OSX driver 1.1b1 released (BETA)

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Sep 13, 2008, 03:14 PM

hi

1.1b1 (BETA) version is finally out.

Changes:

* Fixed noise for 10k1 based cards

Features:
* 16-bit or 24-bit playback on most 10k1/10k2 cards (depending on card model)
* supports up to 8 speakers (configure speaker configuration in OS X 'Audio and MIDI' panel)
* should support SPDIF and headphones outputs, if applicable
* supports external modules (LiveDrive)
* supports hardware volume control and mute

Unimplemented:
* recording
* SPDIF/AC-3 passthrough
* 16/24-bit recording
* kX DSP and routing, no custom DSP effects, SDK and API
* hot-plug for PCMCIA device (Audigy2 ZS notebook) - surprise removal will probably cause a lock-up or kernel panic
* any sampling rate except 48000Hz not supported, OS X uses built-in SRC, which is quite good

Known issues:
* E-mu E-DSP cards are supported, but their FPGA firmware is not uploaded by default. If you are using Hackintosh, you will need to install kX driver, ensure audio is OK and reboot into OS X, this way FPGA firmware will be preserved and you will get audio.
* When installing under Leopard, you may need to reboot after you run the installer, because leopard won't load driver KEXT file, or reload the KEXT by using 'sudo kextload -t' command.

Download link:

kXAudioDriver-1.1b1.dmg

Please post your bug reports here.
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I also updated our 'Donation' page. Thanks to CEntrance, Inc., the company I'm currently working for, it is now possible to donate by using any VISA or MasterCard card. Just follow this link and 'add to cart' kX Driver Donation item. You will be able to choose the amount of money you wish to donate and proceed to check-out.

Russian users may also with to donate by using WebMoney or Yandex.Money systems. Detailed information is found here.

And I would like to thank people who have already donated to the project!

E.

djccutta · Sep 13, 2008, 04:32 PM

Thanks for the drivers good work but how long will it be before we can record with the emu 0404 Pci can u let me know thanks.

Oxtie · Sep 13, 2008, 08:57 PM

This is fast

1.1b0? think you ment 1.1b1 :-)

**dj_stick** · Sep 14, 2008, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oxtie

This is fast

1.1b0? think you ment 1.1b1 :-)

fixed

Oxtie · Sep 18, 2008, 12:31 PM

Ka BOOM!

themacmeister · Sep 25, 2008, 08:22 AM

You sir are a legend. I have just this very minute donated $10 to your project, in the firm belief that you will have mic-in working soon :-)

matasbbb · Sep 28, 2008, 07:44 PM

can we get source?

**dj_stick** · Sep 28, 2008, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matasbbb

can we get source?

parts of the Windows version of kX are under NDA from creative, so I'm assuming the same is true for the OS X version, it other words, probably no

Oxtie · Sep 28, 2008, 11:44 PM

It is very strange that you got the source in the first place (from Creative), why will they want to give something important that comes under "NDA" to a freelancer? Could it be that you guys were big time "old" customers or fans of Creative? or perhaps their developers and this project's developers were close friends?

Max M. · Sep 29, 2008, 01:43 AM

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>>parts of the Windows version of kX are under NDA from creative
>It is very strange that you got the source in the first place

here i should stress that "parts under NDA" does not mean "the source code got from Creative". Just for it to not be read ambiguous (i've already read some funny and sad myths/rumours about kX on that).

>why will they want to give something important

It's nothing important there (just a few unsignificant docs). Finally, why cannot they be interested in 3rd party development to get their stuff a bit more widespread (even if it's just a little)?
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Oxtie · Sep 29, 2008, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max M.

[COLOR=gray]
>>>parts of the Windows version of kX are under NDA from creative
>>It is very strange that you got the source in the first place

>here i should stress that "parts under NDA" does not mean "the source
>code got from Creative". Just for it to not be read ambiguous (i've already
>read some funny and sad myths/rumours about kX on that).
[/COLOR]

[COLOR=gray]
First post says "From" and also "Parts" however you stress that its "not from" anyways, So they are "finders keepers" sort of thing, E discovered it and if other want, they should find it on their own "home work school boys" (as they didn't come from Creative dudes)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Max M.

