Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio has no sou

Ive been angry with the X-FI xtreme Audio for Vista 32 since I got it but now its pissed me off. Ive tried looking through the forums for this problem but its very wierd and unique. I set up the audio to default just in case but no audio comes out. My headphones work and my computer detects the audio being played because in the control panel the bar for the speaker output goes up and down with the audio and the drivers are updated yet NO sound is coming through to my headphones. I reseated the PCI card and switched headphones just to check but they are all fine. So why is my computer detecting the audio and the PCI card but no sound is coming through to my headphones even though my headphones are working?

Well, several things to try.
First, shut down any other software that might be using the sound card. This means things like Windows sounds, Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc. etc.
Second, in Audition, go to Edit/Audio Hardware Setup. Make sure the tick box beside "Release ASIO Driver in Background" is NOT ticked.
Third, make sure Asio4All is selected as the default driver in the appropriate drop down menu.
Fourth, select the sound card input(s) and output(s) you want to use for the sound input and monitoring. Don't forget you have separate menus for this for Edit View and Multitrack View depending where you're recording--there are selection tabs at the top of the Audio Hardware Setup screen.
Fifth,, I've never used the sound card you have but, if it's like most Creative stuff, you'll have a sound card menu and mixer you can access from an icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Right click this and select the input(s) you want. You may have to do this first to get the right inputs to show up on your AA Audio Hardware Setup screen.
Finally, if you're recording in Multitrack view, you may have to select the appropriate inputs in each track you want to use--that's the menu beside the right-pointing arrow at the beginning of each track.
Once you have everything working, you can save your settings as a default session so you don't have to do this every time.
Bob

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You know it helps to post solutions if it's working fine for you. Moreover, unless you have the same hardware as someone else what works for you won't necessarily work for them.
That said, @ the OP have you tried setting the mic as default under the Sound settings? (Type Sound in the search bar and click on the "Sound" entry to find it.)
Also this may help
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Hi all, I'm new here. Just recieve a present - this audio card http://shop.key.ru/shop/goods/37544/ , cant apply x-fi settings in battlefield 2.
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Message Edited by frostspb on 04-29-2009 2:4 PM

Yup, this card (xtreme audio) only has a single mode, Entertainment Mode that's all!
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Well, several things to try.
First, shut down any other software that might be using the sound card. This means things like Windows sounds, Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc. etc.
Second, in Audition, go to Edit/Audio Hardware Setup. Make sure the tick box beside "Release ASIO Driver in Background" is NOT ticked.
Third, make sure Asio4All is selected as the default driver in the appropriate drop down menu.
Fourth, select the sound card input(s) and output(s) you want to use for the sound input and monitoring. Don't forget you have separate menus for this for Edit View and Multitrack View depending where you're recording--there are selection tabs at the top of the Audio Hardware Setup screen.
Fifth,, I've never used the sound card you have but, if it's like most Creative stuff, you'll have a sound card menu and mixer you can access from an icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Right click this and select the input(s) you want. You may have to do this first to get the right inputs to show up on your AA Audio Hardware Setup screen.
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Once you have everything working, you can save your settings as a default session so you don't have to do this every time.
Bob

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Hi.
Has anyone got any idea on when this particular sound card will be in stock (or in stock at all...)?
If not does anyone know of any online retailers that currently stock this card?
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Hi Bsellick,
You could check with the retailers here to see if they have it in stock.

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Filename: XFXA_VTDRV_LB__04_0065A.exe
This download is a driver providing Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit'ssupport for the audio device listed below. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
Current Release Features
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I must have answered something like that in another thread sometime ago, but here goes:
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