SoundBlaster X-Fi Series

Supported:

• X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series (PCI-E)
• X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series (PCI-E)
• X-Fi Titanium Professional Audio (PCI-E)
• X-Fi Titanium (PCI-E)
• X-Fi Xtreme Audio
• X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook
• X-Fi Elite Pro
• X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
• X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
• X-Fi XtremeGamer
• X-Fi Fatal1ty
• X-Fi Platinum
• X-Fi Xtreme Music
• X-Fi Notebook
• X-Fi Go!

SoundBlaster Series

Supported:

• Audigy LS
• Audigy SE
• Audigy Value
• Live! 24-bit internal
• 5.1 VX
• Audigy 4 Pro
• Audigy 4
• Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA
• Audigy 2 Platinum eX
• Audigy
• Audigy 2
• Audigy 2 ZS

Digital Audio Players

All Creative products with the latest firmware update should be able to natively interact with the operating system.

Speakers and Headsets

All beta versions. Non-USB versions do not need drivers. If you are not getting sound, check your sound card driver.

• Creative N400
• USB Gaming Headset HS-950
• Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset HS-1000
• Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200

Products with Beta Drivers

• X-Fi Surround 5.1
• SoundBlaster Surround 5.1
• SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit external
• SoundBlaster Connect
• SoundBlaster Audigy 2 NX
• SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor
• SoundBlaster Digital Music LX
• SoundBlaster Digital Music (and SX/PX variants)
• SoundBlaster MP3+
• SoundBlaster Connect

Bonus Coverage: Webcams

• Live! Cam Optia Pro
• Live! Cam Video IM Ultra
• Live! Cam Optia AF
• Live! Cam Chat IM
• Live! Cam Optia AF
• Live! Cam Video IM (VF0540)
  

The following camera drivers are in beta stages. To find them, go to Creative’s support page, navigate to your model, then click “Beta Drivers”

• Live! Cam Notebook Ultra
• Live! Cam Video IM (VF0350)
• Live! Cam Video IM Pro
• Live! Cam Vista IM
• Live! Cam Notebook
• Webcam Vista
• Live! Cam Chat
• Live! Cam Notebook Pro (Est release Q4 2009)

]]> http://creative.techinhiding.com/2009/10/creative-soundblaster-windows-7/feed/ 0 http://creative.techinhiding.com/2009/10/inspire-s2-wireless-bluetooth-hits-your-speakers/ http://creative.techinhiding.com/2009/10/inspire-s2-wireless-bluetooth-hits-your-speakers/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:34:34 +0000 thetonyweapon http://creative.techinhiding.com/?p=435 Creative’s made wireless speakers before. So why are the Inspire S2 Wireless speakers spiffy? Aside from the fact that they are way cool, they feature Bluetooth technology for the connection, enabling you to stream music from your Bluetooth-enabled audio device directly to the speakers. Most smartphone and music-oriented cell phones have a Bluetooth chip installed on them somewhere, and the technology is becoming more popular on DAPs- the one that springs to mind is the Samsung P3. According to the specs, you’ll be able to get up to 30′ from the unit and still get it to work; but as always your results will vary based on location characteristics. Also sporting Bluetooth is ZiiLABS’ Zii EGG, and while it’s not fully implemented yet, don’t be surprised to see these Bluetooth speakers being demoed using a Zii at CES 2010. If you have no Bluetooth devices, fear not, as the speakers come with a dongle to allow use with your PC, as well as a standard AUX IN jack.

Among the other less intriguing features is the apt-X codec, which Creative licensed a while back, Mac OS support (a new theme for the company), and Energy Star certification. I dunno if they’ll make any sales based on the “Energy Star” rating, but yay environmentalism.

Inspire S2 Wireless on Creative US

Additionally, the Creative website for every major region sans America has gotten a minor facelift. The backdrop is now a cleaner and lighter color, and most of the product pages have a slightly more cleaner look. I like it, and hopefully Creative US will follow as they have in the past. Though it would be excellent if they fixed the twitter advertisement on the new pages. The links are broken on all the sites.

Amazon has the Vado HD at a good price- $179. But to sweeten the deal, they will drop you $50 in store credit within the next 35 days after you purchase this great camera. This makes a great low-cost graduation gift for any graduate as well as a great gift for anyone with any thoughts of making videos.
Buy the Vado HD on sale at Amazon now!

During our post-CES but pre summer gadget swoon, Creative has dropped one notable and one less notable product upon us.

Mozaic EZ2300

Basically just the Mozaic with a little black dress on it. Rather than the checkered style of the current Mozaic, the EZ2300 is completely black. It does keep the same input pad style, so no new news there. On the inside, it’s essentially the same player, except for the changing of a MTP device to a plug and play one. This means that the device acts more like a USB drive than a MP3 player. Same pricing as the Mozaic, $59.99 for 4GB and $79.99 for 8GB. This is still a great deal for a 8GB player, as the screenless (and buttonless) Shuffle 4GB rings up $79 as well.

ZEN Mozaic EZ2300 Product Page

Aurvana Air

Teased by Creative for some time now, they finally got around to unveiling the uber-lightweight Aurvana Air headphones. This is a needed product to fill a gap in the Aurvana line, and they do look like someone has actually decided to design a new product for a change. While these were on display (Nothing But Creative caught em) a while back, it’s the same featherweight design previously shown. According to Creative, they weigh a mere 16 grams. That is really, really light, and they actually do look quite good when being worn, something that couldn’t be said about the rest of the audiophile Aurvana line. The price, however, is no thin and light, at $199 US. That also means that I won’t be reviewing them, unless Creative comes through and loans me a pair.

Aurvana Air Product Page

Product Specs for ZEN Mozaic EZ2300:

Product Specs for the Aurvana Air: