows Media Player skins .wmz Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) .mpeg, .mpg, .mv, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe, .mp2v*, and .mpv2 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) .mid, .midi, and .rmi AU (UNIX) .au and .snd MP3 .mp3 and .m3u DVD video .vob Macromedia Flash .swf Microsoft Recorded TV Show .dvr-ms* NOTE: WMP defualts to 2.. To enable 5. run WMP0. Click on tools then point to options. Navigate to DVD then open up the advanced window. In here is everything you need to set things up. If you dont see AC3 then you need to install the AC3 codec.
NOTE: If you mess things up simply return to defult settings and start over.
3: Some common errors you may encounter with WMP0:
Error messages are identified by numerical IDs, such as C00D0BC2 and 800704CF. You can determine the ID of a specific error message by clicking the More Information or Web Help button on the error message when you encounter it. The resulting page will indicate the error ID.
: Error's C00D6A and C00D9A while playing DVD's or MPEG-2 content. This is directly related to either your current video card drivers or the MPEG-2/DVD decoder you have installed (EG: PowerDVD, Win DVD etc ). Reinstalling and/or uninstalling the MPEG-2/DVD decoder (PowerDVD, Win DVD ) and/or video drivers should fix the problem for you.You should now be able to re-install you decoder ( Power DVD etc ) and continue its use.
Erro : C00DAC:Cannot play the file Windows Media Player cannot play the protected file because there is a problem with your sound device, such as a sound card or sound controller. You might encounter this error message for one of the following reasons.
Your sound device requires an updated driver. ( update driver )
The selected sound device does not support Secure Audio Path (SAP).
If you have multiple sound devices installed on your computer, try using a different one.
To use a different sound device, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Devices tab. Double-click Speakers, audio device to use, click a different device.
Error : "divide error in module IVIAUDIO.AX at".
Only exists in systems that have various Sound Blaster Li've sound cards and WinDVD installed. This is infact a compatibility problem between these products. The problem is realized when MP3 oriented applications call upon certain sound card services making it look as though the error was raised from within the application in question.
FIX:Uninstall WIN DVD. Reinstall WMP and AC3 filter and then reinstall DVD WIN.
A simple but rare issue.
ModName.Win DVD "msvcrt.dll" and/or Win DVD MFC application error.
FIX:
Uninstall any java filters. Macromedia and Macromedia Acti'veX.( to remove Acti'veX go to C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files and delete the Acti'veX )
4: Fix a Codec/filter error:
Codecs/Filters/Plugins are like any other kind of software installed and things can go wrong. If things are not working as they should try the following.
Download and install "Gspot"
http://gspot.headbands.com/download.htmlBuild 0307 - 23 KB Run the programme and simply point to system and select "List Codecs and other Filters"
Its easy really to know whats what here and how to use it to find out the source of the issue, if you have one. If its red, its bad so you then need to trace the Filter/Codec to its source and remove it.
Here is just one very simple excample you may encounter and how it was fixed.
If you have ffdshow file is missing error pop up while running a player application, first go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and search for ffdshow.en. Its proberly not here though. If it is just leave it be.
NOTE: ffdshow is used for AVI/Xvid enc/dec source.
To fix this "ffdshow Video Codec file is missing " error Simply uninstall your Xvid codec or your entire DivX programme, or any other Filter/Codec you have installed for playback of DivX files and AVI Video Files.
(Some times it seems a few Codecs/Filters dont get along so you must be aware of what you install).
Cheak "Gspot" again and Filter should be removed from the list.
Now you can reinstall the Xvid filter "XviD-.0.3-2022004" or your desired DivX programme.
Now go back toC:\WINDOWS\system32 and search for ffdshow.en. It should be there if it was not before. If the issue is back try a different version of required Filter.
So, thats just excample of a simple fix that got everything working again. Its not to hard to find out what the problem Codec/Filter is and then its just a case of uninstalling it. You can re-install the Codec/Filter but you should double cheak with "Gspot" and ensure the issue has not repeated itself .
If it has you can try and find out if the issue is related to another type filter causing a conflict or use an alternate Filter/Codec that will perform the same task .
Search for an updated version of required the Codec/Filter also.
Ok, thats pretty much the basics in getting correct and stable 5. sound working the way it should with your new Creative Audigy 2 ZS sound card.
5 : MISC Errors you may encounter:
ModName.Win DVD 7 msvcrt.dll and/orWin DVD MFC application error.
Uninstall any java filters. Macromedia and Macromedia Acti'veX.
For Explorer issues such as pages not operning, media not working and the like :
type in run:regsvr32 vbscript.dllregsvr32 jscript.dll
Sound stutter:Go to Device ManagerGo to Sound,video and Game ControllersIn there you will see Audio Codecs double click itGo the to the properties TABYou will see Windows Media Audio double click itChange the priority from 7 to Apply OK exit everythingRestart PC
If it fails, set back to .
Any Media file errors you may encounter can be fixed by going to add remove programme list and uninstall the codec/filter. EG, you get an error playing an AVI file. Remove Divx and or other AVI codecs. Re-install just one AVI codec.
6: Test your overall sound with RightMark:
http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml . This tool is just a simple tool for testing all fuctions of your card. You will soon enough know if your card has an issue in relation to EAX HD and surround sound.
7: Music playback:
Well, not a lot to say here really. Put in your Music CD or select your MP3/WAV file ( NOTE : MP3 will NEVER-EVER sound as good as a retail CD, FACT ) and then go to Mixer. Set up CMSS in EAX the console as you prefer and adjust the 7 band EQ to your liking. Thats all there is to it really. Its more about experimentation over the correct way to set things up.
Ofcause you can use WinAMP for Music playback also
Well, there you have it. The basic grail of the Creative Audigy 2 ZS ( non pro ) setup guide. I do hope it has made your experience with setting things up a breeze and are now enjoying full range 5. in games and DVD movies.

