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Come segnalato in un precedente articolo (questo) eravamo rimasti allo sviluppo da parte di KxProject della nuova versione v.3539 dei drivers per schede audio basate su EMU10k1 e EMU10k2, compatibili con Microsoft Windows Vista. Ecco qui il link per il download dell’ultimo pacchetto rilasciato:

KxProject v. 3539 (nel forum di supporto del progetto esistono mirror alternativi per lo scaricamento del file)

Riporto il changelog e le note che lo accompagnano:

changes:
* improved a2zsnb support
* added ASIO support for Vista (x86 ONLY)
* several minor fixes

developer note:
The driver no longer links against debugging libraries, legacy DSP effects and plugins might not work without recompilation! MFC42D and MSVCRTD no longer required.

known issues:

1. hardware-related
* digital noise/beep instead of audio playback (PCI bus-related) – since 2001… on certain PCI chipsets only.

solutions: try to disable/enable the device ?don’t forget to close kX Mixer first!); try ‘kxctrl -rv’; try to play any MIDI file for some time; reboot

* Line3 (AUX) may be too noisy on A2PlatinumEx (undocumented initalization)
solution: try to disable/re-enable the driver in the device manager (don’t forget to close kX Mixer)

* sysex is corrupt if it is too long
I tried to reproduce this problem: MIDI-In is working properly, MIDI Out seems to be buggy. don’t know if I can fix this soon

2. OS-Specific issues
* NO x64 support (Vista x64 and WinXP x64)
* NO support for AC-3 stuff in Vista (please check, I’m not sure…)
* Vista mixer controls are not working properly. Please don’t use them. kX Mixer might be missing certain sliders. You can unassign all mixer controls and use kX Mixer instead of Windows Vista Mixer. Or just ignore kX Mixer controls and use Vista mixer instead
* for better audio quality, set Vista audio format to stereo, 48000, 16 bit (for non-HQ devices)

3. known a2zs notebook issues
* there might be an audible click when starting audio playback and for every MIDI note – no solution
* there might be constant noise instead of audio playback: solutions: disable/enable the device in the device manager; or: reboot; or: kxctrl -rv
* certain PCMCIA controllers are not compatible. please review Creative labs site for details
* all audio inputs and outputs (including digital) should work
* AC-3 functionality was not fully tested. please report your thoughts on this
* XTRAM DSP effects can produce audible noise. This is caused by BIOS setting (HLT instruction to keep the CPU idle) – solution: disable this in BIOS
this driver version does NOT support (as 3538 and previous ones…):
* EAX 2.0
* 24/96 ASIO
* WaveHQ device (24/96) playback/recording on p17v (a2value, a2zsnotebook) – it was errornously enabled in 3538, but since p16v and p17v are different chips, no support is currently available (it didn’t work in 3538 anyway)
* E-mu 1820-like hardware
* passthru on 10k1-based devices

installation notice:
- uninstall any 3538 version first. if you have any setting files, save DSP configuration separately, since some of the settings are no longer compatible with previous 3538 builds. this is IMPORTANT!

Come potete leggere, lo sviluppo continua ma persistono ancora alcuni problemi, alcuni dei quali non riportati o documentati in tutti i casi. Linko qui sotto due discussioni aggiuntive che meritano una lettura:

sb22x – no rear and/or center/lfe output

3539 bug reports

Personalmente li ho installati ora in sostituzione dei vecchi Creative ngo o dei Realtek Ac97 attraverso cui usavo, sino ad oggi, la scheda audio integrata sulla piastra madre. Il risultato è stato decisamente buono. Un pannello di gestione che permette di settare ogni minimo dettaglio e che permette di sfruttare la scheda ai massimi livelli. Un complimento doveroso a chi ha e sta lavorando a questo progetto. Permane ancora il problema sotto Vista della mancata uscita dalle casse posteriori che spero venga risolto quanto prima.

E per i Linuxiani (concedetemi il termine):

Emu10k1 sound driver
http://opensource.creative.com/
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

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