Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on the P17X audio controller):
- Audigy Value
- Audigy SE
- Audigy LS
- Audigy 2 LS
- Live! 24-bit
- SB 5.1 VX
- X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI only)
Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
Included in the pack:
- Drivers for Windows 7 / Vista v5.12.1.2020 & Windows XP v5.12.01.622 (*)
- ALchemy 1.41.02 (Windows 7 / Vista only)
- Audio Console 3.00.46
- Console Launcher 2.61.43
- Host OpenAL 1.02.01 (Windows 7 / Vista only)
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.02 (Windows XP only)
- Volume Panel 2.21.13
Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?
No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
No, there are no tweaks.
If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
Fixes and improvements:
- Fixes Creative SoundFont Synthesizer mute issue on Windows XP/Server2003
- Fixes CrystalizerUnlocker not detecting proper software installed on 32-bit edition of Windows 7 / Vista
- Driver based on WHQL release from WindowsUpdate (with Headphone mode/Bass Redirection fixes by me)
- Fix Console Launcher memory leak and slow loading when running under Windows 7 / Vista
- Updates many shared components for improved compatibility and performance.
- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.1.0.0
- Fixes the Headphone mode reseting to Speakers mode on reboot (all cards. including the X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
- Console Launcher is now installed for all cards on all OSes, so Audio Center is removed
- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0
- Fixes broken uninstaller on all OSes,
- Added Volume Panel by demand.
- Replaces Audio Console to fix multilanguage install.
- Changes setup routine and uses updated scripts.
- Changes application installation to silent mode.
- Enables language selection dialog
- Updates 3D engine filter driver for Windows XP.
- Fixes some issues with device features.
- Improves EAX performance on XP.
- Improves OpenAL compatibility.
- Updates Creative Software Synthesizer (XP only).
- Fixes CMSS not working on Windows 7 for AudigySE/ Value/LS / Live24bit / SB5.1VX, now everything works.
Release Notes:
Windows Security warning during driver installation
When prompted with: "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".
X-FI Crystalizer is available only for X-Fi Xtreme Audio on Windows 7 / Vista
Crystalizer is not available for Audigy Value/SE/LS, Live! 24-bit and SB 5.1 VX on Windows 7 / Vista.
Configuring CMSS on Windows 7 / Vista
For all supported cards, except the X-Fi Xtreme Audio, Audio Console should be used to configure CMSS, which is not available in Console Launcher.
Download:
Filename: P17X_SupportPack_2_7.exe
File size: 60.3 MB
CRC32 hash: 33E01DFB
SHA-1 hash: 3E35D204F7FDBEEF03675BC8A6919CEA4D715EB2
