Comments on: Creative Sound Windows Vista Audio Warning

By: Ferhat Yildirim

Ferhat Yildirim — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:12:29 +0000

FYI Vista is shit and I reinstalled new OS Windows 7 after 2days on Vista. Vista gave me so much headache in 2days Windows 7 hasnt even given me 1.

anyway cheow meow lol I checked back at this site after 2yrs from my first post. Ill check back here in another 2yrs!!!! cheers ppl

By: Tomko

Tomko — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:06:28 +0000

Yes!!! Everything this guy says is true. If you’re a musician and you use your computer as a studio, amplifier, and recording device you are now F**k’d.

You can no longer select input devices of your choice to be mixed with output of your choice. For example: I have a guitar processor which has a usb out, which I can play along or practice with any material, sound and video in XP. I upgraded to Vista and now I cannot mix anything. I have a choice – I can listen to my guitar OR I can listen to multimedia applications – but I can’t do both. The mixing functionality has been removed.

I also have a program called GuitarPro and I can no longer export midi to a wave file.

Vista is useless to me. I had to downgrade to XP to regain use of all my musical equipment and software. Windows 7 has the same sound functionality so it looks like this change is permanent, so musicians will have to find an alternative to microsoft products in the future.

Even playing mp3 files have been degraded. I seems like microsoft has installed some sort of dynamic compressor which deteriorates the sound.

None of this is Creative’s fault, it’s all microsoft. Even Zoom (the makers of my effects pedal) can not circumvent what microsoft has done.

Way to go microsoft!!!!!!

By: terry

terry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:34:47 +0000

i’ve spent the last week 8 hours a day sarching the internet for a stereo mix solution for vista and the sigmatel sound.

conclusion is that the functionality is there, however, the options are hidden/disabled/left out of the registry and installation process for most HDA devices.

perhaps some rogue sigmatel or idt employee can let that secret leak, i’m waiting.

in lieu of that, you can use an external usb sound box live sound blaster live. it has some limitations but with a VAC as well you can get your mic and the wav captured so that you can webcast pc audio as well as your mic/line in.

i doubt this is a riaa issue, they have no leverage with microsoft, but i suspect ms is taking the low profile so they dont draw more attention to their monopoly issues.

I would bet it is also a cooperative decision with the pc manufacturers with their sound card suppliers.

however, if everyone keeps buying anyway, where is your leverage to get them to support the functionality taken away.

By: rolf

rolf — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:40 +0000

meh… get osx…

By: Dr Doc

Dr Doc — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:42:09 +0000

it’s bad enough that i’m crippled with parkinson’s disease and have to pay a s— load of money to try to cope daily and then comes the rip of buying this windows vista thing here and loosing my creative sound card which i LOVED.
Most all the articles i read are rocket science to me. Jeezzz is nothing in life simple anymore? Hell, i take enough Aricept daily for parkinson’s dementia to float bill gates bank roll, if it’s something simple that i should do to get my creative soundcard to work in this machine, why don’t mic’soft just say it, if not, just reimburse me. I wish i were back in the days when i was a radio anouncer, i’d legally let the public know about the RIP. sorry, now i’m getting mixed up and very tired. I just wan

By: JJH

JJH — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:41:11 +0000

My 5.1 sound system was working fine on my Windows XP machine. I am now using it on a new Vista machine and it is now only a stereo sound system. Checking the advanced settings on Vista, the optical connection for my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio is listed as only 2 channels. Also most of all the good controls on my sound card are missing. I have a blu-ray drive and now have to watch blu-ray movies in F*#!*%! stereo !!!

By: BobM comments on Vista

BobM comments on Vista — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:14:56 +0000

[...] MP3 player. I was hunting for the equalizer… it is gone. Situation is best described here: http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/02/10/creative-sound-windows-vista-audio-warning/ "It?s unbelievable that Microsoft would dump the HAL Layer for sound cards because doing so [...]

