Vista and Sound Blaster Audigly LS... I want CMSS!! Any way?

thepunkerguy · February 12th, 2007

Ok, well here is my dilemma. I have surround sound speakers hooked up to my Sound Blaster Audigy LS and have windows vista with the latest creative driver installed. But my problem is that from what i can tell the driver doesn't have the CMSS feature yet which enables a 2 channel stereo sound (like mp3s) to be played through all 4 surround sound speakers and not just the front two. Is there a way to get CMSS working in Vista or any other software solution that will do this for me??? There is nothing in the speaker settings that does it in vista, already checked.
- Mike

**dreamliner77** · February 12th, 2007

Creative is working on this (god knows it will be slow...) as the Vista audio stack no longer allows direct hardware access to audio hardware, all Creative hardware effects now have to be emulated in software. In addition, I'm sure Creative is putting more effort into the X-Fi drivers.

**madmatt** · February 12th, 2007

http://ask.americas.creative.com/SRV...com,case=14186

Sinster · February 12th, 2007

We will see.... I'm not impress with the "Beta" drivers at all...

kop48 · February 13th, 2007

I have an Audigy (standard) - the drivers have CMSS on them? Just open Creative Audio Console on the latest ones and navigate to the right tab.

thepunkerguy · February 14th, 2007

Originally Posted by kop48

I have an Audigy (standard) - the drivers have CMSS on them? Just open Creative Audio Console on the latest ones and navigate to the right tab.

Well i use the Audigly LS and there is no Creative Audio Console for download yet. It even says when i go to to download the drivers for creative that they support only basic settings and speaker setups which can be adjusted only through the control panel in vista. Bummer.. I sure hope they do release the CMSS and creative console thingy for my card! I would hate to be neglected here! Its already taking Lexmark eons to release a vista driver for my printer! What I dont get is why its taking the hardware companies so long, i mean haven't they had vista for almost a year to play with and develop drivers???
- Mike

kop48 · February 14th, 2007

Ummm the only other way is to force the install of XP drivers, but I know that's not very stable. You could also try to force the install of the Audigy (standard) drivers by extracting them and then installing them?

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thepunkerguy OSNN Junior Addict Joined: March 2004 Posts: 13 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	Vista and Sound Blaster Audigly LS... I want CMSS!! Any way? Ok, well here is my dilemma. I have surround sound speakers hooked up to my Sound Blaster Audigy LS and have windows vista with the latest creative driver installed. But my problem is that from what i can tell the driver doesn't have the CMSS feature yet which enables a 2 channel stereo sound (like mp3s) to be played through all 4 surround sound speakers and not just the front two. Is there a way to get CMSS working in Vista or any other software solution that will do this for me??? There is nothing in the speaker settings that does it in vista, already checked. - Mike

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dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,638 Reputation: 1111 Power: 178	Re: Vista and Sound Blaster Audigly LS... I want CMSS!! Any way? Creative is working on this (god knows it will be slow...) as the Vista audio stack no longer allows direct hardware access to audio hardware, all Creative hardware effects now have to be emulated in software. In addition, I'm sure Creative is putting more effort into the X-Fi drivers. "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." -Neil Peart of RUSH

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thepunkerguy OSNN Junior Addict Joined: March 2004 Posts: 13 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	Re: Vista and Sound Blaster Audigly LS... I want CMSS!! Any way? Originally Posted by kop48 I have an Audigy (standard) - the drivers have CMSS on them? Just open Creative Audio Console on the latest ones and navigate to the right tab. Well i use the Audigly LS and there is no Creative Audio Console for download yet. It even says when i go to to download the drivers for creative that they support only basic settings and speaker setups which can be adjusted only through the control panel in vista. Bummer.. I sure hope they do release the CMSS and creative console thingy for my card! I would hate to be neglected here! Its already taking Lexmark eons to release a vista driver for my printer! What I dont get is why its taking the hardware companies so long, i mean haven't they had vista for almost a year to play with and develop drivers??? - Mike

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kop48 OSNN Addict Joined: June 2006 Posts: 209 Reputation: 40 Power: 72	Re: Vista and Sound Blaster Audigly LS... I want CMSS!! Any way? Ummm the only other way is to force the install of XP drivers, but I know that's not very stable. You could also try to force the install of the Audigy (standard) drivers by extracting them and then installing them?

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