Who wants a black Audigy Platinum faceplate

Ok, as far as I could tell, Creative teased us with the promise of a black faceplate that we could purchase separately, but then never actually made it available. They just had their next generation products include them, hoping we'd fork out some extra cash just to have them black.
Well, screw that. I'm happy with my original Audigy, so decided I would do things my way:
[img"]http://home.comcast.net/~lordseamus/AudigyFaceplate2.jpg">
I created this duplicate in photoshop and had it printed on self-adhesi've vinyl. It probably would look better if I had painted the whole faceplate black (instead of just the knobs) before sticking it on there, but it's good enough for now. When I had it printed I filled the x7" sheet with them, so I can always redo it when I get around to it.Message Edited by Master_Seamus on 0-3-200707: AM

bratboy wrote:
Heh, wish they had given us a beige option with the X-fi. Instead this time its only avail in black which looks like crude in a beige case.
Hm... I suppose I could make a beige version of the same thing. It looks like the X-fi has a slightly different layout, though, so I'd need a faceplate to work with.

Similar Messages

Black Face Plate for Audigy Platinum

Hi. I searched this topic and it didn't look good, but wanted to further verify if anyone has ever found exhangable face plates for Audigy Platinum. I'm switching to a black Lian Li case and my white face plate looks kinda rediculous! Thanks.

You may laugh, but you can detach the plate, and spray paint it very quickly. I did this with my first i/o bay and finished it off with a nice glossy lacquer. It looks great to this day!? I later did the same with an Audigy bay.

Audigy 2 platinum faceplate issue

!audigy 2 platinum faceplate issue: im sorry if there has been a similar question before, i have been search for 2 or 3 hours for a solution to my problem to no avail. this problem has been going on for months i just haven't had time to look into it. i have the audigy 2 platinum model number sb0240/sb0250, and my faceplate essems to have no power, the optical ports have no light inside, i've checked my cables multiple times, tried reinstalling drivers(could not find a driver for my specific model and didn't recieve a disk with my computer), looking for broken on damaged conections on the boards, and have had no luck. it also seems as though the ports don't show up in the volume controls. is there redemtion for my face plate or should i start shopping for a replacement, and is there a way to just buy the faceplate(funds are kind of low this month)

? I guess Creative doesn't care about living up to the promise that their product is upgradeable as new technologies emerge such as VISTA. They were give plenty of warning, that it was coming out, and it has been out for some time. I guess the $700AUS I spent is down the tubes, because the lazy people at creative cannot be bothered to bring it into compatibility - AS PROMISED with "peace of mind" they said. There is no way that I will acti'vely tell people how good creative is any more. In fact I will be acti've in just the opposite.
Get of your backsides and support AS PROMISED, we deserve it, instead of giving us second rate partial compatibilities. I have wasted the best part of a week trying to get it all sorted, where do I send the bill for my time? Hvae I got sour grapes? No, I just expect decent support as promised.
I issue the challenge - ?Provide decent support and I will retract. Fair is fair. I PROMISE.

Audigy Platinum Ex Windows 7 SPDIF IN not working

Audigy Platinum Ex Windows 7 SPDIF IN not working? I have an old Audigy Platinum Ex that has served me well, until now when I have a new Windows 7 x64 PC (RTM). SPDIF IN no longer works, though everything else does (including SPDIF OUT). I've tried the current and beta drivers for the card, and no difference.
In Windows Vista x64 I could use ASIO drivers with my M-Audio ProFire 60 while using the Audigy for PC audio. Most often this was for skype, which I would set to use SPDIF IN/OUT which I then connected to the ProFires SPDIF OUT/IN. Using the ProFire mixing tool, I could control which mics and levels went to the Audigy while not interfereing with the ASIO drivers recording the mics. The ProFire also recorded the SPDIF OUT from the Audigy to caputre the person on Skype to their own audio track. This is a podcast producer's heaven, and I miss it!
If it's a known issue (SPDIF IN / Win 7), I've had this card through 4 PC upgrades and it's served me well enough I don't mind buying new. The Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Elite Pro looks to be the current version of my Ex - are there any Windows 7 issues currently that would stop me from using it in the role above? I will miss the FireWire port, a shame they dropped that.

Well basically it is possible, and I've found this out. Apparently Dell released a driver or something that allows it to work, but then only if you install a 3rd party modified xp version of the creative suite. I don't remember where I found it, but it was through google... Using some term including x-fi, dts, and vista.... Can't seem to find it now. Anyway, it had a download for the whole creative suite that was modified from the xp version for Vista, however it was buggy as hell, caused driver issues and blue screens, and ended up causing me to have to reinstall Vista altogether again. In other words, it's possible, but I don't recommend it until it's officially supported... Don't know when this will be yet... *crosses fingers*
Luckily I've got a dual OS system with XP too, and I switch to that when I want to use my Xbox 360... However due to Microsoft also being terrible in that department... I now get entertainment off of its 3 red lights... (For those of you who don't know, 3 red lights = hardware error. Sending into microsoft for repair typically is a 2 month process... I'm still waiting on my prepaid shipping box to arri've and it's been 4 days... Will be a similar wait to get it to them, 4-6 weeks for them to actually repair, and another week or so to get it all shipped back). Although even when the console worked, my dsl modem sometimes cut out when playing on Xbox li've and dropped signals, reported errors, etc.
What is with the companies producing technology nowadays? I just want to play Gears in 5. on Xbox li've... *cries*Message Edited by Supercoolyo on 07-22-20070:54 AM

10dB boost for LFE an Audigy Platinum (hard- or software)?

; I read that the Audigy Platinums LFE channel?has 0dB less volume then the rest, and is therefore not working correctly on non creative sound systems.
So how can i give?my LFE signal?a 0dB boost? Any simple hard oder software solutions?

icke wrote:
The Teufels Bass controller is at 00%.
You're probably one of the many folks who like artificially-boosted bass.
Bass redirection is not the issue, its [sic] turned on..that the LFE signal is to [sic] weak is the problem.
The bass redirection feature extracts the frequencies below the cutoff frequency from the non-sub channels, reduces them -0dB, mixes them together with the LFE signal obtained from DD/DTS sources, and outputs the mixture from the output jacks as the subwoofer output. This causes the extracted bass and any LFE signal to match without driving the line-level output past 0dB, so that the subwoofer output behaves as a LFE-level output rather than a line-level one. Otherwise any LFE signal above -0dB would get clipped at full line-level settings. Note that basically unless you are listening to a DVD, there is no LFE signal involved, but that the extracted bass is still reduced in volume.
Back to a external or software solution please.
If you like cranked bass and treble, use the soundcard's equalizer (or treble/bass controls) to accomplish this. It is best to shape this curve by leaving the "ends" at 0db, reducing the middle frequencies to get what you're after, and just turn up the speaker system to get the loudness you want (settings above 0dB can cause clipping if the soundcard is set up to output line-level).
Can i get Audigy 2 drivers to work with the audigy ?
Probably, but I'm not particularly expert on that, and it has nothing to do with your question.
-Dave
[email protected]

