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    Beta Santa Cruz drivers?

    Anybody try the 4186's yet? Just posted on the Voyetra site on 5-15-03. Just curious to see if there is a reason to try it out, I didn't see a readme or changelog.

    EDIT, installed and found the changelog:

    What's New?
    ===========

    v4186
    * EAX 2.0 fully compliant. Query for BasicSupport of Deferred EAX
    properties now works.

    * Speaker configuration no longer jumps to different configurations
    while starting games.

    * 3d hw acceleration DSP task management improved.

    * Bugchecks on uninstalling resolved. NOTE: the 4184 may bugcheck
    as it's uninstalled.

    v4184
    * Optimized Installer. Removes old driver and installs new one without
    having to run the install twice. Also installs in 98SE/ME/2K/XP.

    * MP9 5.1 support under XP. Now you can play multi-channel WMA files!

    * SRS CSII 5.1 plugin for MP9 works with this driver.

    * AC3 digital over SPDIF working in 98SE (with MS QFE 269601USA8.EXE)

    * Fixed game port conflict with MPX/nForce motherboards. May not work in
    98se.

    * Enhanced MIDI playback with better timing and fixed region exclusive
    (hihats)

    * Fixed DSound volume scaling. Now distant sounds in games are more audible.

    * Fixed Center/Sub volumes to better match front/rear output levels.

    * Fixed distortion/intermittent noise playing multiple channels at various
    sample rates.

    * Synced up the windows speaker modes with Santa Cruz Control Panel.

    * Optimized boot time and resume from standby times.



    Known Issues in this Beta:
    ==========================
    * XP ONLY: Santa Cruz effects do not work while in 6 speaker mode.
    Win 2k/me/98se are fine.

    * You may have to restore the default settings in the Santa Cruz Control
    Panel to see the default speaker setting you selected during the install.

    * If the Santa Cruz tray icon (blue speaker) does not appear, simply run the
    Santa Cruz Control Panel from the Start Menu or Windows Control Panel and
    then right click on it and select the 'Load System Tray' from the context
    menu.
    Last edited by Sciascia; 17 May 2003, 01:38.
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  • #2
    I don't see "restored VU meters in XP" anywhere on that list .

    Kevin

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    • #3
      And you probably won't either. It is a real shame too, though the VUMeter that I found is pretty nice and free, it was nice to set your levels in the mixer itself. Maybe if enough of us started pesterring them they could work on it. Can't be that hard if there are free apps that do it.
      WinXP Pro SP2 ABIT IC7 Intel P4 3.0E 1024M Corsair PC3200 DCDDR ATI AIW x800XT 2 Samsung SV1204H 120G HDs AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 3Com NIC Cendyne DVR-105 DVD burner LG DVD/CD-RW burner Fortron FSP-300-60ATV PSU Cooled by Zalman Altec Lansing MX-5021

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      • #4
        It doesn't seem to like the MAD MP3 decoder plugin for Winamp, atleast set at 32 bit. First BSOD (with the good old physical memory dump) I have had on this system ever. Set the original decoder as default and no problems.
        WinXP Pro SP2 ABIT IC7 Intel P4 3.0E 1024M Corsair PC3200 DCDDR ATI AIW x800XT 2 Samsung SV1204H 120G HDs AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 3Com NIC Cendyne DVR-105 DVD burner LG DVD/CD-RW burner Fortron FSP-300-60ATV PSU Cooled by Zalman Altec Lansing MX-5021

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        • #5
          why do you set it to 32 bit? the TBSC only does 16 bit, and 20-bit internally.

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          • #6
            Well, it is one of those things that I clicked on until it sounded really good! The old drivers worked fine with it so I left it alone. I was actually pretty surpised hat it worked as well since I didn't think it was 32-bit anyway. I may try it , but at 16 bit the WinAmp decoder sounds about he same.
            WinXP Pro SP2 ABIT IC7 Intel P4 3.0E 1024M Corsair PC3200 DCDDR ATI AIW x800XT 2 Samsung SV1204H 120G HDs AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 3Com NIC Cendyne DVR-105 DVD burner LG DVD/CD-RW burner Fortron FSP-300-60ATV PSU Cooled by Zalman Altec Lansing MX-5021

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            • #7
              For high quality sound processing you'd want a 24bit/96khz card anyhow. On a budget there is the Echo MIA or MIAMIDI. They're not gaming cards though since they don't support some of the popular gaming audio protocols in their drivers...more like budget studio cards.

              Page not found - Echo Test + Measurement
              http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/Mia/index.php


              Then there's always the LAYLA24 (8x8 I/O w/rack mount BOB) GINA24 (2x8 I/O w/tabletop BOB) and other studio cards of their ilk at 2x to 4x the cost.

              Dr. Mordrid
              Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 18 May 2003, 07:30.
              Dr. Mordrid
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              An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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              • #8
                Those cost too much for prosumer use. Something along the lines of the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 would be more appropriate.
                Let us return to the moon, to stay!!!

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                • #9
                  MIA costs $179 street (or less), comes with Steinberg's Cubasis VST (supports up to 48 audio & 62 midi tracks) and it has low-latency multiclient drivers; meaning it's light on the system resources and more than one program (ex: an editor and software synth) can play through the MIA at once.

                  It's worth the extra.....

                  Dr. Mordrid
                  Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 18 May 2003, 20:10.
                  Dr. Mordrid
                  ----------------------------
                  An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                  I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                  • #10
                    Hi

                    I had the m audio revolution. I liked it a lot, but couldn't get it to work with the matrox rt.x100. I thought the input trim and the specs were fantastic. Does anyone know a high end card that will work with the rt.x100? My aardvark won't either. Nunchal

                    ps I have the normal drivers. I've thought about trying the beta, but don't want to jinx my system. Its finally working.
                    Mindwarper 2002 system specs:
                    p4 2.53
                    asus p4 533c
                    4x512 1066 rambus ram
                    sony dru500a multiformat burner
                    48x cd burner
                    floppy
                    40 gb system drive
                    240 gb raid a/v drive (HPT370a pci raid controller)
                    80 gb export drive ( removable )
                    matrox g550
                    matrox rt.x100
                    Santa cruz Turtle Beach
                    aardvark aark 20 (10 in/out) soundcard
                    antec case 430 p/s
                    XP

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                    • #11
                      M-Audio released come new Revo drivers a few days ago. They fix quite a bit...

                      DOC, I agree with you. Didn't realize they were that inexpensive.
                      Let us return to the moon, to stay!!!

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