[COLOR=gray]
[/COLOR]
[COLOR=gray] >>why will they want to give something important

>It's nothing important there (just a few unsignificant docs). Finally, why
>cannot they be interested in 3rd party development to get their stuff a bit
>more widespread (even if it's just a little)?
[/COLOR]

Guess that makes perfect sense to hide something as "few insignificant docs"

Max M. · Sep 29, 2008, 08:50 PM

[color=gray]

Quote:

First post says "From" and also "Parts"

It says "NDA from Creative" not "parts from" one

The "covered by NDA" is a good, simple and proofed method to immediately stop off a quite useless (and sometimes frustrating) discussion on "sources, sources, where're the sources"

(while actual reasons are much more wide and complicated than just "NDA" - one (if interested) can search for earlier threads to see).
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Oxtie · Sep 29, 2008, 09:07 PM

Neh, I prefer fruits rather then going for the roots

I'm not a programmer, it would be useless for me anyways

thanks for the infos (gets the brain updated right)

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Sep 30, 2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by themacmeister

You sir are a legend. I have just this very minute donated $10 to your project, in the firm belief that you will have mic-in working soon :-)

thank you! )
I will be working on recording as soon as I fix panic issues...

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Sep 30, 2008, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matasbbb

can we get source?

all user-level components of the driver for OS X will be opensource, GPL-covered
kernel-level components are shared between Windows and OS X (HAL library), and this library is my own code based on Creative Labs NDA-covered documents, and thus cannot be released opensource.
and there are several additional issues with opensource development mentioned by Max and discussed in this forum earlier...

E.

Oxtie · Sep 30, 2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene Gavrilov

...based on Creative Labs NDA-covered documents, and thus cannot be released opensource.
and there are several additional issues with opensource development mentioned by Max and discussed in this forum earlier...

E.

Still wondering how they gave you those NDA-covered docs... (maybe they give docs but you've to do the code working from scratch like mister E)

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Oct 2, 2008, 09:18 PM

Still wondering how they gave you those NDA-covered docs...

well, I just signed the NDA : )
E.

Oxtie · Oct 11, 2008, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene Gavrilov

Still wondering how they gave you those NDA-covered docs...

well, I just signed the NDA : )
E.

Ohhhh, that makes me a fool for not logically thinking obvious...

djsubject · Oct 11, 2008, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene Gavrilov

Still wondering how they gave you those NDA-covered docs...

well, I just signed the NDA : )
E.

Oxtie · Oct 18, 2008, 10:48 AM

...hmmm, still how it must have happened? you signing the docs with CTs? and they allowed you on NDA so easily? was there some sort of qualification test? your credits mention plenty of dudes (incl. CT dudes). It all happened virtually? lol (Russia is far away from Singapore, though emails are not...) Most of all how they trused you

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Nov 13, 2008, 11:11 PM

well.. I printed their NDA, put my signature, scanned and sent it by e-mail : )
that's all
and they sent me some of their 'internal PDFs', although quite truncated versions
certain my requests were ignored, some of my questions were answered

Sep 13, 2008, 03:14 PM	#1
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	OSX driver 1.1b1 released (BETA) hi 1.1b1 (BETA) version is finally out. Changes: * Fixed noise for 10k1 based cards Features: * 16-bit or 24-bit playback on most 10k1/10k2 cards (depending on card model) * supports up to 8 speakers (configure speaker configuration in OS X 'Audio and MIDI' panel) * should support SPDIF and headphones outputs, if applicable * supports external modules (LiveDrive) * supports hardware volume control and mute Unimplemented: * recording * SPDIF/AC-3 passthrough * 16/24-bit recording * kX DSP and routing, no custom DSP effects, SDK and API * hot-plug for PCMCIA device (Audigy2 ZS notebook) - surprise removal will probably cause a lock-up or kernel panic * any sampling rate except 48000Hz not supported, OS X uses built-in SRC, which is quite good Known issues: * E-mu E-DSP cards are supported, but their FPGA firmware is not uploaded by default. If you are using Hackintosh, you will need to install kX driver, ensure audio is OK and reboot into OS X, this way FPGA firmware will be preserved and you will get audio. * When installing under Leopard, you may need to reboot after you run the installer, because leopard won't load driver KEXT file, or reload the KEXT by using 'sudo kextload -t' command. Download link: kXAudioDriver-1.1b1.dmg Please post your bug reports here. === I also updated our 'Donation' page. Thanks to CEntrance, Inc., the company I'm currently working for, it is now possible to donate by using any VISA or MasterCard card. Just follow this link and 'add to cart' kX Driver Donation item. You will be able to choose the amount of money you wish to donate and proceed to check-out. Russian users may also with to donate by using WebMoney or Yandex.Money systems. Detailed information is found here. And I would like to thank people who have already donated to the project! E. Last edited by Eugene Gavrilov; Sep 15, 2008 at 01:54 PM.