Headset no longer works with Audigy Platinum dr

I have a Logitech headset that plugs into the headphone and mic jacks on the Audigy Platinum dri've. On Saturday I had to do some work in my computer, so I disconnected the dri've from the card to get the data cable out of the way.
This may not be related (I hope not), but I plugged my floppy dri've in wrong and fried the floppy dri've and melted the wire to the PSU. I got a new floppy dri've and PSU. I don't believe the sound card or Platinum dri've were effected because they both work fine otherwise.
Anyway I no longer get any sound from my headphones when they're plugged into the dri've, but do get sound when they're plugged into the Creative Labs remote control for my speakers. I get no sound from my mic when it's plugged into the mic jack on the Platinum dri've either. I haven't tested it with another jack yet, but assume it'd work.
I also notice in my Windows mixer, that the option for Line In/Mic 2 is no longer there, either in the main part, or under Recording. Line In/Mic 2 is the mic jack on the Platinum Dri've.
The Platinum dri've works fine otherwise. I can use the firewire port on it and I know it's receiving power because I can see the red light in the optical connector. To be sure, I went back inside my computer and doublechecked the connections. It IS hooked up properly.
How can I get the jacks to work again, short of uninstalling/reinstalling the driver? I don't think this is necessary because the sound works otherwise. Thanks all!

The Audigy dri've works from three different cables. One is the power cable, one is the IEEE394 cable, and the last is the data cable. If the power cable and IEEE394 cables are connected, but the data cable is not fully seated, you will see power from the optical output and the 394 port will work, but the inputs and outputs will not work or be seen by the Windows mixer.
I would definitely try reseating that data cable. Also make sure that none of the pins are bent. If that doesn't work, you may want to try moving the card to different slots.

Creative Audigy Platinum Installation Help with Pentium 4 3.2GHz HT Enab

:mansad:
Dear Fellows,I have recently upgraded to a new Pentium 4 machine. The config is as follows:Pentium 4 3.2eGHz MB cache HT (Hyper-Threading Enabled)Intel Original 865GBF MainboardGB Kingston DDR 400MHz RAM20GB SATA WD HDDSound Blaster Audigy PlatinumATI RADEON 8500 DV 64MBThe problem I am facing is with Audigy Platinum. Once I install the operating system (Win XP) and move to the installation of Creative Audigy Platinum Sound card. All the applications are installed and the system hangs while updating *drivers*. I restarted but it corrupts the whole operating system conflicting with Display Driver, Mainboard driver as well as Windows. CD/DVD Rom also disappear. I then reinstalled operating system again. I would like to request for help and solving this issue and I dont want to get rid of Creative Audigy. I have heard complaints with Hyper-threading technology but I disabled it and the same problem occured. I tried everything e.g. latest drivers from Creative website, BIOS updates, Driver updates etc etc. The problem starts once the drivers are to be updated for Creative Audigy Platinum.Anticipating your response soon.Regards,

Hi Jeremy,
I would like to thank you for your kind assistance with my problem.
Heres the good news, I finally managed to install and run my Creative Audigy Platinum perfectly.
Credit goes to your assitance and support.
For your info, I would like you to know what I really did.
I have an Intel Genuine 865GBF mainboard. I installed clean copy of Windows XP (SP) and downloaded and installed latest Chipset INF utility from Intel website. I guess this utility tells the mainboard what kind of hardware is configured on the board.
Please note that I did not add any PCI card except the AGP graphics card.
After finishing Windows XP, I installed the Creative Audigy Card in a different PCI slot. When windows started, it detected the sound card installed.
I simply ran the driver and programs from the Creative CD and it installed perfectly. I then updated the drivers downloaded from the Sound Blaster site in correct order.
After finishing with Creative Audigy Platinum installation. I installed other hardware devices, service packs, AV and applications.
Its the third day and everything is running well.
I just wrote the steps if someone else faces the same problem, he/she can sort it out the same way.
Thanks again for your help.
Best regards,

Need application software for Audigy Platinum

I just re-installed my Audigy Platinum card and dri've into an XP SP3 system, downloaded the latest drivers from Creative and it works just fine (ty Creative!). I even used the optical out connection to my Denon 5. AVR and it sounds great.
However, I don't have any of the application software and can't seem to download that software from the website without having some old application software already installed. Is there a work around?
I do have the original disk for the following Creative cards (which I also own):
Sound Blaster 6 PCI (part # 220ML0003020)
Sound Blaster Li've!? (part # 220ML0003060)
Sound Blaster AWE64 (part # 73330530-)
I'm reluctant to try installing any of the applications from these disks in order to enable the appropriate application software to be downloaded/installed off the web, as I don't want to risk messing up the present clean driver installation. I did try putting the disks in the dvd dri've to see if that would enable the download/install process (this has worked with other products) to no avail.
I would very much like to have the complete set of applications for this still excellent card/dri've so I can enjoy the full functionality of the Audigy Platinum.
Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
John W. Wright

