EAX and THX in kX?

Monkeyman · Aug 8, 2004, 10:14 AM

I've downloaded KX drivers a couple days ago and wonder how they deal with EAX (upto version 4.0) and THX modes. Can anyone explain me is there any support for these cool sound features? I wasn't able to find any mentioning about it in the mixer console and in the description of the drivers.

**dj_stick** · Aug 8, 2004, 11:37 AM

there is currently no support for EAX effects, and afaik THX is a standard, not a set of effects (correct me if i am wrong)

Monkeyman · Aug 8, 2004, 12:58 PM

Damn! This is VERY, VERY bad. I love these drivers, but I am not a musician, I ame a gamer, so I need EAX and THX badly... Any chance EAX and THX will be available in the closest release?

jazz1138t · Aug 8, 2004, 01:25 PM

If you own an audigy 2 card you have THX. THX is part of Lucusfilm (star wars and Indiana Jones) and is a certification from them that what you buy has been tested and it meets a certain criteria in terms of audio fidelity. Do you mean Dolby Digital because the kx drivers support that but not Dolby Digital EX.

Monkeyman · Aug 8, 2004, 01:29 PM

Yeah, I have Audigy 2 ZS sound card and I am not very familiar with architecture of the drivers. I am just trying to understand does kx support EAX and THX. If not, then I'll be forced to roll-back to Creative drivers. However I DO like kx a lot.

jazz1138t · Aug 8, 2004, 02:20 PM

If your only going to use your card for gaming i'd recomend sticking to the creative drivers. In my case im a casual gamer who likes to listen to music and whatching DVD's and the kx drivers are better for me because they give better audio quality. I don't see how the kx project could support EAX as they would probably have to pay royalties to creative. As i said before THX is just a certification or stamp of approval and has nothing to do with drivers. You don't need THX drivers to play a THX certified game or movie as it just meens lucasfilm have listened to it said the sound is good enough and charged the company a royalty fee to put the THX logo on it.

Monkeyman · Aug 8, 2004, 02:22 PM

OK, thnx a lot for explanation. Looks like I'm goin back to Creative drivers :-(

Robert McClelland · Aug 9, 2004, 03:26 AM

Monkeyman you can partition harddrive and do a dual boot one with creative and kx

Monkeyman · Aug 9, 2004, 06:07 AM

Yeah, well, nice advice. I'll surely do it :-)

Robert McClelland · Aug 9, 2004, 06:21 AM

Just make sure you have xp installed twice

like C:drive and D: for games

Aug 8, 2004, 10:14 AM	#1
Monkeyman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	EAX and THX in kX? I've downloaded KX drivers a couple days ago and wonder how they deal with EAX (upto version 4.0) and THX modes. Can anyone explain me is there any support for these cool sound features? I wasn't able to find any mentioning about it in the mixer console and in the description of the drivers.

Aug 8, 2004, 01:25 PM	#4
jazz1138t DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	THX If you own an audigy 2 card you have THX. THX is part of Lucusfilm (star wars and Indiana Jones) and is a certification from them that what you buy has been tested and it meets a certain criteria in terms of audio fidelity. Do you mean Dolby Digital because the kx drivers support that but not Dolby Digital EX.

Aug 9, 2004, 03:26 AM	#8
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,647 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Monkeyman you can partition harddrive and do a dual boot one with creative and kx __________________ "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 9, 2004, 06:21 AM	#10
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,647 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Just make sure you have xp installed twice like C:drive and D: for games __________________ "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 8, 2004, 12:58 PM	Thread Starter #3
Monkeyman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Damn! This is VERY, VERY bad. I love these drivers, but I am not a musician, I ame a gamer, so I need EAX and THX badly... Any chance EAX and THX will be available in the closest release?

Aug 8, 2004, 01:29 PM	Thread Starter #5
Monkeyman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, I have Audigy 2 ZS sound card and I am not very familiar with architecture of the drivers. I am just trying to understand does kx support EAX and THX. If not, then I'll be forced to roll-back to Creative drivers. However I DO like kx a lot.

Aug 8, 2004, 02:20 PM	#6
jazz1138t DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	If your only going to use your card for gaming i'd recomend sticking to the creative drivers. In my case im a casual gamer who likes to listen to music and whatching DVD's and the kx drivers are better for me because they give better audio quality. I don't see how the kx project could support EAX as they would probably have to pay royalties to creative. As i said before THX is just a certification or stamp of approval and has nothing to do with drivers. You don't need THX drivers to play a THX certified game or movie as it just meens lucasfilm have listened to it said the sound is good enough and charged the company a royalty fee to put the THX logo on it.

Aug 8, 2004, 02:22 PM	Thread Starter #7
Monkeyman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	OK, thnx a lot for explanation. Looks like I'm goin back to Creative drivers :-(

Aug 9, 2004, 06:07 AM	Thread Starter #9
Monkeyman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, well, nice advice. I'll surely do it :-)