By: Ronald Treitner

Ronald Treitner — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:19:05 +0000

He’s right! At first my surround sound worked fine on vista at first. However, somewere along the line with updates all the setting for surround sound mysteriously disappeared leaving me with only two speakers working. My expensive surround sound is now useless because vista is no longer supporting it. It removed all options except for a two speaker setup. I could stupidly blame a company like creative, but its not their fault. Microsoft removed the support, and overwrote my sound setup and drivers leaving me with their drivers. Granted creative does not offer drivers since my sound system was supposed to be plug and play windows automaticaly sets it up. Windows no longer detects or allows for any surround sound setup on my pc. So microsoft is to blame for removing support of these products.

By: Ferhat YILDIRIM

Ferhat YILDIRIM — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:07:21 +0000

I require a sound card driver for my Vista operating system. Vista always requests a driver for Multimedia Audio Controller and I have tried the ligit disc which came with it in the box but doesnt work.

My sound card is a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeAudio

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:15:28 +0000

Sure you can always go back to XP,,,, idiots how about if the system has been built for Vista and there is no such a thing as a driver for the mother board to run under the XP system? now you are screwed, now you are stuck with a piece of junk. lets face it Microsoft has us by the balls and we the consumers do not have the guts to boycott them.
I say thumbs up for EU that is putting Microsoft feet to the fire. Wish we in North America learned to be free too and get off that dream of being superior. Wake up they are brainwashing us.

By: DigitalHardcore

DigitalHardcore — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:52:01 +0000

I’ve got an Audigy 2 zs platinum pro. Half my inputs no longer work in Vista, no EQ, no surround. Whether this is M$ or Creative at fault its a bad situation and one of them needs to get their act together!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:25:34 +0000

I swear, some people can be so sarcastic! Sorry, but this guy is 100% correct in what he says about Microsoft. I purchased a new laptop with sound onboard and the sound is a total joke. Come to find out the card is not supported! (Keep in mind this card is onboard1 I did not put this card in myself by choice!) I then track down a new X-fi card, being a confirmed SB consumer and always having wonderful luck, I put it in and run drivers for it and gee, guess what… same results! I then in turn go back to Creative and they tell me it is not supported by Vista either! Well, sorry, this seems to be the issue, (IMO), with any half decent audio card. We are not talking some low end card with no “bulk” to it. At least Creative got back to me about it. I have made inquiries to Microsoft in every way I possibly could and it is like talking to a wall! Not one reply back! What really burns me is, I purchased the new laptop for multimedia pruposes just as the original poster did and I am basically screwed until someone decides to remove their head from their butt and pay attention to what people want. My simple question is this….all this stuff about making the audio better….in what aspect were they thinking they made the audio better? Security someone said? Gimme a break! I don’t EVER recall having to do an update to my audio because someone found a back door to my pc through my audio device! What is the sense of having an audio card if you are used to being able to perform certain tasks with it before and now they are supposedly doing a “new and improved” vbersion and they take EVERYTHING, yes EVERYTHING out of our grasps? Yes, in my conclusion of all of this, I got screwed for $1200.00! I thought prostition was illegal?

By: TUQAN

TUQAN — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:50:55 +0000

I am experiencing similar issues with my Audigy 2 Platinum card while using Windows Vista Ultimate. My 5.1 speakers operate only in 2.1…I have no EAX controls. I have no WAVE option in Playback only in Recording. Now it’s using SPDIF OUT and that isn’t listed on the Mixer controls options either. So there’s no way to adjust it’s output. I have installed the latest windows and creative drivers to no avail.

By: Torsten

Torsten — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:39:45 +0000

I installed the new SB Drivers for Vista, the speakers/headset are working but my mic still doesnt respond, or any inputt device for that matter.

I also see a problem with the gameport, not that I would use it, any suggestion how to fix the Mic ?

Thank you
Torsten

By: crative fan

crative fan — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:31:04 +0000

Hey! There is a driver for Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 (SB0610) on Creative-s site, and even Creative Media Source 5 for Vista … and it’s workin’…
But I really miss the plain EQ for it.
Hope it won’t last too long ’till we’ll have Creative Tools on Vista ;)

Be patient!