THANK YOU FOR THE ISO!!!
It worked flawlessly.
However, I did a messy job of installing it. I had installed the beta drivers before using the iso, and then when I installed the CD and its drivers none of the utilities worked. I then tried uninstalling the utilities but the installation stalled and failed repeatedly. Luckily, I had the option to system restore, but it was on a save point in the middle of installation. So its a pretty sloppy job.
One thing: when switching between modules (EQ, or volume control, or EAX); there is a 6 second wait.
Also, EAX reverb does not work well on Soundfonts (very faint reverb, but definetely not sufficient).
But thank you very much for saving my life.

SB Audigy Platinum Microphone Line2/Mic2 settings h

I have the original SB Audigy Platinum that includes the external bay device. When plugging a headset into the headphone and line2/mic2 connectors, the headphones work and the microphone on the headset does not. I have done some investigation and it appears that the default audio in device is the microphone. I believe that the microphone points to the mic in connector on the PCI soundcard. If I use the Sound Mixer I can manually change the audio in from microphone to line/mic2 and the headset microphone works. However if I stop the using the microphone and then try and use it again I discover that the setting has been changed back to microphone. So everytime we want to use the microphone we must go to the sound mixer and manually make the change. Is there anyway to save the setting line2/mic2 to make it permanent? One of the reasons for having the external bay device to allow the headet to be connected and disconnected without reaching around the back. I am tryng to make this easy for my wife to use (with Skype) without the hassle of the extras ste
ps.
Thanks.

Jeremey, thanks for your reply. This is one of those classic issues where the application folk (like IM clients and Skype) say to ask the SB folk what can be done and you (the SB folk) ask if the application owners can change their applications. So I am exploring options. Gi'ven that we don't use the 'mic in' (mic - microphone) connector on the PCI card, is there any way to reset the Audigy so that the external bay line/mic2 can be recognized as mic or the microphone? Perhaps there's a jumper or soft switch setting? Otherwise, is there anyway at all from the SB side (card, jumpers, drivers, Creative apps) to set the microphone to line2/mic2? Like I say I am looking for ideas from the SB side.
Thanks again for your reponse.

No digital sound after Vista upgrade on Audigy Platinum

I finally got around to upgrading my Media Center PC from Win XP to Win Vista Ultimate x64. Following the upgrade and after installing the latest official drivers for my Audigy Platinum, I am unable to get any sound when using the digital out on the sound card. I also made sure to change the Audio Console setting to use SPDIF. If I switch to normal line out, it works fine and digital out worked fine on Win XP.
I tried searching but only came up with threads pertaining to the X-Fi and Audigy 2.
Is there something else Im missing to get this working in Vista?
Thanks a bunch!!

Hi there-
I just finally had the chance to install these drivers and I still have no sound coming out when I connect to the digital out of my Audigy card. Again, Ive verified the Audio console has been changed to SPDIF output and still nothing.
Is there something Im missing here? Are there other settings I need to change / set in Vista to get this working? This is very frustrating that this worked without issue in XP and I really dont want to have to go back to it.
Any help is much appreciated!!

