Creative Titanum HD and XXhighEnd

[sinister]

Only works # 3 Engine, other modes are inactive.

[PeterSt]

What means "inactive" ?

a. can choose it but doesn't play
b. no KS: devices are in the list

?

[sinister]

In Device, only Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi) can be selected, and in the Engine list only #3 work.

[PeterSt]

I just tried to find whether it somehow can support KS, but I didn't find it. Takes too much time too.

I assume you have the newest drivers ? ( http://support.creative.com/downloads/?h=7 )
But the poblem will merely be that you need OLDER drivers (like made for XP or early Vista). But now the soundcard is too new for that.
I would try to find drivers from older X-FI cards, and try them. But that is me, and maybe you are not comfortable with such a thing.

Otherwise ... bad luck.


PS: For your orientation : Kernel Streaming may also be called WDM. So, you would be looking for "WDM drivers" ...

[sinister]

I installed the latest driver, the Device list has only Pimary Sund Drever and Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi), i can choose only the second (Speakers). When try to select any Engine except #3 appears the same error: "The Core Audio Engine can not explicity be chosen; Instead select a Sound Device (above) and notice that:

- A device prefixed with KS: is Engine # 4/Kernel Streaming
- A device not prefixed with that is Engine # 3/WASAPI.

Engine # 1 and # 2 are obsolete and only bit perfect playback is possible "

In foobar2000 KS also does not appear, possible at the hardware level, is not it assisstance.

[PeterSt]

As I said, too bad. But although of course I can't help this, I am sorry for you.

When try to select any Engine except #3 appears the same error:

Just don't try to select that. It will NEVER help. At further attempts, just select the Sound Device as indicated earlier today.

I realize we have a small language problem, but I hope this is clear now !

[sinister]

Besides this in my signature mode: Device - Speaker / Engine - #3 the rest is not working, I had already tried on every.

[PeterSt]

Yes, thank you very much. I used it to find whether the "modes" of your soundcard could do something to make it work, but I don't think it can (plus you already have selected the proper mode (Audio Creation)).

[sinister]

I do not think that #4 mode substantially exceeds the #3, the sound of the current configuration suits me. Both affect the sound - Processr Core Appintmnt Sheme in undemo player?

[PeterSt]

If you are asking about what Processor Schemes do in the activated version ? ...

It appoints priorities to the processor cores you have in there. It depends on your CPU of course, like I have 8 cores and others have 12. But with the Schemes you can select presets (preset by me in XXHighEnd) which will spread tasks for the better over the processor cores. The original intention is vastly improved SQ again.

But is is also about the sheer possibility to run at lower latency levels which for everybody imply better SQ again. Maybe hard to explain, but first the processes in the PC are optimized over the processor cores, so next the latency on the audio engine can be improved. Think like other processes are finished faster, while the audio engine already wants its share of the CPU. Thus, faster response (= lower latency) that by itself improving SQ.

The shutting down of *all* unnecessary services and processes is another feature lacking in the demo version, which again leads to the same as the above.

You could summarize it by saying that where now you may run into clicks and glitches because you pushed you system too far to the limits, by applying the above mentioned things, you have far more headroom and the limits are farther away.