Question about Creative sound card software...

Martingale00 · 02-23-2007, 04:28 PM

I just picked up an Audigy 4 and it sounds a lot better then my old card. The only problem I'm having is that in the software under "speaker settings" there's a tab for bass boost but when I click on it the box it grey and locked out. The slider is set to 0% by default and I can't adjust the slider or click the box to enable it. The bass sounds cleaner and better then my old card but it's not louder or deeper. I want to access this bass boost...any ideas why it wont let me? All of the wires are hooked to to the card correctly and I am getting sound out of the sub for sure. Thanks in advance.

dai · 02-23-2007, 09:50 PM

did you install the software as well as the drivers
run crative diognostics from it's listing in the start menu programs

Martingale00 · 02-24-2007, 02:15 AM

Yes, I did install the software and drivers, they were both on the same disk. The rest of the software works, the EQ, environments...everything else in software works except the bass boost. I bought the Audigy 4 and not the Audigy 4 Pro, you think that might have something to do with it? I'm kinda mad because I was hoping the bass would be louder and deeper with the better card. It sounds much better overall but I lost some bass for sound quality but I think it might have something to do with that bass boost stuck at 0%.

Martingale00 · 02-24-2007, 03:00 AM

Oh and yes the diagnostics came out fine

dai · 02-24-2007, 08:47 AM

mines blanked out on the audigy2,but i only have a cheap set of speakers on it i had assumed if i put a full set on it would be enabled
contact creative

Martingale00 · 02-25-2007, 07:38 AM

I have the speakers in the sig...they're mid grade Logitech 5.1's. I'm thinking it has something to do with the Audigy vs. Audigy Pro. I'm a little ticked because I did lose some bass with this card over my crappy $30 Turtle Beach card, but overall sound quality is much better so I am going to keep it in.

02-23-2007, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Martingale00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 153 OS: Windows XP	Question about Creative sound card software... I just picked up an Audigy 4 and it sounds a lot better then my old card. The only problem I'm having is that in the software under "speaker settings" there's a tab for bass boost but when I click on it the box it grey and locked out. The slider is set to 0% by default and I can't adjust the slider or click the box to enable it. The bass sounds cleaner and better then my old card but it's not louder or deeper. I want to access this bass boost...any ideas why it wont let me? All of the wires are hooked to to the card correctly and I am getting sound out of the sub for sure. Thanks in advance. __________________ - Athlon X2 4600+ (@ 2.77GHz), 2GB DDR2-667, 8800GTS-320 (@ 600/830), Antec 500w PSU, Audigy 4, Windows XP - Core 2 Duo E6400, 1GB DDR2-667, X1300 Pro, Windows XP

02-23-2007, 09:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	did you install the software as well as the drivers run crative diognostics from it's listing in the start menu programs __________________

02-24-2007, 02:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Martingale00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 153 OS: Windows XP	Yes, I did install the software and drivers, they were both on the same disk. The rest of the software works, the EQ, environments...everything else in software works except the bass boost. I bought the Audigy 4 and not the Audigy 4 Pro, you think that might have something to do with it? I'm kinda mad because I was hoping the bass would be louder and deeper with the better card. It sounds much better overall but I lost some bass for sound quality but I think it might have something to do with that bass boost stuck at 0%. __________________ - Athlon X2 4600+ (@ 2.77GHz), 2GB DDR2-667, 8800GTS-320 (@ 600/830), Antec 500w PSU, Audigy 4, Windows XP - Core 2 Duo E6400, 1GB DDR2-667, X1300 Pro, Windows XP

02-24-2007, 03:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Martingale00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 153 OS: Windows XP	Oh and yes the diagnostics came out fine __________________ - Athlon X2 4600+ (@ 2.77GHz), 2GB DDR2-667, 8800GTS-320 (@ 600/830), Antec 500w PSU, Audigy 4, Windows XP - Core 2 Duo E6400, 1GB DDR2-667, X1300 Pro, Windows XP

02-24-2007, 08:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	mines blanked out on the audigy2,but i only have a cheap set of speakers on it i had assumed if i put a full set on it would be enabled contact creative __________________

02-25-2007, 07:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
Martingale00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 153 OS: Windows XP	I have the speakers in the sig...they're mid grade Logitech 5.1's. I'm thinking it has something to do with the Audigy vs. Audigy Pro. I'm a little ticked because I did lose some bass with this card over my crappy $30 Turtle Beach card, but overall sound quality is much better so I am going to keep it in. __________________ - Athlon X2 4600+ (@ 2.77GHz), 2GB DDR2-667, 8800GTS-320 (@ 600/830), Antec 500w PSU, Audigy 4, Windows XP - Core 2 Duo E6400, 1GB DDR2-667, X1300 Pro, Windows XP