i need a real help

mercury_1

Hello guys
really thanx for KXproject developers i'm using this great bundle of drivers for my desktop pc using Soundblaster 5.1,really thanx
but the problem is...i have AC 97 on my compaq presario 722 us and compaq site uses soundmax bundle which is really suck and i'am hearing some background noise,in which kxrpoject made that noise disappear on my soundblaster 5.1 live
so plz help me or suggest to me another bundle that is compatible with my AC 97 sound card better than that soundmax bundle,,like kx project bundle is better than creative bunddle thanx

jiiteepee

Asio4All , ASIO2KS and ASIOx (you need ASIO capable software w/ them). All mentioned works through WDM/KS functions.

You can also use your current drivers WDM/KS (Kernel Streaming) capabilities directly (w/o need for ASIO driver mentioned).

Asio capable audio players:
- Winamp + asio plug-in ( KernelStreaming plug-in )
- Foobar2000 + asio plug-in (KernelStreaming plugin is w/ the bundle)
- NativeInstruments Traktor BeatPort Player
- etc. (DJ software, couple of Media players, audio creation software, ...)

jiitee

Added:
Actually, there are coupele ASIO drivers more, but those are not very good ones:
ASIO Multimedia, ASIO DirectX and ASIO DirectX Full Duplex, which all normally comes w/ some software like Steinberg' software.

mercury_1

jiitee
i didn't understand u pal. which software i do really need ?
Asio4all or Asio2k that is for windows All versions and the 2nd one for windows 2000, that what i understood , ok what then ?
u said (you need ASIO capable software w/ them
what is that.. plz pal more explain thx

jiiteepee

Some of them are already listed on my prev post. Games, as for an example, don't (normally) support ASIO.

Asio4all etc. can be used w/ systems w/ WDM drivers (not on those w/ VXD).

jiitee

mercury_1

so is there something which is better than ASIo, i feel that it has alot of problems thanx

jiiteepee

For onboard sound in generally, WDM/KS is the best native driver mode (though, some boards has it's own ASIO driver, which ones I have no experiece), but the Asio4All (maybe ASIO2KS and ASIOx too are) is said to be the best one for audio playback / recording (music creation).

As I listed already 2 audio players which do have WDM/KS support through plugin, there aren't many players/software w/ native KS support (Sonar and MixVibes comes into mind atm). Also Games do not support KS either.

Asio4All is quite secure to work w/ most audio devices, and it's easy to set up w/ any audio device/system --> makes me wonder, which problems do you have there: are those problems driver related or is everything related to that what you want to do w/ the onboard sound. There is Instruction Manual (pdf) installed w/ Asio4All installation -> everything needed information can be found there from.

BTW: You have not told what are you going to do w/ that onboard sound (games, play music, record instruments (create music), etc.). That information maybe helps a bit.

jiitee

dj_stick

I think he simply wants a "better" driver set to get rid of the noise created by his onboard sound.

I'm sorry to tell you, but probably the only way to get rid of that noise is to use a better quality soundcard.

That noise is caused by low quality converters, aswell as interference caused by other signal paths in the motherboard, and drivers cannot affect either of these issues.

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