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Hey, any chance of getting these working with Xonar U7? The standard Asus software is absolutely terrible...
Sorry, no.
Thanks both. I had tried XonarSwitch only the other day but it didn't support Flexbass. I've just taken another peek and it's been updated so I've moved to this.
Thanks again.
Hey, first thanks a lot for those drivers, it's so much better than the fficial asus driver.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what my problem is, when recording from the mic input of my xonard D1, i get a constant 10hz "tapping" noise that sounds a bit like a helicopter (but not very loud), it happen even when no microphone is actually plugged in the card.
I removed the card, cleaned it (and the pci port) and reseated it and the tapping appeared to have vanished, but it came back during a skype call a few minutes later.
Should i get a new card? Is this a common problem?
I haven't heard of anyone having this issue. have you had this before with asus drivers? The noise could be from the card or something else. My advice is first try with different version of the drivers, try 1.64 if you've used have 1.71 now. If issue still persists if it's possible for you to try your card in another PC . If not try installing a temporary windows with Skype and required drivers only, use different drivers and see if you still get the issue. Let us know of any developments.
On Windows 8.1 Pro and Xonar D1 the C-Media Panel looks totally different, the card seems to get picked up as "Oxygen HD Front/Rear" and the mixer tab is completely non-functional.
From feedback so far, C-Media Panel works with Windows2012R2 which is the server equivalent of Win8.1. Try uninstalling and installing again. Try a different version. Try installing without any addons if you are currently loading any.
I didn't use any addons, I tried the different install options (Low DPC and C-Media Panel) and reinstalling.
Made some screenshots with descriptions to illustrate the issue here: http://imgur.com/a/mCl4H is what it looks like on Win8.1 and http://imgur.com/a/8Cnsq is what it should look like. The Asus Panel works fine. Thanks 🙂
I see. thanks for the details and for bringing this up. It seems it loads the XP version of the C-media Panel. I will have to see if there is something that I can do, if not only a new version of the C-Media Panel will fix this. Either way I think it will take some time to fix this. In the meantime you might be interested in XonarSwitch application that might fill the void. 🙂
Thanks! XonarSwitch seems to work great! 🙂
I'll have to hold up on 8.1 anyway because Nvidia can't release a driver for my 560Ti that doesn't freeze - but that's another story...
Thanks for looking into it. Your driver package makes the card worth using.
i have the same install on 8.1. the panel is wrong. native asio not working either. WASAPI may or may not work depending which player you use.
Thanks for the info.
I'm having exactly same issue
On the next release, can you make it so HSMGR64.exe and HSMGR.exe are optional start up e.g start as disabled due to some games (Saints Row 4) failing to launch because of it. Only just fount the fix, after someone on the steam forums mentioned that this kills it!
You can use Low DPC Latency configuration when installing and manually add Xonar Audio Center to Startup. This will get you basically what you want without HSMGR files. Now I should mention that usually hsmgr exes do not do much without enabling GX option in Xonar Audio Center. Just for my information, have you enabled GX or not?
I havent got GX enabled, but the files still load up by default because its added as a startup item.
I see. Thanks. That's the default behavior for them to autostart.
Next time follow my previous instructions and you will be set to go.
It's intersting to see the battles of opinions between driver quality Asus vs (new) Creative in users mind...
http://www.techpowerup.com/183024/asus-announces-rog-xonar-phoebus-solo-sound-card.html
Read the comments at the bottom...Unixonar is brought up in discussion too..
1.70 / 1.71 still weird positional audio. Only 1.64 is usable for me.
Using 8 channels, headphones, and sometimes dolby headphone.
Especially in Source games the positional audio is bullshit on these.
Can't believe no one posted that yet. Will use 1.64 until it got fixed by ASUS or UNi.
Interesting find. I don't own a surround setup so I can't confirm this. Maybe it does affect 8 channels setups and not 6 channels and that's why no one else brought this up.
1.64 drivers are actually pretty good and seem to not have that many issues like 1.70 and 1.71. Hopefully someone else can confirm this so we know that's a general problem. Please tell me your setup (card and OS). Thank you for the feedback.
I just use stereo headphones, then 8 channels for like everything, and sometimes (online shooter etc.) dolby headphone mode. but this is just case by case. It happens on all OS configurations with a xonar d2x. Win7, 8, 8.1
It may be that it gets harder to hear because of its stronger hall effect? I'm not sure.. Hard to explain. 😀 - Didn't have played with them for a while, because for me it's like day and night. Actually i remember that some sounds are way too strong and others unhearable because of that. But overall it's way easier too determine the direction of the audio on 1.64. While the 1.70 and upwards are like fruit salad and just taste like fruit salad, in 1.64 i can taste the bananas, the apples... all of them on its own. 😀
I understand what you are saying. 🙂
When new drivers will be available, I am interested in your feedback on this issue. And then, maybe you can compare the 6 channels too (1.64 vs the new ones).
Is there two build/installer assemblies for 1.64?
You seem to only have one that's labeled "beta".
No, there is only one, the "beta" one.
I didn't get around to re-upload the package without the beta label in its name.
Sorry for the confusion.
Hi... can you clarify a little..
Is this what you have installed ?
"UNi Xonar 1814/1815 v1.64 beta "
Does anyone have a clue why my Microphone Boost option gets disabled after restart. It wasn't like this before, but after my latest Windows installation it started happening.
I've reinstalled the drivers numerous times, but still after every restart microphone boost is disabled.
It is very annoying.
Could be a application that runs at startup and changes the mic behavior. For example Steam has mic options and can override the default one. You need to enable the mic boost in settings for that respective application.