Frequency response requirements for headphones with CMSS on XFi ???

Hi,
I would like to know if someone could tell me what kind of heaphones are suitable for the CMSS mode with the XFi.
I mean between : flat response/free-field correction/diffuse-field correction.
Applying HRTF filtering should mean that headphones with flat response is the best option ( same configuration as binaural recordings).
But I have a big doubt that Creative team expects costumers to possess such a pair of headphones, as it is rather for scientific uses (psychoacoustics, audiology etc...).
So, if we look at the technical solutions for wide audience we have two options (FF correction and DF correction). Here is a trick because these corrections intend to reproduce some of the effects from HRTF (for two different environment configuration of HRTF measurements). It is why the frequency response of most of the headphones have a notch between 4Hz and 0 kHz.
To simplify, if we listen binaural sounds with classical headphones the effect of outer pinna is reproduced twice.
So I guess Creative have implemented a kind of normalization/equalization/correction process to deal with the non-flat frequency response of headphones, but do someone know if they have chosen diffuse field or free field correction ?
This post might seem a detail but the issue can be very important for the accurate localisation and the coloration? of 3D sounds with headphones.
Thank you, and please forgive my english!

The only possibility that I can think of is that 2/2. mode is NOT as simple as headphone mode with crosstalk cancelation. Perhaps the HRTF only kicks in for sound sources outside of the arc directly in front of the listener. If that were the case, you wouldn't percei've any distortion for sound sources in front of you.
Also, you are wrong regarding DirectSound3D. Keep in mind that Direct3D and DirectSound3D are not the same. The whole point of OpenAL and DirectSound3D is that they present an API to the programmer through which there is NO specification of the number of speakers. When using OpenAL or DirectSound3D, the only thing a programmer can do is specify the location of a mono sound source in 3D space relati've to the listener. The speaker settings for your DirectSound3D or OpenAL device will then determine how this sound is "rendered" by the soundcard. It is not under control of the game. For example, if you have 5. speakers and the 3D position is behind you, the SOUND CARD will make the decision to use the rear speakers. If you use headphones, the SOUND CARD will decide to apply an HRTF to create the illusion of a rear sound source. The point is that the game does not have control over how many speakers you will get sound from.
However, to further complicate the situation, there are SOME games (HL2 is an example) where DirectSound3D is used, BUT the sound output of the game itself IS a function of the Windows speaker settings. This is not how programmers are SUPPOSED to use DirectSound3D. I've written about this countless times. There is a good post on [H]ard|Forum about this. Do an "advanced" search with my username (thomase) looking for the terms "hl2" and "cmss".

