3534 release candidate

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Jul 31, 2003, 10:43 PM

hi there

here's 3534 release candidate (RC)
I plan to release 3534 officially this week, so, any feedback with RC is welcome till Sunday

(please test it. if you are upgrading from any 3534x releases, make sure you reset the settings completely!)

cumulative changelog (since 3533):
-------------------------------------------------
On-the-fly support for sfArk v2 files added
Fixed some issues related to WavePCM mixer slider
Fixed minor bug with the setup program under Win98SE / WinME
Fixed incorrect 'Swap Front and Rear' function while in 'Digital Output Only' mode
Improved support for multiple devices
German translation updated
Italian translation updated
Polish translation updated
Fixed real-time pitch calculation for certain card models
Added option to enable/disable real-time resonance and filter cutoff (Synth compatibility)
Added support for 44100 sampling rate for ASIO (ALPHA, <b>without recording!</b>)
Fixed bug with Cubase SX handling ASIO 44100 sampling rate incorrectly
Added option to tweak GSIF buffer size
Added option to mute speakers when headphones are inserted
Fixed bug with B2B plugins
Improved Modulation CC compatibility (VibLfoFreq Divisor in Synth Compatibility panel)
Initial support for hardware-accelerated DirectSound 3-D (attenuation and spatialization)
(In order to disable DirectSound acceleration, select 'Wave 4/5' device)
Added option to choose bank selection method (Synth Compatibility)
Fixed bug with multiple soundfonts playing simultaneously
Added option to select target Synth device on SoundFont upload
Added automation for most plugins
Fixed bug with AC-3 passthru for certain Audigy2 cards
Added 'Multimedia Properties' shortcut
Peak plugin improved
Fixed some minor issues with skin handling code

GSIF note: the 2-sec noise is not a real bug, but an issue with two real-time APIs (ASIO+GSIF) active simultaneously. it can be easily solved by changing GSIF buffer size (RC does it for you automatically)
kX DSP window: sorry, no time

resizing feature won't be available in 3534
3-D audio: if you find the hardware 3-D support incorrect, please post your report to our new forum topic ('3-D Audio') with a detailed description of the bug. it is always possible to disable 3-D acceleration by selecting 'Wave 4/5' instead of 'Wave 0/1' as your preferred audio device.

url:
http://kx.maincore.nl/beta/kxdrv3534-update.exe

full version and the SDK will be available soon

/Eugene

vampgirl · Aug 1, 2003, 01:01 AM

Downloading it right now

Thanks Eugene! It seems that you care MUCH more about us then the guys who sold us the sound cards!

I simply hope that someone from Creative will come into this forum and read this! (I doubt it as with there work they showed they do not care much)

But if by any chance one of them read this then here is what I got to say to him:

Shame on you guys! If you are not capable of giving people you sold your cards, some decent drivers then at least be a little more smart! Find Eugene and beg him to work for you!
OR Donate to KX so at least they do the job you are not able of doing!
OR At least give them info on your hardware "like for the audigy series"

Can't you understand that they are making your useless cards work like a charm! ?

Anyway I propose to all people who use KX drivers to make a petition and send it to creative and ask them to do @least one of the 3 above propositions!

"Edit" : I just installed the new drivers, Run SX and few games etc .... All working great. Thanx KX

Robert McClelland · Aug 1, 2003, 05:46 AM

I don't have unstalled my olds do I

before the final lease on Sunday?

mir06 · Aug 2, 2003, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eugene Gavrilov

GSIF note: the 2-sec noise is not a real bug, but an issue with two real-time APIs (ASIO+GSIF) active simultaneously. it can be easily solved by changing GSIF buffer size (RC does it for you automatically)

It seems the 2-sec noise is still here. It is not only ASIO+GSIF issue, but also GSIF+DirectSound (e.g. I can hear this noise even when playing mp3 and playing in GigaStudio simultaneously).

Heh... I never expected to have GSIF on a SBLive!
You saved me 150€ - as I don't have to buy Audiophile 2496, yet.

