Wednesday, July 4th 2007
Creative Sells ALchemy Audigy Edition at $9.99
It seems that Creative Labs is now selling ALchemy Audigy Edition for $9.99 (USD). As you may know the ALchemy project enables DirectSound3D audio to be processed by your Sound Blaster Audigy and deliver EAX effects in Microsoft Windows Vista. Without Creative ALchemy, most DirectSound games running in Vista will be reduced to stereo output without any EAX effects. This project is available freely for Creative X-Fi owners. For unknown reasons Creative Labs has decided to sell this wrapper to Audigy owners. Here's the link where you have to buy the software in order to use EAX effects in Vista with your "old" Creative Audigy Series/Audigy 2/Audigy 2 ZS/Audigy 2 ZS notebook or Audigy 4 sound blaster.
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37 Comments on Creative Sells ALchemy Audigy Edition at $9.99
it's is on the back of theyr heads..............................
with a post it.........
Oh well, not like people have to pay for the basic drivers but still stupid.
I guess you could reason that you don't necesarilly need to buy this. Not like it adds anything crucial anyhow.
Torrent...
Mod:The fact that Creative allows cracked stuff on their forums doesn't mean we do.
"Yes, we'll FORCE them, to get back the sound quality. Our plan will work! Wait a minute... sales are going down... hhmmmm"
Soon we'll have micro$oft selling Vista without DX10 and you have to buy it too to be able to game. Oh and it comes also without any network support, so you have to buy that too to get online play or basic internet..
This is why I've refrained from buying creative products.
Drivers suck, and now they want you to pay for their crappy drivers.
Yar, pirates sez drivers for all yar!
you made the choice to support microsoft with vista and its butchered audio, so you have to take the shit that goes with it like paying for extended support of older hardware. Just because you support vista, doesnt mean creative has too ;)
Ive never heard of anything that tight assed...
They should (probably) be shot.
p.s. usally we pay for drivers when we buy hardware they are the software....
They should feel an obligation to support the product in the interest of their customers without payment. It might not be necessary for them to do so, as it is not legally required of them, but its not a very "customer friendly" action.
first time i heard, that they want money for ALchemy, I thought it was a bad joke. Now that they are actually SELLING it für 10 bucks I can't stop laughing - that's just ridiculous.
That's why i'm still on XP with my Audigy 4.
When Vista gets interessting for me, they maybe offer it for free or i have to "find a different way" ( ;) )