Only sound in the front speakers, AUDIGY 2

I own an Audigy 2 ZS, I have to format my machine and then reinstall my devices but when I play a DVD I don?t hear any sound in the rear speakers or in the center speaker, I activate CMSS and configure the speakers. When I test the speakers all of them are working, what can be the problem?

You need a software player (e. g. PowerDVD) or hardware who does decoding because the audigy does not do it (at least mine didnt).
With PowerDVD you would need to activate 6 channel output and dolby sourround in his options.
If you do not get it to run try it over coax but remember that you might have to activate coax in your softplayer as well.

CMSS - SOAP exception error

I'm trying to connect my CRM 52 system to the CMSS application located on the java stack on the same box. I can see that the two applications are talking, however I can not get the drop down option for the ready/not ready status for the agent logged in. I traced this back to a SOAP exception being triggered when the method CL_BCB_SYSTEM=>GET_WORKCENTER_CAPBILITY makes a soap call for the soap method getWorkcenterCapability?
Has anyone encountered this issue and if so how did you fix the configuration? The agent can "login" and is seen in the CMSS application, but the agent can become "ready" for access.
My java logs of the CMSS are showing a WebServices Security error.
Thank you,
Stephen

I solved this problem myself. I did document the solution via this weblog:
/people/stephen.johannes/blog/2008/05/21/crm-contact-center-simulator-setup
Take care,
Stephen

CMSS with Audigy 2 ZS on Li

Hi,
I want to switch from my currently used Windows 2000 to a Linux-System.
Therefore support of my Audigy 2 ZS soundcard is very important for me.
On a little research I made in the web I found out, that the Audigy 2 ZS seems to be generally supported under linux.
Currently I use a Creative Gigaworks S750 soundsystem with CMSS enabled in the EAX-config.
I don't want, that I can only use 2 of the 8 speakers of my sound system under Linux.
Does anyone know here if a CMSS-like feature is also supported under Linux for my soundcard?
TIA,
NeptunusMessage Edited by neptunus on 07-30-2006 09:4 AM

Yeah, that'll work. The control is called "Surround" instead of "CMSS", but the effect seems the same to me. (This is based on experience with an Audigy 4 Pro and an Audigy 2 ZS Notebook).
You'll also be able to dri've them in a 5. configuration when watching a DVD, if you call mplayer like so:
mplayer -channels 6 dvd://
Note that -ao hwac3 will only result in a pure AC3 stream on the digital outputs of the card, but silence on the analog channels. I must admit that I haven't tried whether -channels 7 will result in 6. output for DTS-ES & Dolby Digital eX.
I no longer have my Audigy4 Pro but the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook is still available for testing purposes.
Should you have the Platinum or Platinum Pro model, the infrared remote is supported, as is headphone jack sense on the bay. It'll take some work to set it up properly. (Most folks on the internet do not seem to have realized that jack sense is reported over MIDI just like the remote events)
Basically the only thing on my Audigy 4 Pro that I could not dri've properly were the LEDs on the bay.

CMSS 3d headphone not working under entertainment mode.

Hello everyone,
I purchased a X-Fi titanium? in the last few days and installed the latest drivers (2_7_0007) and console lauchers (2_6_30). However I found the following problems.
[I have already tried to uninstall and reinstall the driver and the applications. The on board sound card has been disabled in BIOS
my operation system is Vista SP, motherboard: ASUS P5Q, CPU: E6550, 4GB RAM. ]
) under entertainment mode, the CMSS 3D headphone is not functional. I have tried to follow the instructions of how to turning on CMSS 3d on the creative website, but it seems that i have different control interface to the instructions.
interface from my computer
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Interface from the instruction flash obtained on the creative website
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However under Game Mode i can get access to CMSS 3D headphone settings, and this feature do sound great.
<img width="302[/img] src="http://by22w.bay22.mail.li've.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=2&messageId=7ed58885-8aa4-45e4-9b64-2857268bee43&Aux=4|0|8CBEFCFC297430|" height="23">
2) The other thing is that when I plug in my headphone the console <img border="0" src="file:///C:/Users/weijay/Desktop/entertainment%20mode.jpg">launcher could not detect it automatically. Is it true that this function only works with the front audio dri've bay?
3) another related problem is that after I plug in the headphone and i pressed the auto detect button, the system can only find a 2 speaker system connection.
So if anybody can help me with above problems I will be more than grateful. Thank you very much.