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Aug 2, 2003, 11:29 PM

gsif:

make sure you've set the gsif buffer size to '256 samples'

/Eugene

mir06 · Aug 3, 2003, 02:14 PM

I wasn't aware there's an option for setting GSIF buffer (there's no mention of GSIF in help), and RC didn't reset samples to 256.

After going to Settings-> Setup Buffers -> 256 samples, no more 2-sec noise!

16-4096 samples, 32-256 worked without glitches.

Does this setting for samples affects latency? I haven't noticed any difference comparing 32 and 256 samples setting.

francesco · Aug 3, 2003, 03:42 PM

I am new to Kx drivers but i am very attracted
I have an Audigy Platinum Soundcard and Windows XP and my Gigastudio 2.5 does'nt work.
How to uninstall the Creative Drivers? How to reinstall them if I am unsatisfied with Kx Drivers?
Excuse me Eugene. I know that your work is very useful but I am not very expert and I am afraid of loosing the current possibilities even if they are not perfect.
Thanks
Francesco

dz001 · Aug 3, 2003, 09:04 PM

Hi everyone. I'd like to say that I very much appriciate all the hard work you guys do for the kX drivers.

I'm having a weird case with the new drivers (5.10.0.3534).

1) when I open a audio channel in Cubase SX, it tells me "Record could not be enabled, because there is no input. Open the input window and enable the desired input".

I tried to open the input window in Cubase SX but it doesn't open.

Ohhh, I'm using SB Audigy Platinium.

Please help,
thanks.

Max M. · Aug 3, 2003, 09:54 PM

>1) when I open a audio channel in Cubase SX, it tells me "Record could not be enabled, because there is no input. Open the input window and enable the desired input".

This is because you open default Cubase project with 44100 samplerate set... kX ASIO does not support recording at 44.1kHz (and this samplerate is not recommended to work with in general)...
You order to get an ability to record through kX ASIO interface you should switch Cubase (and whatever ASIO host application) to 48000 samplerate...

~~craig588~~ · Aug 4, 2003, 02:05 AM

Thank you so much!

Robert McClelland · Aug 4, 2003, 03:01 AM

There offical out on download page now

lol dated yesterday :P

caine · Aug 5, 2003, 12:02 PM

Hi there Eugene, one more time a fantastic work, i am very happy with this release because since i installed, my programs of playing DVD´s (PowerDVD and WinDVD) now works fine decoding any type of AC3 title (Music DVD or movie DVD) without to set SPDIF out.

Eugene what about this?, this release is prepared for this issues?

Thank you.

Alex

Max M. · Aug 5, 2003, 02:57 PM

caine - i guess your model is Audigy2, right? because ver.34 has partially fixed some hardware bug of this model which causes wrong data on digital outputs (incl. AC3)

caine · Aug 5, 2003, 04:31 PM

Sorry Max, i would be to post the model of my soundcard, sorry for this.

My soundcard is a soundblaster live Platinum 5.1 with Live Drive IR on a PIII @ 1Ghz - 512 MB SDram 133Mhz and 2 HD Seagate of 80 GB and 7200 RPM.

Thanks for your support.

Alex.

Max M. · Aug 5, 2003, 05:50 PM

ok, i was just not too attentive reading your msg. Of fix i mentioned did not affect player's decoding (just because it can't do this)... Although it should work in previouse version too... And btw. "Spdif out" should be used untill you wnat driver or external decoder to do decoding.... Well, doh, never mind... i'm just glad to hear that now it's fine anyway...

McDEATH · Aug 5, 2003, 06:27 PM

Another great work from Eugene and the KX - Team!

You Rock'z the Mountain!

Keep faith - Be Lucky -

You surely realy Heros!!!

KX Users...."Bow Down - and Praise to the Lords of all Audio"

Hail them without end!!!

