On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Mandar Joshi <emailmandar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>Does this mean thet the X-Fi,Crystalizer features of the USB X-Fi are implemented purely in software? > I think this might be the case. > I started SniffUSB under WindowsXP and tried changing the settings using > the audio console software provided by Creative. > > When changing the Speaker selection (2.1/4.1/5.1), data is sent over usb to the device. > However, when I try to change the settings for the X-Fi Crystalizer or EAX or CMSS-3D or Graphic Equalizer > nothing gets sent to the device but the audio output does change and I am able to hear the corresponding effects. > > And as mentioned in my previous post, the lsusb output doesn't show any effect descriptors or feature units > > If this is in fact true that all the xtreme fidelity(X-Fi) stuff is happening in software alone, my purchase has been > a total waste!! Does anybody on this list have a USB X-Fi 5.1 that they can use to verify my observations? Yes, all the effects are done in software. Even on many PCI cards Creative implements the effects in the Windows driver. Lee _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
