Creative ALchemy (X-Fi Edition) 1.00.30

By +Tantawi
in Back Page News

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

+Tantawi Subscriber²

Posted
  • Subscriber²
Posted

This download is an application for Creative Sound Blaster? X-Fi? series of audio devices. It restores 3D audio and EAX? effects for certain DirectSound?3D games in Microsoft? Windows Vista?.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty? Pro

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook

Fixes:

* Enables the DirectSound3D game audio to be processed by your Sound Blaster X-Fi to deliver EAX effects, 3D audio spatialization, sample rate conversion and hardware audio mixing. Without this, most DirectSound3D games will be reduced to stereo output without any EAX effects.

* Supports an additional 42 DirectSound3D games.

Requirements:

* Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio device listeTo find out more about Creative ALchemy or view the list of DirectSound3D games supported, check: http://www.soundblaster.com/alchemy/uDownload:load: http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/Applica..._LB_1_00_30.exe

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/608979-creative-alchemy-x-fi-edition-10030/
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Glowstick

Posted
Posted

Creative's marketting is so good at lieing, they don't even blush anymore. They're basically saying that Vista can't do more than stereo. Also, most games that aren't sponsored by Creative use software mixers. It has a reason why game developers don't default to hardware anymore.

Grand Master

spaceelf

Posted
Posted

I still can't believe how many people are that annoyed about a $10 app on a card that Creative is unlikely to sell anymore.

Sure, you can still buy them. But you can still buy MMX Pentiums, and I doubt Intel is developing anything for those either...

And they're not lying at all, it's worded perfectly. Most titles that use DS3D will revert to stereo in Vista. It's a hardcoded limitation due to the fact that there is no DS3D in Vista.

Vista can certainly do more than stereo, just not with DS3D.

Grand Master

Unimatrix Xero

Posted
Posted

yea i know u gotta pay for the audigy card which i think is a little unfair, my previous post wasnt a dig at you, i just didnt see the problem for the X-FI cards as its free.

ohh well people assusming that im taking a dig..

Mentor

EL1TE

Posted
Posted

AUZENTECH, " Dolby Digital Live " Coming 12/21/07 for X-fi Prelude

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/bo...essage.id=28163

SB PRO -> SB 128 -> SB Live 5.1 -> X-Fi XtremeMusic -> INTEGRATED SOUND?

LOL! But maybe this will be true in a near future... :D

Grand Master

spaceelf

Posted
Posted
yea i know u gotta pay for the audigy card which i think is a little unfair, my previous post wasnt a dig at you, i just didnt see the problem for the X-FI cards as its free.

ohh well people assusming that im taking a dig..

Nah I'm irritable cause I'm hungry, was working, and its a holiday. Triple negative.

sorry

Grand Master

Eric Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted
X-Fi owners get this free so what the problem?

The chips are identical. There's no reason they couldn't have given this to Audigy owners, too.

anyone know why microsoft decided to mess with stuff that worked fine?

It didn't work fine... Sound drivers were a big problem with system stability. That's why Apple didn't put direct access to the audio hardware in OSX either. ;)

Grand Master

spaceelf

Posted
Posted

True dat. DirectSound needed either a major overhaul or to be scrapped, and they decided to scrap it. It was based on what ten-fifteen year old tech?

Added bonus, they're singlehandedly responsible for destroying Creative Labs stranglehold on gaming audio. That alone would be my top reason...

Grand Master

+Tantawi Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
The chips are identical. There's no reason they couldn't have given this to Audigy owners, too.

X-Fi and Audigy chips are far from identical: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster

But I still agree it's very stupid from Creative to make Audigy users pay for it.

Grand Master

Jason S. Global Moderator

Posted
  • Global Moderator
Posted
and this is THE reason i am still on XP. my x-fi sucks in vista

why?

mine is great in Vista. i havent had a single issue. i also installed an earlier version of Alchemy a few months ago, and it works perfectly. i dont see what people are bitching about.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

  • Recent Achievements

    • Reacting Well
      BizSAR earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • First Post
      AndreaB earned a badge
      First Post
    • Week One Done
      Huge Trailer earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      Classifyskilleducation earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      eurospharma62 earned a badge
      One Month Later

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      579
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      184
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      75
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      73
    5. 5
      neufuse
      64
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!