First off - thanks a ton, guys, for helping out and keeping up with this thread!
For some reason, I haven't been recieving any emails from TPU the last few weeks
Anyhow . . .
Have a question.
Would it be possible to connect my PS3 to my X fi sound card via optical and then have the x fi take that sound and put it out via my Aux cables to my speakers. So it kind of acts like an amplifier I guess?
I believe there's a way to do so - with the Titanium . . . otherwise, you'd need the I/O console. There's an OP in on the back of the card, and an OP out - connect the OP cable from your PS3 to the X-Fi, then connect your speakers. Go into the WIN console and change the Line In to 'Optical.' Make sure you're in Entertainment mode, go to the driver settings in WIN control panel, and there should be some kind of setting for "SPDI/F bypass," IIRC - you want to set that.
I can't remember clearly off the top of my head, and the setup is different from XP to Vista (and I have no idea on WIN7 yet), but there
is a way to let the X-Fi simpyl pass-through an audio stream.
Hi guys, got a small issue here.. (been going on for some months thinking I'd eventually solve it myself)
Everything had been fine on XP but when I got Vista I just couldn't get my proper sound back.
I've got an X-Fi Xtreme Music hooked up to Z5500.
When I got Vista on the desktop, the sound was very low volume compared with the volume I used to set my speakers before on xp.
When I downloaded the Alchemy drivers, this got kinda half-solved.
Though I'm not worrying about it since there's still plenty of volume left to turn up.
The current problem is the bass volume vs the satellite volume.
If I disable bass redirection I get nice and good sub booming, but distortion on the satellites.
If I enable bass redirection the satellites play okay but the sub gets weak.
The problem's not with the speakers, they function fine on XP.
I tried playing around with the equalizer, but to no avail.
I'm pretty sure I'm missing out something... somewhere...
Pls help? It'd sound stupid for me reinstalling XP for dual boot just to listen to my music...
Yeah, this is a Vista issue, as I noticed the same thing (Vista sounds quieter than XP).
First, normalize everything. Set the EQ and all that other good stuff back to default.
Alrighty - go into WIN control panel and open up the 'Sound' panel. Click on the 'speakers' setting, then hit the 'configure' button - make sure the configuration matches your setup . . . then go back and hit the 'properties' button at the bottom. Go to the 'tone' tab, and check to make sure bass/treble are equal (you can adjust them later). Hit the 'levels' tab, then next to 'play control' hit the "balance" button - make sure your sub channel is set a bit higher than the others . . . for reference, with my setup, I have the sub channel set to 45, and all other channels to 34. It will vary based on your subwoofer.
Under the Console Launcher, 'Bass' tab, you should be able to use redirection - I have the subwoofer gain selected, and crossover set to 80Hz . . . again, this'll kinda depend on your setup . . .
The Subwoofer gain option will boost output to the sub - the crossover will set what level that all frequencies
below that setting will be sent to the sub - if you have the crossover too low, that will force your satellites to play too low of frequencies.
From there - go back into the WIN panel and adjust the bass/treble setting (or you can do so if in entertainment mode).
Back to the X-Fi panel, adjust your EQ, then your CMSS-3D settings, then the crystallizer and/or whatever else.
Hope this helps!
I have the X-fi Titanium Fatality Pro. What should the setting for stereo envelopment under mcss-3d option? Thanks.
Technically . . . Stereo Expand.
It depends on the setup you have configured - the drivers change the CMSS-3D settings based on the speaker configuration. For example, Stereo Expand is not available with 2.1 speakers . . .
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