Russ

@guyinco6nito

Volume control is not done in Surrounder+, it is done in epilog.
It sounds like the mapping may not be correct for your A4. Did you try adjusting the volume of the Digital Outputs to see if any of them effect any of the analog speakers?

I would do the following:
Reset AC97 (AC97 page of kX Mixer).
Set Surrounder+ to 2.0 Stereo Only.
Play some looped audio (make sure audio player is set to use kX Wave 0/1).
Set the Master Volume such that it is audible.
Set all speaker volumes (analog and digital) on Ins and Outs page to 0 dB.
Make sure Swap Front and Rear and Route HP to Ctr/Sub are disabled.
Disconnect all connections from Surrounder+ to epilog in the DSP.

Verify the mapping of epilog's inputs to the speakers.

i.e.
Connect Surrounder+ fL/fR to each pair of pins on epilog (one pair at a time) and note if/where you get sound. When you do get sound, take note of the name of the pins that you are currently connected to (on epilog), and try adjusting the corresponding slider (the slider that goes with the pin names) on the Ins and Outs page of kX Mixer to see if it is able to control the volume.

mayonitrof

I,ve try to help a freind to instal the kx in is computer... I've got 2 sb card on his computer; one live! and on audigy, the two of them pci card. on the setup the driver found the live! but not the audigy... is there something special a have to do for the driver to find the other card???

Russ

@mayonitrof

What is the specific model of the Audigy?
Check to see if it is listed on the kX Soundblaster Compatibility List.

This thread is for reporting bugs, in the future, please create a new thread for your question/problem, or post in an existing thread if your question/problem is related to the topic of that thread, etc.

guyinco6nito

@Russ

Thanks much for the quick reply! Ahh, yes, I see that Surrounder+ is what I was calling Speaker Setup, and epilog is what I was calling Ins 'n' Outs. I believe the Audigy4 problem I'm experiencing is with epilog, rather than Surrounder+. Tests results are as follows:

I've tried adjusting all of the outputs in the Ins 'n' Outs. You're right, the Generic S/PDIF Out does control my rear (green plug) speakers! However, it controls the green plug whether the front and rear speakers are swapped or not. I'm not sure, but I had thought that swapping the front and rear channels would swap which speakers are controlled by the Front or Rear (or even S/PDIF) outputs in the Ins 'n' Outs page. Do you know if that is usually the case? (Or are the epilog controls wired to specific outputs of the sound card, ignoring which channels are going where?)

I went through the steps you recommended, and here's what I found:

The Left Rear (green) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Generic SPDIF Left [4002] out2" (the Ins 'n' Outs fader works properly)
The Right Rear (green) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Generic SPDIF Right [4003] out2" (the Ins 'n' Outs fader works properly)


The Frong Left (black) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Analog Rear Left [4008] out8" (the Ins 'n' Outs fader works properly)
The Frong Right (black) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Analog Rear Right [4009] out9" (the Ins 'n' Outs fader works properly)

The Center or Headphone Left (orange) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Digital Center / SPDIF1 Left [4004] out4" (there doesn't seem to be an Ins 'n' Outs fader for this epilog pin
The Subwoofer or Headphone Right (orange) jack on the Audigy is mapped to: "Digital SubWoofer / SPDIF1 Right [4005] out5" (there doesn't seem to be an Ins 'n' Outs fader for this epilog pin


You can call me crazy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that might be related to my inability to control the volume of my center channel and subwoofer channels ^_^

I think I might know a way around my problem now, I could probably just connect the center and subwoofer outputs of Surrounder+ to the epilog inputs for the Rear Channels, and then control my center and subwoofer as if they were rear left and right. I hope this information helps out in either event, please let me know if I can do anything else to help the kX project!

-guyinco6nito

Russ

Yes that is the case, but swapping Front and Rear (via kxmixer) only effects the analog outputs, and because the mapping is off with your card, the front is not swapped correctly.

There are a couple of workarounds you can do, until Eugene is able to correct the mapping.

1) Insert a GainHQ in between Surrounder+ and Center/LFE (SPDIF1 Left/SPDIF1 Right), and use it to adjust the volume of those channels.

-or-

2) Edit the kX skin to reassign which kX Mixer sliders are associated with which registers in epilog.

-Russ

guyinco6nito

Hello,

Using the 3538m drivers, whenever I close an effects window (Peak, Oscilliscope, MX8) it will forget it's location on my 2nd Monitor.

If I close the effect windows on my primary monitor they will remember their position properly, but if they were closed while on my secondary monitor, they'll re-open front and center on the primary.


Thanks much!
-guyinco6nito

naporzione

Hi, i've an audigy 1 and i've installed the letest relese 3538m but with kxdefault dsp the sound don't work....but put a different dsp work well, i think...why??

ONjA

I found rare and strange application specific nonpaged pool leak with kX (latest builds) and WinUAE Amiga emulator (http://winuae.net/). Details are here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=29912
Creative driver works ok.

Maddogg6

it seems renaming plugins - need limiting of how many characters you can use - too many with the info plugin - and it crashed kX mixer.
Reported here:
Info plugin renamed too long makes kXMixer crash

dxg

Here's an intresting one..