Update on my issue. I got everything to work flawlessly now. For some reason If I clicked the crystalizer, CMSS 3d or if I think even when i tried adjusting the Bass Crossover it had no effect under the Creative console launcher. When I went into the Audio Console and started messing with those options there they worked great!! So for now on I'm sticking to the Audio Console instead of that launcher, now I can listen to my **bleep** music in 7. like I'm supposed to.

X-FI 3D positional sound through headphones with CMSS

UPDATE: To Creative employees
Please respond to this thread and try to sort this issue. Is bad sound from "headphones"+CMSS On due to a limitation of the hardware (is the sound quality degradation compared to "2/2. speakers"+CMSS On due to a much more complex algorithm of 3D positional sound mixing)?
Is there a way to adjust the speaker angles in Calibration tab of THX Console to more than 60 degrees (I would definitely consider a hexediting hack as a viable solution, whatever works)?
I have this problem with X-FI Fatalty. Maybe someone knows what to do about it... I'm trying to get 3D positional sound to work through regular stereo headphones using CMSS 3D. The way I have it set up is as follows:the win xp Control Panel is set to 5., X-FI audio console is set to "headphones" or "2/2. speakers", and CMSS 3D is enabled at default settings. It does work - the 5. sounds from, say, a game is downmixed to stereo with 3D positional effects mixed in (sounds coming from behind are of a different tone, and actually sound like they come from behind). There are problems however.With "headphones" setting, the sound quality is atrocious - the sound is muddy and boomy. The 3D positional audio effects work great - I can pinpoint every direction from which the sound is coming fairly accurately. Note that without CMSS 3D, the "headphone" setting sounds great.With "2/2. speakers" setting, the sound quality is normal (sounds great on my HD555 headphones), but the 3D positional audio effects are not good - audio control panel in X-FI software allows only a maximum of 20 degrees setting for the angle between the speakers, whereas 80 degrees would be required to simulate 3D effects through headphones (X-FI software has two settings for that actually, (+/-)60 degrees maximum for each speaker, with the reference angle of zero degrees being directly in front of the listener - directly in between the two speakers).So my questions is this. Has anyone figured out how to either improve the quality of the sound with "headphones" setting, or increase the angles of the speakers to (+/-)90 degrees (80 total) with "2/2. speakers" setting?
Message Edited by acrh2 on 0-3-2006 0:45 PM
Message Edited by acrh2 on 0-3-2006 0:46 PM

The only possibility that I can think of is that 2/2. mode is NOT as simple as headphone mode with crosstalk cancelation. Perhaps the HRTF only kicks in for sound sources outside of the arc directly in front of the listener. If that were the case, you wouldn't percei've any distortion for sound sources in front of you.
Also, you are wrong regarding DirectSound3D. Keep in mind that Direct3D and DirectSound3D are not the same. The whole point of OpenAL and DirectSound3D is that they present an API to the programmer through which there is NO specification of the number of speakers. When using OpenAL or DirectSound3D, the only thing a programmer can do is specify the location of a mono sound source in 3D space relati've to the listener. The speaker settings for your DirectSound3D or OpenAL device will then determine how this sound is "rendered" by the soundcard. It is not under control of the game. For example, if you have 5. speakers and the 3D position is behind you, the SOUND CARD will make the decision to use the rear speakers. If you use headphones, the SOUND CARD will decide to apply an HRTF to create the illusion of a rear sound source. The point is that the game does not have control over how many speakers you will get sound from.
However, to further complicate the situation, there are SOME games (HL2 is an example) where DirectSound3D is used, BUT the sound output of the game itself IS a function of the Windows speaker settings. This is not how programmers are SUPPOSED to use DirectSound3D. I've written about this countless times. There is a good post on [H]ard|Forum about this. Do an "advanced" search with my username (thomase) looking for the terms "hl2" and "cmss".

Downloading the right version of media player

I have a SB0060 sound? card and a set of inspire p500 speakers (with EAX)
to get my center speaker working I had to go the creative player open it and hit the cmss button on
the problem is i lost everthing and had to reload everthing.
But I can't find a download for the creative media player that will load they all say they can not detect a early version of
the player. I have looked up the downloads available by model number does any one
know where I can download a version of creative media player so i can access the cmss button?

Download the offline installer from http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player- windows.html#main-pars_header
[topic moved to Flash Player forum]

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