3538i is out

Hang on...! adi111p, are you saying that ASIO 24/96 multichannel playback works in 3538i? In Eugene's announcement of the release he said:

no, there is NO true 24/96 support in 3538i!

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There are other statements Eugene made in his reply to the heated debate that dj removed from this thread that also indicate it's not yet available.

So if you have indeed managed to get it running, how did you do so?

 

Well, I am using ASIO for playback in winamp, and is not time critical to me, so I set the latency to about 21ms and 24/96 8+8.

The thing is I couldn't use directly KX ASIO, but I had to redirect ASIO from winamp to KX ASIO by using ASIO4ALL driver, which from my tesings it seems that it just corrects ASIO calls to the right format whatever format you use.

I've tested the 96KHz output by making a loopback from output to line-in and watch the incoming stream on a spectrum analizer program, and by generating a 30khz sin-waveform so I could be sure it outputs to that format, and also checked that wave-out volume is not working for ASIO.

I use 24/96KHz 4 channels data encoded in 24bit (not 32).

 

When I tried the 24/96 8+8 settings in earlier versions of 3538, I got no sound. Are you saying these now work in 3538i?

Also you don't explicitly say that the spectrum analyser showed 24-bit data coming in. Did it?

 

Yep, now it works, and quite well...

The spectrum analizer I wasn't using for 24bit display, but to check for 96khz output. I don't think you can detect the 24bit except with your subjective ears...

 

is possible to solve the bug that at every start of windows i must always re-load my saved options?

 

Open up the registry editor and navigate to the following key:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"

Then look for the string value entry for "kX Mixer".
Make sure that it's value data is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\kxmixer.exe --startup".

 

Anybody else try "24/96 8+8" in 3838i? If it works, what about 24/48? (this is the one I really want. 96k is a complete waste of hard drive space and processing power unless one is recording music for dogs !

 

but i must create it in my registry or in all user registry?

 

If it is missing from there, than my guess is that you have some startup manager running that disabled it (as it is added to the registry by default), or you deleted it somehow. If you are using a startup manager, use it to reenable kxmixer at startup, otherwise just create the key yourself. As for where in the registry: kX uses HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as I indicated in my previous post.

 

i use tweaknow powerpack 2005
so how i can create a key?

 

Open up the registry editor and navigate to:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run"

From the menu:
EDIT -> New -> String Value

For the Name, type in "kX Mixer"

Double-Click on the value that was just created to modify the data.

For the data, type in "C:\WINDOWS\system32\kxmixer.exe --startup"
(assuming "C:\WINDOWS" is your Windows directory).

Click "OK".

Thats it...

 

BTW: If you want kX Mixer to exit after restoring your saved config, then change the above data to:
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\kxmixer.exe --startup --once"

 

KX driver 3538i - report

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----Hardware / Software configuration---------------

Driver Name:kX Audio Driver (Debug)

Driver Date: Jul 14 2005 17:03:16

Driver Version: 5.10.00.3538 - debug

DB Name:none

SB0400 10k2 [d400]

PCI Information:

Device: 81102 Subsys: 10011102 ChipRev: 0

Card is '10k2'

Card has MPU device

Card model is '5.1'

Card is Audigy2-compatible

Card HAS AC97 codec

Codec name: Unk AC97-codec [83847650]

3D Extension: SigmaTel 3D Enhancement

Codec is 2.0 compliant

Capabilities[6a90] : -headphone out-

DAC resolutions : -16-bit- -20-bit-

ADC resolutions : -16-bit- -20-bit-

Ext Capabilities [605]: -var rate PCM audio- -slot/DAC mappings-

Port: d400 Irq: 0x5(5)

Playback buffer: 20a0

Record buffer: 4000

Number of AC3 buffers: 4

Tank memory: 256 kb

GSIF buffer: 256 samples

OS version: [2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 156 148]

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gear:

MSI KT Mobo, AMD Athlon 64 3000+, SB Audigy2 Value SB0400, Win XP Home SP2.

Installation:

Windows does not recognize card, so had to install manually (not related to driver – same with Creative’s drivers – this is amazing, with a new, common card and updated xp!).

kX with default settings gives sound and works in principle, but no drums in MIDI (as for others).

Speaker test with default settings (2.1, surround on) > sound in front and rear jack from all speakers in test.

With 2.1 surround off, sound in front and back only from front L and R and woofer.



I have recorded 44/24 through ASIO with Cubase SE – works. Band-in-a-Box also seems to work (MIDI - drums do not work).

I record through line in and find the line in signal on ASIO 4 (mono mic to line in) – seems to work.

I activate the AC97 in in/out mixer, add some gain in AC97 mixer, and have line in in pulldown.

I have to set the record monitor in Cubase on to get a signal to record - and hear a very slight delay, no problem.

The ASIO setup is default 48/16, but I have Cubase set to 48/24 - and Cubase reports 48/24 from the recorded file (?).

In short, except for the missing MIDI drums, 3538i works for me.

There might be a problem with the rerouting of earphones to woofer - I get no sound there. But I use the front output for phones, so that is OK.

/Great stuff

 

ok problem solved
i have a question for these drivers: is possible to add the sounds effects of creative drivers?
for this case is possible to do the kx drivers compatible with
Creative AudioHQ
Creative Diagnostics
Creative MiniDisc Center
Creative Restore Defaults
Creative Surrond Mixer
Creative Speaker Setting
Creative EAX Control Panel
SoundFont Manager
Audio Stream Recorder 2
Creative MediaSource
or creat a modded version of this creative's program?

 

any of their non-driver specific programs may work, ie their media player, but nothing like eax, audio hq, or speaker/surround programs

 

The programs that came with my Audigy 2 zs platinum do not work with out the creative drivers present - not even the cubasis 3sx works.

 

In my last post I wrote:I have recorded 44/24 through ASIO with Cubase SE .
Correction: 48/24! :duh: In BandInaBox I have recorded with 44/16 with kX drivers but that is not ASIO, I think.
Still wonder what to select in Kx ASIO panel - there are several 48/24.
/T

 

After installing 3538i drivers on my A2ZS (SB0350) card, I notice Hi-pitch distortions when out 16/44 or 24/44, sound through Wave HQ device. Famous udial.wav test sample has confirmed my observations too. Previous versions (3538h) does'nt have this strange effects. Why sound quality was decreased? (A bit confused)

Any help or explain are greeted.

 

Can anybody elaborate on this one a bit? I understand that in previous versions, people with multiple cards have used kX along with Asio4All at the same time for certain applications. So I am confused.

 

from what i understand, if a program can support multiple ASIO drivers you can use multiple cards from with in that, therefore negating the need to wire the cards together to gain the extra inputs