Audigy platinum ex firewire port

We are having great difficulty using the firewire port on an audigy platinum ex. The audigy has worked very well for three years. The machine is an AMD Athlon 2GHz, AOpen m/board, Win XP with SP2.
We recently bought a LaCie d2 extreme 200GB triple interface HD. When connected to the port on the external audigy box, or to the port on the rear of the PCI card, this dri've is not recognosed by the computer. It does not appear as a HD in the hard disk section of the device manager, and we can see no evidence of a firewire client running, though the PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE394 Host Controller is installed and working. From this we conclude that the OS is set up for firewire devices, but that for some reason it is not being detected.
When we connect the LaCie dri've to a USB2 port on the machine, the device works fine; we can see the dri've, access it for directory & file lists, and read & write files to/from the dri've. We have also tried the LaCie on other machines fitted with USB2, with Win2000 & Win98 and it works fine. We therefore conclude that the LaCie does not have a fault itself. This hard dri've has its own power supply, and is not reliant on the power capabilities of either IEEE394 or USB2.
We have 'discussed' the matter with LaCie. They have asked us whether the IEEE394 port we are experiencing difficulty with is engineered only for DV, or whether it is engineered to be connected to mass storage device such as a hard dri've. We were unaware that ther were such differences with IEEE394, and we have no way of checking this; the Creative labs specification does not go into this detail.
Therefore, the questions we would like to pose to the community are as follows:
. Is this port known for certain to be engineered for the attachment of mass storage devices?
2. Has any body actually attached a mass storage device to the external dri've box port or the port on the audigy PCI card?
3. has anybody actually use da LaCie d2 extreme 200GB dri've on these ports?
4. What set-up procedures were followed to get a LaCie to work?
Although we are 'newbie' status on this site we do have considerable experience of computers and computing going back to 966, and covering most types of machine that have been extant in the intervening period. This includews working with PC's since 983 and as systems engineers on Unix technical workstations. This problem does illustrate that no matter what ones experience level is, there is always something that can baffle, as this has done to us.
We'd like to thank in advance anybody who can contribute information to solve this problem, or indeed anybody who reads the posting and could point us in the right direction.
Regards
John Smith

I have been using a Maxtor One Touch external USB/Firewire hard dri've and a Canon digital camcorder on the Platinum Audigy Ex Firewire port for over a year with no problems except for the time the plug on the extension cable inadvertently got pulled out of the back of the Ex box when I moved some equipment around.
I am running Windows XP Professional SP2, and I upgraded to it after I started using the Audigy Platinum Ex Firewire port. No problems either before or after.
Bit Pusher

Problems with Audigy Platinum and Firew

Hi,
I've been running my Soundblaster Audigy Platinum on my Win2k-System for some years and have just encountered some weird problems with the Firewire-Connector. When I connect an external DVD-Burner everything works fine. But when I connected an external harddisc for the first time recently, the system completely flipped and rebootet without any messages. When I connected the dri've via USB it wasn't recognized automatically (what it should have after the manual) but after installing the Drivers on the Disc. Afterwards also the Firewire-connect was possible, the dri've was recognized and appeared in the Explorer. So far so good.
But now, everytime I try to copy files larger than some Megabyte the dri've stops copying and I get an error message. Then the dri've disappears in the explorer. When I connect the dri've to my Laptop (XP Pro System) everything works fine. I already tried to google the problem and found some users with the same problem, unfortunately no answers to their posts. Is there someone who can help me (us)?
By the way, I already tried to re-install the drivers for the audigy...

hi kakarocht, tks for help me.
My mobo is new, i buy all the config recently.
i'm searching in the forum, and found this topic https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=85631.0
my HD SATA is the same of this, i will try to remove it, and then tell here for you.
sorry for my english again.

Who wants to be a billionaire ?