Sep 13, 2008, 04:32 PM	#2
djccutta DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Emu 0404 Recording? Thanks for the drivers good work but how long will it be before we can record with the emu 0404 Pci can u let me know thanks.

Sep 13, 2008, 08:57 PM	#3
Oxtie HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	This is fast 1.1b0? think you ment 1.1b1 :-) __________________ Oxtie (aka Lama) (My InsanelyMac Thread) DELL XPS G5 \| JaS CS P4 \| 5 GB RAM \| nVIDIA GF6800 \| AUDIGY 2 ZS 035x \| BC5657 ETH \| 16x DVD-R \| IDE IBM 80GB \| SATA 250 GB Last edited by Oxtie; Sep 13, 2008 at 09:14 PM.

Sep 18, 2008, 12:31 PM	#5
Oxtie HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	Ka BOOM! __________________ Oxtie (aka Lama) (My InsanelyMac Thread) DELL XPS G5 \| JaS CS P4 \| 5 GB RAM \| nVIDIA GF6800 \| AUDIGY 2 ZS 035x \| BC5657 ETH \| 16x DVD-R \| IDE IBM 80GB \| SATA 250 GB Last edited by Oxtie; Sep 25, 2008 at 09:12 PM.

Sep 28, 2008, 11:44 PM	#9
Oxtie HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	It is very strange that you got the source in the first place (from Creative), why will they want to give something important that comes under "NDA" to a freelancer? Could it be that you guys were big time "old" customers or fans of Creative? or perhaps their developers and this project's developers were close friends? __________________ Oxtie (aka Lama) (My InsanelyMac Thread) DELL XPS G5 \| JaS CS P4 \| 5 GB RAM \| nVIDIA GF6800 \| AUDIGY 2 ZS 035x \| BC5657 ETH \| 16x DVD-R \| IDE IBM 80GB \| SATA 250 GB

Sep 25, 2008, 08:22 AM	#6
themacmeister DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	You sir are a legend. I have just this very minute donated $10 to your project, in the firm belief that you will have mic-in working soon :-)

Sep 28, 2008, 07:44 PM	#7
matasbbb DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	can we get source?

Sep 29, 2008, 01:43 AM	#10
Max M. h/h member-shmember Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 2,640 Rep Power: 69	[color=gray] >>parts of the Windows version of kX are under NDA from creative >It is very strange that you got the source in the first place here i should stress that "parts under NDA" does not mean "the source code got from Creative". Just for it to not be read ambiguous (i've already read some funny and sad myths/rumours about kX on that). >why will they want to give something important It's nothing important there (just a few unsignificant docs). Finally, why cannot they be interested in 3rd party development to get their stuff a bit more widespread (even if it's just a little)? [/color] __________________ Last edited by Max M.; Sep 29, 2008 at 01:52 AM.

Sep 29, 2008, 09:07 PM	#13
Oxtie HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	Neh, I prefer fruits rather then going for the roots I'm not a programmer, it would be useless for me anyways thanks for the infos (gets the brain updated right) __________________ Oxtie (aka Lama) (My InsanelyMac Thread) DELL XPS G5 \| JaS CS P4 \| 5 GB RAM \| nVIDIA GF6800 \| AUDIGY 2 ZS 035x \| BC5657 ETH \| 16x DVD-R \| IDE IBM 80GB \| SATA 250 GB

Oct 2, 2008, 09:18 PM	Thread Starter #17
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	Still wondering how they gave you those NDA-covered docs... well, I just signed the NDA : ) E.

Oct 18, 2008, 10:48 AM	#20
Oxtie HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 0	Re: OSX driver 1.1b1 released (BETA) ...hmmm, still how it must have happened? you signing the docs with CTs? and they allowed you on NDA so easily? was there some sort of qualification test? your credits mention plenty of dudes (incl. CT dudes). It all happened virtually? lol (Russia is far away from Singapore, though emails are not...) Most of all how they trused you __________________ Oxtie (aka Lama) (My InsanelyMac Thread) DELL XPS G5 \| JaS CS P4 \| 5 GB RAM \| nVIDIA GF6800 \| AUDIGY 2 ZS 035x \| BC5657 ETH \| 16x DVD-R \| IDE IBM 80GB \| SATA 250 GB

Nov 13, 2008, 11:11 PM	Thread Starter #21
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	Îòâåò: OSX driver 1.1b1 released (BETA) well.. I printed their NDA, put my signature, scanned and sent it by e-mail : ) that's all and they sent me some of their 'internal PDFs', although quite truncated versions certain my requests were ignored, some of my questions were answered