Updated HD port for X-Fi Ti. Fixed BSOD in some cases during installation. Fixed desynchronization of sound output card and Windows audio panel. Fixed lost 7.1 mode.
If your settings are not saved, then use the old reliable method....go into sleep mode and exit it, the settings will be saved. It is quite possible that you have an unsuccessful revision of the card. Audigy RX users have a similar problem, some save their settings, while others don’t, and no one can figure out what the problem is.
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K now it installed without crashing finally
If I put 7.1 in windows speaker settings it doesn't change in control panel and control launcher, it stays headphones and the chopper test sounds good. why do we need to put 7.1 on windows speakers if headphones has the VSS already?
it seems the dude explains it here, the synchronize needs to be off , but I never see that option, on the official driver it's off, on the vogos modded and daniel I think it's on.
with yours it's off so ++
Hello, My goal is to configure my gaming machine to properly use CMSS-3D for headphones (I only use AT ATH-A900 stereo headphones, no other speaker configurations are required). Up until now I've been setting Creative control panel to "Headphones" and let it set Windows speaker...
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One says one thing and other says other.... Which one?
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In a proper DirectSound3D or OpenAL implementation, it won't even look at the Windows speaker setting. It'll just tell the sound card driver where the sounds are positioned in virtual 3D space, and the sound driver plays them back through whichever speakers they see best fit-or, in the case of CMSS-3D Headphone, applies the HRTF binaural filter accordingly before outputting to stereo headphones. In the best of cases, you should be able to point out the exact angle from your position and a given sound source, even if it's above or below.
For newer games that have downgraded to software-based APIs like XAudio2 that pre-mix everything to surround speaker positions based on the Windows setting, CMSS-3D Headphone emulates a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker field because that's all the positional information it gets. This is why you want asynchronous speaker/headphone configurations. You don't have to worry about missing sounds not played through the front channels because even with CMSS-3D Headphone off, the rear and side left/right are audible and positioned the same as front left/right (that is, directly off to the side, as usual for headphones). In other words, the X-Fi drivers downmix everything automatically.
I believe that 5.1 was selected in the guide that introduced me to that configuration simply because the person who wrote it also had a 5.1 speaker configuration, not 7.1, and to switch between headphones and speakers, he only wanted to adjust the X-Fi control panel. If you only have headphones, just leave it at 7.1.
Note that there are a few people who advise radically different configurations, usually taking CMSS-3D Headphone out of the equation entirely. This could be because their personal HRTFs fall too far outside of the generic HRTF used, or they just don't like any perceived sound quality deficits.
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Correction, CMSS-3D does not need to be fed with multi channel source, it works fine with stereo input. The complex algorithm decides to place each sound in the right position. it can "detect" where each sound should be positioned from the stereo signal.
What they mean is to use 5.1 or 7.1 IN THE GAME, not in windows speaker settings! that's all the confusing
According to Creative, the correct method to use it is:
1)Plug headphones into sound card
2)Set Creative Console to Headphones
3)Turn on CMSS-3D and set both settings to "ON"
4)Turn on game
5)Set in-game settings to 5.1/7.1
6)Play game
Heyo...I just want to know how to setup my sound system to fully use CMSS 3D with my headphones while having the best sound quality on my new 2.1 speakers. I read in a post at guru3d that ZE way to set your things is in the Creative control panel you set the speakers to Headphones and...
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and someone says because it needs support for old games but I am not sure
Found the info about CMSS-3D and thought i'd post it here. Keep in mind that it's for a 2.1 speaker set up.
How to set up your sound system:
1- In Windows control panel (XP, Vista and 7) set your speakers to 5.1 or 7.1. Some older games use that info to set the sound while others simply bypass it for their own audio settings.
2- In the Creative Control Panel go with Game Mode which will enable CMSS 3D options. from there you have 2 options:
a- Set the speakers to Headphone and enable EAX and CMSS-3D. In CMSS-3D you should have "ON" for Macro FX and ElevationFilter by clicking on "X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual". This option offers the best positionnal surround sound (horizontal and vertical) at the expense of lesser audio quality.
b- Set the speakers to 2.0/2.1 and follow the same instructions as the above "a" option. This still give you positionnal surround sound but onlu horizontally (no vertical positionning) but let you enjoy a better audio quality.
That's what I gathered on the web. Lots of sites report the same settings.
Hope it helps some of you guys.
X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone - THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT Old post for Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit: I have a 5.1 surround setup (speakers), and I also have...
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I think this is right, because before I did not uncheck "synchronize with Windows Control Panel", and it set it to "Headphones", and did not set game or windows to anything other than what's automatically set ("headphones").
As you described, it sounded weird, muffled, and dull, and did not have surround.
However, today I decided to uncheck synchronize with windows control panel, and set the "Speakers" to Headphones in Creative Audio Console, and kept the Windows one set to 5.1 speakers.
Then, I fired up CS:S and it indeed sounded like a multi-channel headphone.
Since I did not find any "formal" instruction on setting up CMSS-3D Headphone, I'm asking you Gurus what's the "correct" way to set it up.
The way I have it seems to work, but is it the right way?
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Also, I think you can use 7.1 instead of 5.1 too since Creative advertised that games and music will sound "just as good if not better than a 7.1 surround speaker set". -
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on my main OS it doesn't install the drivers, only on the fresh os. why?
it's like it doesn't see the soundcard or something
something blocking it? it installed everything but not the drivers