Bye - Your's McDEATH

Jul 31, 2003, 10:43 PM	#1
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	3534 release candidate hi there here's 3534 release candidate (RC) I plan to release 3534 officially this week, so, any feedback with RC is welcome till Sunday (please test it. if you are upgrading from any 3534x releases, make sure you reset the settings completely!) cumulative changelog (since 3533): ------------------------------------------------- On-the-fly support for sfArk v2 files added Fixed some issues related to WavePCM mixer slider Fixed minor bug with the setup program under Win98SE / WinME Fixed incorrect 'Swap Front and Rear' function while in 'Digital Output Only' mode Improved support for multiple devices German translation updated Italian translation updated Polish translation updated Fixed real-time pitch calculation for certain card models Added option to enable/disable real-time resonance and filter cutoff (Synth compatibility) Added support for 44100 sampling rate for ASIO (ALPHA, <b>without recording!</b>) Fixed bug with Cubase SX handling ASIO 44100 sampling rate incorrectly Added option to tweak GSIF buffer size Added option to mute speakers when headphones are inserted Fixed bug with B2B plugins Improved Modulation CC compatibility (VibLfoFreq Divisor in Synth Compatibility panel) Initial support for hardware-accelerated DirectSound 3-D (attenuation and spatialization) (In order to disable DirectSound acceleration, select 'Wave 4/5' device) Added option to choose bank selection method (Synth Compatibility) Fixed bug with multiple soundfonts playing simultaneously Added option to select target Synth device on SoundFont upload Added automation for most plugins Fixed bug with AC-3 passthru for certain Audigy2 cards Added 'Multimedia Properties' shortcut Peak plugin improved Fixed some minor issues with skin handling code GSIF note: the 2-sec noise is not a real bug, but an issue with two real-time APIs (ASIO+GSIF) active simultaneously. it can be easily solved by changing GSIF buffer size (RC does it for you automatically) kX DSP window: sorry, no time resizing feature won't be available in 3534 3-D audio: if you find the hardware 3-D support incorrect, please post your report to our new forum topic ('3-D Audio') with a detailed description of the bug. it is always possible to disable 3-D acceleration by selecting 'Wave 4/5' instead of 'Wave 0/1' as your preferred audio device. url: http://kx.maincore.nl/beta/kxdrv3534-update.exe full version and the SDK will be available soon /Eugene Last edited by Eugene Gavrilov; Jul 31, 2003 at 10:49 PM.

Aug 1, 2003, 01:01 AM	#2
vampgirl DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	Downloading it right now Thanks Eugene! It seems that you care MUCH more about us then the guys who sold us the sound cards! I simply hope that someone from Creative will come into this forum and read this! (I doubt it as with there work they showed they do not care much) But if by any chance one of them read this then here is what I got to say to him: Shame on you guys! If you are not capable of giving people you sold your cards, some decent drivers then at least be a little more smart! Find Eugene and beg him to work for you! OR Donate to KX so at least they do the job you are not able of doing! OR At least give them info on your hardware "like for the audigy series" Can't you understand that they are making your useless cards work like a charm! ? Anyway I propose to all people who use KX drivers to make a petition and send it to creative and ask them to do @least one of the 3 above propositions! "Edit" : I just installed the new drivers, Run SX and few games etc .... All working great. Thanx KX Last edited by vampgirl; Aug 1, 2003 at 01:34 AM.

Aug 1, 2003, 05:46 AM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,645 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	I don't have unstalled my olds do I before the final lease on Sunday? __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Aug 3, 2003, 09:54 PM	#9
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,639 Rep Power: 69	>1) when I open a audio channel in Cubase SX, it tells me "Record could not be enabled, because there is no input. Open the input window and enable the desired input". This is because you open default Cubase project with 44100 samplerate set... kX ASIO does not support recording at 44.1kHz (and this samplerate is not recommended to work with in general)... You order to get an ability to record through kX ASIO interface you should switch Cubase (and whatever ASIO host application) to 48000 samplerate... __________________ Last edited by Max M.; Aug 3, 2003 at 10:02 PM.

