Recover DSP settings from soundcard

Freeze24 · Jun 18, 2011, 11:00 AM

Hi,

I'm in the following situation:

I've got a PC with an Audigy 2 ZS card, Win 7 and kX driver Version 3550.
Recently my HDD crashed and unfortunately I didn't make backups of the soundcards DSP settings, which are very important to me.

So the question is if there is any possibility to recover the DSP which still should be stored on the soundcard itself.
I'm just not sure what will happen, when I reinstall the kX driver. Will the driver reset the DSP on installation or is there any possibility to prevent it from doing this and instead recover the DSP?

Thank you in anticipation.

thomasabarnes · Jun 18, 2011, 01:13 PM

To reset to the default settings, right-click in an empty place in the DSP and select re-initialize.

EDIT:

If you made a custom DSP setup and lost the file, you will have to make that setup again.

A good practice is to save your DSP setups to a drive other than the C drive (or drive Windows is installed on.) That way, if you have to reinstall Windows, you still will have your custom DSP setups saved to another drive.

Freeze24 · Jun 18, 2011, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasabarnes

To reset to the default settings, right-click in an empty place in the DSP and select re-initialize.

Thanks for the answer, but thats not what I want to do.

I want to read the DSP settings out of the soundcard and not reinitialize the DSP.

thomasabarnes · Jun 18, 2011, 01:29 PM

You can read my edit in the post above for a good idea, but as far as I know, doing what you want to do, which is "I want to read the DSP settings out of the soundcard," well, that's not something that can be done.

Freeze24 · Jun 18, 2011, 01:37 PM

Thank you for the hint, of course I should have saved the DSP settings somewhere else or have made a backup - but I didn't so I need a possiblity to recover the settings (the HDD is totally broken, no chance to recover any data from it).

Max M. · Jun 18, 2011, 09:35 PM

Well, soundcard (incl. DSP) is completely reset as soon as you turn of the power and/or initilze PCI sub-system (when computer boots). So no, that's impossible - there're no settings simply.
(And even if there were - it's also practically impossible to convert low-level registers values (the settings inside card) back to high level driver/mixer/plugins settings).

Freeze24 · Jun 18, 2011, 09:42 PM

Okay, thank you for the answer. So I have to calibrate my DSP totally new, what will take some hours again

Jun 18, 2011, 11:00 AM	#1
Freeze24 HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bavaria Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Recover DSP settings from soundcard Hi, I'm in the following situation: I've got a PC with an Audigy 2 ZS card, Win 7 and kX driver Version 3550. Recently my HDD crashed and unfortunately I didn't make backups of the soundcards DSP settings, which are very important to me. So the question is if there is any possibility to recover the DSP which still should be stored on the soundcard itself. I'm just not sure what will happen, when I reinstall the kX driver. Will the driver reset the DSP on installation or is there any possibility to prevent it from doing this and instead recover the DSP? Thank you in anticipation.

Jun 18, 2011, 01:13 PM	#2
thomasabarnes Long Time ***** Friend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,375 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Recover DSP settings from soundcard To reset to the default settings, right-click in an empty place in the DSP and select re-initialize. EDIT: If you made a custom DSP setup and lost the file, you will have to make that setup again. A good practice is to save your DSP setups to a drive other than the C drive (or drive Windows is installed on.) That way, if you have to reinstall Windows, you still will have your custom DSP setups saved to another drive. __________________ May a song always touch you in a positive way. SONAR X1D Expanded, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, MOTU UltraLite MK3, 150 GB HDD, 250 GB HDD, 1 TB x2 HDD 7200 rpm My Music Production: Top 40, Contemporary Christian, Pop/Rock, Decent Rap, Inspirationals, and Children Songs Last edited by thomasabarnes; Jun 18, 2011 at 01:25 PM.

Jun 18, 2011, 01:29 PM	#4
thomasabarnes Long Time ***** Friend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,375 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Recover DSP settings from soundcard You can read my edit in the post above for a good idea, but as far as I know, doing what you want to do, which is "I want to read the DSP settings out of the soundcard," well, that's not something that can be done. __________________ May a song always touch you in a positive way. SONAR X1D Expanded, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, MOTU UltraLite MK3, 150 GB HDD, 250 GB HDD, 1 TB x2 HDD 7200 rpm My Music Production: Top 40, Contemporary Christian, Pop/Rock, Decent Rap, Inspirationals, and Children Songs

Jun 18, 2011, 01:37 PM	Thread Starter #5
Freeze24 HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bavaria Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	AW: Recover DSP settings from soundcard Thank you for the hint, of course I should have saved the DSP settings somewhere else or have made a backup - but I didn't so I need a possiblity to recover the settings (the HDD is totally broken, no chance to recover any data from it).

Jun 18, 2011, 09:35 PM	#6
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,639 Rep Power: 69	Îòâåò: Recover DSP settings from soundcard Well, soundcard (incl. DSP) is completely reset as soon as you turn of the power and/or initilze PCI sub-system (when computer boots). So no, that's impossible - there're no settings simply. (And even if there were - it's also practically impossible to convert low-level registers values (the settings inside card) back to high level driver/mixer/plugins settings). __________________

Jun 18, 2011, 09:42 PM	Thread Starter #7
Freeze24 HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bavaria Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	AW: Recover DSP settings from soundcard Okay, thank you for the answer. So I have to calibrate my DSP totally new, what will take some hours again