Hi, I am running WIndows 8.1 official RTM (from MSDN) atm, have a Xonar DX and can confirm that the 1.71 drivers work fine. I will continue to check functionality and if bugs occur I will post them.
Thanks for the feedback. Which Panel Configuration do you use? If you are using C-Media Panel, how does it look to you, like this(XP) or like this(Win7/8)?
For me under Win 8.1 RTM ist loking like XP. Thats why i think panel not working right. To change from Stereo to 5.1 channel output i have to do this in Windows audio configuration.
I see. Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
Hello, i am really happy that someone is out there to solve our problems. i have one small request . for first time users like me i am having a tough time adding the standalone packs could you please help me in making a tutorial with all the steps in detail. your help will be gladly appreciated. Thank you. I own a xonar DG card.
LE: Sorry i just found out . i had to rename the file to .zip. i request someone to post the correct settings for using the sound card. EX: which feature should be enabled which should be disabled. i have connected my xonar dg sound card to logitech x540 5.1 speakers. running win 7 x64.
Hi.
The standalone pack is a self extracting archive, don't know why you would have a problem with it.
Now you need it this only if you want to change specific things and not go to the Asus panel.
You can read recommended settings for the card in the FAQ: Q&A9.
I've got a new D1 that I've set up in a Win 7 64-bit workstation but the 5.1 output is really erratic with the Asus and UNi drivers - when I use the test app and keep clicking on the a specific speaker (i.e., Left Front) about 1/5 of the time, the voice comes out a different speaker than expected. Any ideas what might be wrong?
I actually have an issue to report under Windows 8.1 Pro RTM.
I recently purchased an AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Vapor-X video card, after installing it I thought it would be a good idea to re-install Windows from scratch and seeing how Windows 8.1 was just made available through Microsoft DreamSpark I went ahead and installed it. To my surprise, the latest UNi Xonar Drivers (1.71) didn't work under Windows 8.1, it made my Xonar DS completely non-functional, it wouldn't show up under Control Panel/Sound, etc, I had absolutely no audio from it, it did show up under Device Manager with an exclamation point, meaning that something had gone wrong in the installation. Under Device Status it said:
"The device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (Code 12).
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices in the system"
So after a couple of hours of testing (I actually removed the card and put it in another system and it worked flawlessly), I made the decision to rollback to Windows 8, after the install, everything was working perfectly, just as it should. Are these drivers not ready for 8.1?
Couple of notes:
* I did disable Driver Signature Enforcement Policy prior to the install under Windows 8.1
* Under Windows 8.1 Preview, everything was working perfectly, so there's gotta be something different in the RTM build.
Thanks and please reply back.
I personally didn't had time to install Win8.1 and test the drivers, but reports from others said that drivers actually work in 8.1. The only issues where C-Media Panel doesn't show the options properly and there might be some issues with WASAPI playback. Now in your case I don't know why they didn't work at all. Seems like a resource conflict with other devices. Don't really have a solution for you now.
It could be from the audio drivers, these pre-8.1 drivers in particular cases not working properly or it could be something else like other drivers or a bug in Windows 8.1 RTM . Anyway we will know more once C-Media releases audio drivers specifically for Win 8.1 (so far there is no sign of them) which I will use in a new release.
Have you tried to disable the on-board audio?
Thanks for the replying you guys.
Yeah I really don't know what was causing that issue, I did remove the onboard audio (it's been disabled since day one). It's a damn shame since I was really liking Windows 8.1 lol, but I guess I'll have to wait for the new C-Media drivers.
One more thing, this issue was present in not just one Windows 8.1 install, I reinstalled 8.1 (fresh install) around 3 times, and every single time the card failed to install correctly.
you can always try to upgrade your 8 to 8.1 and see if it is fixed
Xonar D2, XP pro, Tritton surround sound Headphones.
I know many people are using Windows 7/8 now but I am still using XP Pro (Don't hold it against me)
Thanks for your hard work in modified drivers. I have a problem getting the speaker test to work on v1.70 and v1.71. When pressing the test button it sticks on "Left Front" The setting are Sample rate:192khz. Analog out:5.1 speakers SPDIF Out is unchecked, all others unchecked. When I could not get the speaker test to work I just clean uninstalled that version. V1.64 works no problem and the surround test works, so I am still using this version.
I see audio drivers have been updated
v1.71, 1816 for Windows XP.
v1.70, 1814 for Windows XP
Could the updated audio drivers be the problem that I cannot get these versions to work?.
Thanks
I've the same problem but i only use Analog 5.1 and headphones.
Yes these new drivers could be the problem. Does the 5.1 sound work properly in a game or movie? Because if so it could be a bug limited to the speaker test within the 1.70 panel (ASUS Xonar or C-Media). Btw, which panel did you use?
You are perfectly fine with 1.64 drivers, the audio drivers included in UNi Xonar 1.64 may in fact be the best drivers until now.
FYI, since you've mentioned you have set sample rate to 192KHz, maybe you may want to have a look at FAQ:Q&A9.
Hello
Is they any news if Asus Xonar D2X will support Windows 8.1? I have this card coming tomorrow I using Windows 8 atm but I now worried this wont work under 8.1 🙁
Thanks
Well in the 8.1 Preview Version the UNi Xonar drivers installed perfectly for me, but maybe something changed in the RTM build that made the install unsuccessful, I'm really hoping for an updated version for 8.1.
Thats good to know thanks Not running 8.1 yet waiting on 18th
There is a note in the post above about Windows 8.1 compatibility. It could work fine.