Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Music

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
- For what purpose?
I had to buy this power'm saying and my sound font,'m saying could manage j'usqu'a 4GB SF2 nenie that it gre with 300 MB of Semple
4 maximun effect on all the cranberry (- (
interface laughable and trs trs heavy
the shit

-What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?

P4 3ghz hypertrenig
1.5 GB of memory and
2 80-gigabyte hard drive

- Which instruments do you use or the Systmes? ...
bin with the manager soundfont card crative :-(
Simple version of Cakewalk + 10 years it does not require resource because it also works on a 486 dx 33 and 512 kb that PSE does.
is not what shoed bend my card X-FI 10 000 MIP (- (

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
it's a long train but install.

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
not

- The configuration gnrale is easy?
yes

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
bof

GETTING STARTED

-The drivers are stable?
No except for games.

-Are they often put day?
Absolutely not

- What you get lag?
a low COSTS ca can work well sometimes and poorly 4ms latency function 1 I:-O

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
has to record and playback will also not problemme 3 video could spend the same time without problemme. not mute.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
from me about 6

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

I do not know it's wrong and then set there is nothing I sastisfait for Fast Fashion Card trs musical evil foutut

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
but I have not run other model for RME nothing to do.
I have too much cost the site as Clubic :-( and of course for my sf2 c'tait I are taking the first.

- How do you report qualitprix?
too expensive for all problemme encountered.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

las not a waste of technology by crative it leaves their client on the tiles and voila! heavy and lousy interface trs trs Designed evil little effect disponoble same time.

I am Extremely caused by this card's driver program poorly trs trs

extremely powerful card that never shook exploitbr />
it's that I took dernire crative

I am generous as I put a

I needed a new sound card for beginners all costs in the computer music, both used to the sound card and creative quality of his irrprochable (I know I'm frmir more with a phrase, but my avi ...), so I chose the last bb in the firm, the X-Fi.

My config: PIV 2.66 ghz, 512mb ram 80 gb hard disk 1 (yes, my pc has several years).

I use Cubase SE EWQLSO with gold.

I had no incompatibility So why put a bad mark?

UTILIZATION

Installation is no problem although a bit long (+ - 20 minutes in my case). In total 382 MB of installed software which trs few are really useful. Only a small "X-Fi Splash" (small 3D video of ten seconds) as dmo to test "his poustouflant" card, the rest is download on the site Creative (including a program-install-player demo creative ... yet).

on this point, say anything, the sound is fantastic, "24-bit Crystalizer" (amliorateur sound of an mp3) is quite effective, not great either, I am satisfied he is the main ^ ^

Another good point, the cms-3d that emulates the multi-channel sound through headphones is pretty impressive and good quality.

One point that I find dcevant, it is the modes. The transitions from one mode to another is slow and wondering what audio applications are beaten. This is really stupid ... and then often a bug, the passage does not want to do or I end up with a rotten with her as the only way to reboot ... I have to switch between all the time "entertainment" and "Fast Fashion Music" is pnible .... Fortunately, the gameplay does not interest me
This is one of the default one that I found this card. I am satisfied plutt

I put 8 for the modes c **

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?

Yes, I have not had any problem with, it's stupid but creative in this regard, it lucky or there is none. I have many friends who have as a creative sound card, never had a problem with and are satisfied, on the other hand, I have contacts in MSN which is the opposite problem my driver, his jumping, latency .... then o is the problem? I know you our answer ...

- Are they often put day?

for now there was only one update. I have no problem so why ask for more? That said, we know for its creative drivers ....

- What software do you use most often?

cubase EWQLSO with gold and some freeware

- What you get lag?

5 ms prs little, I'm glad trs.

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment?

in terms of reading, I have never ben in t-of-the track of a score, no problem of this ct. For the record, I never recorded several tracks simultanment always a time ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

This will make 2 months.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

The +: the sound latency.
the -: modes, which are completely useless and make me lose Whereas a time.

- How do you report qualitprix?

for the "low end" (xtreme music) I find it pretty good, for against the versions are too suprieurs Chres for what is more (watch the X-ram is only available for last two models).
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

for her yes, although the card is particulirement axis of games and it's not a good forcment.

my overall rating: 9 / 10

Disappointed by the synths Hypercanvas, I wanted a card to exploit the Sounfonts Freeware to make me a synth GM / GS ridiculous price: 90 euros
(See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont )
My PC is an Athlon XP 1.8 GHz - RAM: 512 MB 200 MHz

UTILIZATION

The instalation of drivers and software is very long: 10 minutes
Incompatibility critical departure met and resolved by connecting the card to another PCI slot (?)

If you have the means RACK prefer the version with it's still more comfortable for use in home studio!

GETTING STARTED

No pb stability because the CPU usage is negligible in Midi file playback, however dense.
Waiting for a Linux drivers (large delay it deserves a nasty note) :-(
Not yet tested with the MIDI hardware or recording, but with the new driver no one seems to complain (this was not the case with the first version).

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 6 weeks and I am more than satisfied.

His outstanding play MP3.
Its fantastic MIDI SoundFont using the free TITANIC! I know of no better playback quality noon yet! He buried all the good stuff expensive (> 1000 euros) I've tested so far. For me it's a revolution!
On or unbeatable value for money not to mention the quality of 5.1 sound playback for movies or PC games even with a simple headset. As for playing karaoke or midi file is also the map to try without hesitation, because hyper hyper versatile and powerful!