Aug 4, 2003, 03:01 AM	#11
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,645 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	There offical out on download page now lol dated yesterday :P __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png Last edited by Robert McClelland; Aug 4, 2003 at 03:14 AM.

Aug 2, 2003, 11:29 PM	Thread Starter #5
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	gsif: make sure you've set the gsif buffer size to '256 samples' /Eugene

Aug 3, 2003, 02:14 PM	#6
mir06 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I wasn't aware there's an option for setting GSIF buffer (there's no mention of GSIF in help), and RC didn't reset samples to 256. After going to Settings-> Setup Buffers -> 256 samples, no more 2-sec noise! 16-4096 samples, 32-256 worked without glitches. Does this setting for samples affects latency? I haven't noticed any difference comparing 32 and 256 samples setting.

Aug 3, 2003, 03:42 PM	#7
francesco DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Naples-Italy Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I am new to Kx drivers but i am very attracted I have an Audigy Platinum Soundcard and Windows XP and my Gigastudio 2.5 does'nt work. How to uninstall the Creative Drivers? How to reinstall them if I am unsatisfied with Kx Drivers? Excuse me Eugene. I know that your work is very useful but I am not very expert and I am afraid of loosing the current possibilities even if they are not perfect. Thanks Francesco

Aug 3, 2003, 09:04 PM	#8
dz001 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hi everyone. I'd like to say that I very much appriciate all the hard work you guys do for the kX drivers. I'm having a weird case with the new drivers (5.10.0.3534). 1) when I open a audio channel in Cubase SX, it tells me "Record could not be enabled, because there is no input. Open the input window and enable the desired input". I tried to open the input window in Cubase SX but it doesn't open. Ohhh, I'm using SB Audigy Platinium. Please help, thanks.

Aug 4, 2003, 02:05 AM	#10
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Thank you so much!

Aug 5, 2003, 12:02 PM	#12
caine DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	DVD problems solved? Hi there Eugene, one more time a fantastic work, i am very happy with this release because since i installed, my programs of playing DVD´s (PowerDVD and WinDVD) now works fine decoding any type of AC3 title (Music DVD or movie DVD) without to set SPDIF out. Eugene what about this?, this release is prepared for this issues? Thank you. Alex

Aug 5, 2003, 02:57 PM	#13
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,639 Rep Power: 69	caine - i guess your model is Audigy2, right? because ver.34 has partially fixed some hardware bug of this model which causes wrong data on digital outputs (incl. AC3) __________________

Aug 5, 2003, 04:31 PM	#14
caine DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Not audigy 2 Sorry Max, i would be to post the model of my soundcard, sorry for this. My soundcard is a soundblaster live Platinum 5.1 with Live Drive IR on a PIII @ 1Ghz - 512 MB SDram 133Mhz and 2 HD Seagate of 80 GB and 7200 RPM. Thanks for your support. Alex.

Aug 5, 2003, 05:50 PM	#15
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,639 Rep Power: 69	ok, i was just not too attentive reading your msg. Of fix i mentioned did not affect player's decoding (just because it can't do this)... Although it should work in previouse version too... And btw. "Spdif out" should be used untill you wnat driver or external decoder to do decoding.... Well, doh, never mind... i'm just glad to hear that now it's fine anyway... __________________

Aug 5, 2003, 06:27 PM	#16
McDEATH DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Drive the Bit Posts: 84 Rep Power: 0	Hail to the Kings Another great work from Eugene and the KX - Team! You Rock'z the Mountain! Keep faith - Be Lucky - You surely realy Heros!!! KX Users...."Bow Down - and Praise to the Lords of all Audio" Hail them without end!!! Bye - Your's McDEATH __________________ [size=small][color=FF0000]"GERMAN HIGH SPEED DEATH METAL"[/color][/size] - (All Stuff by (c) McDEATH) HOMEPAGE: [color=99FF00]http://www.bastardsword.org[/color] Second & Third Host: - http://bastardsword.myownmusic.de/ - http://www2.mp3.de