Im busy desinging a game...Who Wants To Be A Billionaire...but
could someone explain why the following won't draw the Round Rectangles that i ask to be drawn...
// Main Application Class
import java.awt.*;
import BuildCanvas.*;
public class User
public static void main (String [] args)
MakeWindow userInterface = new MakeWindow ();
userInterface.setSize (800, 600);
userInterface.setLocation (100, 100);
// The MakeWindow Class
import java.awt.*;
import java.lang.*;
class MakeWindow extends Frame
Button finalButton, fiftyButton, phoneButton, askButton, retireButton;
MenuItem quitItem, newGameItem, helpItem, aboutItem, greenItem, blueItem;
public MakeWindow ()
super ("Who Wants To Be A Billionaire");
// Create the menu items.
newGameItem = new MenuItem ("New Game");
quitItem = new MenuItem ("Quit Billionaire");
helpItem = new MenuItem ("Help");
aboutItem = new MenuItem ("About");
// Create the menus.
Menu mainMenu = new Menu ("File");
Menu helpMenu = new Menu ("Help");
// Place the menu items in the menus.
mainMenu.add (newGameItem);
mainMenu.add (quitItem);
helpMenu.add (helpItem);
helpMenu.add (aboutItem);
// Place the menus into the menu bar.
MenuBar myMenus = new MenuBar ();
myMenus.add (mainMenu);
myMenus.add (helpMenu);
setMenuBar (myMenus);
setBackground (Color.blue);
pack ();
show ();
// Call button method.
makeButton (finalButton, 180, 550, "Final Answer");
makeButton (fiftyButton, 270, 550, "50 / 50");
makeButton (phoneButton, 360, 550, "Phone Friend");
makeButton (askButton, 450, 550, "Audience");
makeButton (retireButton, 540, 550, "Retire");
remainingButtons ();
} // MakeWindow constructor.
private void remainingButtons ()
// Creates windows for Money Ladder and Answer Boxes.
Graphics g = getGraphics ();
g.setColor (Color.black);
g.fillRoundRect (200, 200, 300, 300, 7, 7);                    //**** This Code doesnt work
g.fillRoundRect (100, 300, 50, 100, 7, 7);                    //**** This Code doesnt work
g.fillRoundRect (100, 200, 50, 200, 7, 7);                    //**** This Code doesnt work
// Creates, positions + sets size of buttons.
private void makeButton (Button currentButton, int posx, int posy, String buttonText)
currentButton = new Button (buttonText);
add (currentButton);
currentButton.setSize (80, 20);
currentButton.setLocation (posx, posy);
} // makeButton method.
have i forgotten to call something ?
please help me asap.
thanks
andrew.

I took the liberty to make some change, (the black rectangles overlaps)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class MakeWindow extends Frame
     Button   finalButton, fiftyButton, phoneButton, askButton, retireButton;
     MenuItem quitItem, newGameItem, helpItem, aboutItem, greenItem, blueItem;
public MakeWindow ()
     super ("Who Wants To Be A Billionaire");
     setLayout(null);
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
    {     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent ev)
          {     dispose();
               System.exit(0);
// Create the menu items.
     newGameItem = new MenuItem ("New Game");
     quitItem    = new MenuItem ("Quit Billionaire");
     helpItem    = new MenuItem ("Help");
     aboutItem   = new MenuItem ("About");
// Create the menus.
     Menu mainMenu = new Menu ("File");
     Menu helpMenu = new Menu ("Help");
// Place the menu items in the menus.
     mainMenu.add (newGameItem);
     mainMenu.add (quitItem);
     helpMenu.add (helpItem);
     helpMenu.add (aboutItem);
// Place the menus into the menu bar.
     MenuBar myMenus = new MenuBar ();
     myMenus.add (mainMenu);
     myMenus.add (helpMenu);
     setMenuBar (myMenus);
     setBackground (Color.blue);
// Call button method.
     makeButton(finalButton,180,550,"Final Answer");
     makeButton(fiftyButton,270,550,"50 / 50");
     makeButton(phoneButton,360,550,"Phone Friend");
     makeButton(askButton,450, 550,"Audience");
     makeButton(retireButton,540,550,"Retire");
     setVisible(true);
// Creates, positions + sets size of buttons.
private void makeButton(Button currentButton, int posx, int posy, String buttonText)
     currentButton = new Button(buttonText);
     add(currentButton);
     currentButton.setSize (80, 20);
     currentButton.setLocation(posx, posy);
public void paint(Graphics g)
     g.setColor (Color.black);
     g.fillRoundRect (200, 200, 300, 300, 7, 7); //**** This Code doesnt work
     g.fillRoundRect (100, 300, 50, 100, 7, 7); //**** This Code doesnt work
     g.fillRoundRect (100, 200, 50, 200, 7, 7); //**** This Code doesnt work
public static void main (String [] args)
     MakeWindow userInterface = new MakeWindow ();
     userInterface.setSize (700, 600);
     userInterface.setLocation (10, 10);
}

