Creative Sound Blaster Drivers Ubuntu

I have an ancient sound card, the creative sound blaster audigy. Band of horses influences. In Ubuntu 16.04, there is no sound with speakers or headphones.

Translation(s): English - Français - Italiano

This page describes how to enable support for Sound Blaster X-Fi devices on Debian systems.

Contents

1. Sound Blaster X-Fi

The Sound Blaster X-Fi is a sound card series (PCI, PCI-E and USB host interfaces) produced by Creative Technology.

Device support in ALSA is specific to the chipset within the device:

• snd-ctxfi (EMU20K1, EMU20K2 chipsets)
  • X-Fi Elite Pro
  • X-Fi Fatal1ty
  • X-Fi Platinum
  • X-Fi Titanium
  • X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
  • X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
  • X-Fi Titanium Professional Audio

  • X-Fi XtremeGamer

  • X-Fi XtremeMusic

• snd-ca0106 (CA0106 chipset)
  • X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI)
• snd-hda-intel (CA0110 chipset)
  • X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI-E)

The snd-ctxfi driver - based on Creative Technology's open source driver - was introduced in ALSA at version 1.0.21.

Configuration

1. Install the alsa-utils package:

2. If not already performed, add your user account to the audio group, then log out and log back into your system:

3. Run alsamixer(1) to unmute channels and raise the volume levels.

4. Test the sound device, for example:

Known Issues

The Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster seems to have some isses with audio capturing in Debian 7 'Wheezy'.

Supported Devices

The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

snd-ctxfi

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo snd-ctxfi in Debian 3.2.0 (3.2.51-1) kernel images:

snd-ca0106

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo snd-ca0106 in Debian 3.2.0 (3.2.51-1) kernel images:

snd-hda-intel

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo snd-hda-intel in Debian 3.2.0 (3.2.51-1) kernel images, with non-Creative devices removed:

See Also

• ALSA

• Sound

External Links

• http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2009-May/017430.html - Announcement of snd-ctxfi driver merge in sound GIT tree.

• ALSA 1.0.21 changelog: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi (20K1/20K2)

• Sound Blaster X-Fi on Wikipedia

CategoryHardware CategorySound

I've got an Audigy 2 ZS card and 5. Stereo and 4 channel mode are OK. But when trying to play something in 6 channel mode - surround51 e.

[ubuntu] Sound blaster Audigy 2 no sound

I suspect it has to do something with volume control. Anyone knows which slider should I adjust? I have a SB Live 5. Options of the Kernel module: It should not be to much work to add an extra option to the kernel sound blaster audigy ubuntu to revert the rear speaker connection so that the Bass is not canceled out with some of the SBlive cards.

It is available with the EMU-Tools. BTW: the kernel 2.

Playing music with. Using kernel 2.

Is there any way bringing digital output to tvtime sound blaster audigy ubuntu I want to get rid of the extra wiring from the speakers-output to the 6CH-input of the receiver? Well, it depends on which tv card you use. The minority of them supports digital audio capturing; so the sound card has to do that and you'll have to have an additional cable. Free online screen recorder for mac. But I think you don't want to connect your tv card to your AV-Receiver.

Privacy Terms. Jul 29, Question no operating system, can t do anything in grub rescue.

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX

Jul 26, Worked straight away with both Ubuntu 7. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

It only takes a minute to sign up. Software plays files, Amarok in this case, shows it playing, but no sound. Recognized as EMU10k2, no idea where to get a driver and then how to install it.

Soundblaster Audigy

Disabled integral audio card in BIOS. Recommended Posts. Posted April 8, Are there any for Ubuntu and where? Good job Y Although I thought sound blaster audigy ubuntu unmuted :unsure: I've never used digital out anyway Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

Register a new account.Problem with soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy Rx) separate microphone I needed to activate 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack' and to turn. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy (CA and CA Chipset).

PCM and two MIDI interfaces available. · Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Creative Sound .