Running Vista32 (2GB ram, Core2duo), and everything was fine.
I bought another 2GB ram (so 4GB total), and kx driver no longer produces sound.
Can sometimes hear sharp static sounds when there should be sound playing (sounds like the sound card is taking a random chunk of memory, and playing the contents as audio).

Speaker test gives me "Failed to create sound".
If I limit the amount of RAM accessible to Vista to 2gb or less using msconfig boot options, then sound starts working again. Anything over 2 seems to fail.

I dual boot with XP, which does not exhibit the same issues. It registers (or rather addresses) 3.5GB of ram and plays sound fine.

Have tried driver L and M, both act the same.

Specs:
Vista32, 965P based motherboard, 4GB ram (4x1GB), Audigy 2 ZS

----Hardware / Software configuration---------------
Driver Name:kX Audio Driver (Debug)
Driver Date: Jan 22 2007 03:57:56
Driver Version: 5.10.00.3538 - debug
DB Name:none
SB0350 10k2 [b000]
PCI Information:
Device: 41102 Subsys: 20021102 ChipRev: 4
Card is '10k2'
Card has MPU device
Card model is '5.1'
Card is Audigy2-compatible
Card HAS AC97 codec
Codec name: SigmaTel STAC9721/23
3D Extension: SigmaTel 3D Enhancement
Codec is 2.0 compliant
Capabilities[6940] :
DAC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit-
ADC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit-
Ext Capabilities [200]: -slot/DAC mappings-
Port: b000 Irq: 0x9(9)
Playback buffer: 20a0
Record buffer: 4000
Number of AC3 buffers: 4
Tank memory: 256 kb
GSIF buffer: 256 samples
OS version: [2 6 0 ; 2 6 0 ; 156 148]

Maddogg6

seems the kX speaker test applet will freeze VU displays in WinXP (full test or separate speakers)

Thread here:
Speaker test and VU meters

valis

Since I reinstalled in January I wound up using 3538m just for kicks, rather than 3537 (which I was using previously). I've been unable to use the Mic input directly in a windows application without having a complete system lock (no BSOD, just frozen screen and nothing responsive).

I'm using an older Dual Xeon system with HT disabled. Tried several PCI slots, same result. The card shares the PCI bus with an RME HDSP PCI card as well as the usual complement of onboard devices (Firewire, USB, PATA IDE, 2x SCSI etc) and under ACPI it shares irq 19 with a USB 1.1 port. I have had no playback issues with the card at all, under audio production applications, with games or general 'windows' playback (winamp, browser plugins etc). Only when I select the mic input under AC97 and attempt to access it from an application, or I've noticed even when I have the mic input selected as the AC97 source. Currently I route in the DSP routing app to output 3/4, then into a small outboard mixer which goes into my main mixer, then through some dsp cards on another machine, then via AES (pro spdif connection) back to my RME Hammerfall and that's what I select as record input in games & skype etc.

Thinking about switching back to 3537 just for kicks...

coolfree

hi all
mainboad is p35-ds3r, cpu e6420,ram 4G , sb0350 10k2,os vista Ultimate 32
if i have 2G ram,kx driver work ok
but i have 4G ram,kx driver not work
any one help me?
thanks

kaze

I have same problem

if 2g ram, it work,
>2g...kx driver not work

Russ

kX Soundfont loader accepts numbers up to 250 for the target bank (even though it reports (when entering a number above 250) that valid values are only from 0 to 127).

Russ

There may be a bug in 3538m, where ASIO suddenly stops working (for no apparent reason).

See the following thread for more info:
kX ASIO not working/ASIO Control Panel will not open

Maddogg6

kx UART MIDI bulk sysex dump overflows... sent info to E. via PM

Thread started here:
3538J: MIDI Errors in bulk

This is an issue since at least V3538J

wammie

I am using version 3538m with SB Audigy 2 ZS, Windows 2000 Pro SP4. I have a Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe video capture card. This card takes audio input from the line in jack. When starting or shutting down Winfast PVR, the software for this card, the main system volume drops to zero volume, but not muted. This did not happen with version 3537. I can try reinstalling Winfast PVR to see if that might fix it. Otherwise, if anyone can suggest how I might address this issue, please reply. Thanks!

wammie

I reinstalled both the Winfast PVR software and the capture card sound driver. Wave volume responds now to the volume setting in Winfast PVR, adjusting itself to match the Winfast PVR level and returning to the usual level when Winfast PVR is shut down. This is better, and the sound from the KX drivers is stunning! However, previously Winfast PVR allowed me to choose line-in as the audio input, and now it only allows wave in. So I am not getting independent volume control for Winfast PVR via a line in control; the wave adjustment will affect other simultaneous sounds on my system. If anyone knows how to re-add the line in option, let me know. Thanks!

wammie

I was able to fix this problem by uninstalling version 3538m and reinstalling version 3537. Now the volume control in Winfast PVR and the remote control application work properly by regulating line in. There is an apparent compatibility problem also with version 3537 and KMPlayer. When using KMPlayer to play from my video card, the program's volume control does not produce volume changes... for ANY selection of audio renderer.

fromcat2me

I also have the problem with vista 32 + 4gb ram. pulling out 2gb fixes kx

Eugene Gavrilov

3539 is out. this thread is now outdated

E.