Audigy platinum ex questions and advice - dual ouput or dual card - motherboard audio op has died

Hi all.
im new to the forums and would like some advice please.
i use my pc for mixing music and DJ'ing, but the problem that i have is that the onboard sound output has died. i need 2 intendant / separate sound outputs, one for preview, and one for main/live output.
Now, is it possible to configure a audigy platinum ex to provide the required outputs, and if so, how.
if this is not possible, can i use a soundblaster live card in the same pc to provide the required outputs, or as i suspect the answer is no to this due to shared file names within the drivers and such, is there a recommended card that i can use in conjunction with the audigy, or will any generic sound card do the job (for preview output).
i dont want to replace the motherboard and reinstall all the software at the moment, and i use mixmiester, fruityloops, reason and such for mixing/creating, and either mixmiester, tracktor, or pcdj fx for dj'ing.
many thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Adrian

mikiem ........... your a STAR.......
i didnt know that you could do that.....using the AISO driver allows access to all sorts of outputs..........when i have time im going to have to see what they all do, and what else is available, but the biggest thing is that it has sorted out some of my immediate problems......
i will need to go through all the software to see if i can get access to these outputs from it all, but it definitely works with mixmiester, so i dont need to re plot all the files.
just so that people know, i set the audigy speaker config to 4.0/4.1 in THX setup, and then looked in the advanced audio output section of mixmiester (under output config) and presto....2 independent audio outputs.
dont suppose that anyone knows where to get a complete and detailed manual for what all the software and hardware does and how to configure it all........
HUGE thanks mikiem........

Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX + Xbox 360 = Surrou

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum, so don't shoot me if i ask something obvious. Also I am sorry for my bad English, please keep in mind that I'm not a nati've speaker.
So here comes my question:
This is the setup I am thinking about:
-Xbox 360 (playing a game with Dolby Digital 5. surround encoding.)
--Connection: digital optical audio cable (Toslink)
-Connected to: The optical input on the external module of my Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX
<img height="37[/img] src="http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7660/dri'vefrontor.jpg" width="500" alt="">
-This card is installed on a PC with an Athlon XP 3000+, 52mb ram, 60Gb harddisk,... A recent pc in other words, running Windows XP Media Center Edition.
-[url="http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=25&product=4090 &nav=0">Creative InspireT6060[/url] speakerset, connected to the sound card using the analog connectors:
<img border="0" height="73" src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/804/bracketpe9.jpg" width="505" alt="">
Will I be able to hear surround sound from the xbox game trough my analog speakers this way (When the PC is turned on offcourse.), or will i get (upmixed) stereo audio, or even worse: no sound at all?
I hope someone can answer this question,
Greets,
FORZA M

That's correct in your case (connecting to the expansion bay) the soundcard will decode the DolbyDigital and send it to the analog speakers.
For me it is veird that you want to us a whole PC to do that - energy consumption, heat, space occupied (you will need a separate monitor for PC and a big-screen TV for XBox 360).
Another solution would be an external decoder - like a digital receiver or Creative's DDTS-00: http://www.creative.com/products/pro...6&product=9468
Message Edited by SoNic2367 on 0-2-2006 :08 AM

Who wants a black Audigy Platinum faceplate

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for