Realtek Modded Audio Driver for Windows 10/11 - Only for HDAUDIO

[nezff]

The onboard portion was not showing on the system, so its like its turned off via a setting, faulty, or Windows fails to detect it.

keep ya posted. new motherboard en route

 

[itsakjt]

Confirmed working on ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger (ALC 1150) - My second system on specs here. Thanks @Alan Finotty for this awesome mod. The audio is so much better and everything feels so much better and real.

 

[ekoa]

DOWNLOAD MY DRIVERS FROM HERE:
DCH-UAD VERSION (RECOMMENDED)

Releases · AlanFinotty/AAFDCHDriverMod

Realtek Audio Driver Mods by Alan Finotty. Contribute to AlanFinotty/AAFDCHDriverMod development by creating an account on GitHub.

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STANDARD VERSION

DCH DRIVER VERSION UPDATED TO 6.0.9191.1
HDA PANEL INCLUDED IN DCH DRIVER

Spoiler: EFFECTS AND IMAGES

Spoiler: FROM WINDOWS 7 & WINDOWS 8 (STANDARD)

• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS
• CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER X-Fi MB5

Spoiler: FROM WINDOWS 8.1 TO WINDOWS 10 14393 (STANDARD)

• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS
• CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER X-Fi MB5

Spoiler: FROM WINDOWS 10 15063 ONWARDS (STANDARD)

• ASIO EXTRA
• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS
• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS WITH DDL/DTS
• CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER CONNECT 2 (LEGACY)
  • 360°
  • 720°
• NAHIMIC 3
• SONIC STUDIO 3 (ASUS ROG)
• SONIC RADAR 3 SUPPORTED
• DOLBY ATMOS
• DOLBY DIGITAL (OVERRIDE)
• DTS INTERACTIVE (OVERRIDE)

Spoiler: FROM WINDOWS 10 15063 ONWARDS (DCH-UAD AND DCH-HDA)

• REALTEK ASIO
• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS WITH DOLBY DIGITAL LIVE & DTS INTERACTIVE
• REALTEK DEFAULT EFFECTS WITH DOLBY DIGITAL
• CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER CONNECT (UWP)
  • 360°
  • 720°
  • CINEMA 5
• NAHIMIC 3 (APO v3)
• SONIC STUDIO 3 (ASUS ROG) (APO v3)
• SONIC STUDIO 3 (ASUS ROG) (APO v4)
• SONIC RADAR 3 SUPPORTED
• DOLBY ATMOS SPEAKER SYSTEM
• DOLBY ATMOS FOR GAMING
• DTS:X ULTRA
• DTS SOUND UNBOUND

IMAGES (WINDOWS 10)

Spoiler: IMAGES (STANDARD VERSION)

CREATIVE PANEL (LEGACY)
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Spoiler: IMAGES (DCH-UAD VERSION)

REALTEK AUDIO CONSOLE (UWP)
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CREATIVE PANEL (UWP)
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Spoiler: IMAGES (BOTH VERSIONS)

NAHIMIC 3
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SONIC STUDIO 3 (ASUS ROG)
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SCOUT RADAR 3 (NOT INCLUDED, BUT SUPPORT ENABLED)
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DOLBY ATMOS
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ATTENTION: If the Sound Blaster, if installed, is unable to detect your audio device correctly, the executable that will allow you to restore this operation is attached.

DOWNLOAD KGA CONFIG EXECUTABLE

ENJOY !!!

when i shutdown PC，there is no voice when i open it。but if i restart pc next，there will be voice again。
but if pc is hibernated，there will be voice when you open it。

 

[nezff]

The onboard portion was not showing on the system, so its like its turned off via a setting, faulty, or Windows fails to detect it.

Here is a pic of the only things in my bios relevant to audio

 

[Metal-Tom]

Here is a pic of the only things in my bios relevant to audio

WtH is "GNA" pls?

 

[Ferather]

@nezff, That is a puzzle, try turning on GNA, but to be honest I cannot find any direct info related to audio, only some on speech.

@Metal-Tom, Intel GNA: The Low Power Coprocessor for Intel Inference | ITIGIC

 

[nezff]

@nezff, That is a puzzle, try turning on GNA, but to be honest I cannot find any direct info related to audio, only some on speech.

@Metal-Tom, Intel GNA: The Low Power Coprocessor for Intel Inference | ITIGIC

Lol. Me either. What is gna?

 

[Ferather]

More things to go wrong, and not a great deal of use probably...... No idea really hehe. I dont follow Intel.

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Personally I'd like to see 'bitstream everything', direct to receiver, even from the internet, essentially bypassing the need to process sound, simply send it on.
Soundcards have restrictions, quality and spec variations, they cost money, then you need a good receiver, same reasons, also costing.

Ultimately it should be down to the quality of the receiver, mitigating a few things like: good sound card > crap receiver, crap soundcard > good receiver.
I 'could' have a high quality receiver that does many formats, and lets say 384khz support (even over 8 channels), the soundcard will bottleneck me.

Receiver's have their own sound processors, even encoded audio will end up as PCM at some point, and also the same limits such as bitrate and samples.
It all might sound complex, but its mostly down to programming and data delivery, connectors and cables don't need to be 'audio specific'.

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As a side note, I just sent 2 channel (stereo) lossless PCM to Z906 down Toslink, exclusively, Z906 on expand stereo to 5.1, and then just stereo.
Compared to DTS Interactive:X (Interactive + APO4), its much worse, there is missing audio, no dynamics, and lower volume.

For Interactive I used Equalizer APO on clone to 5.1, and then turned it off for stereo only tests.

 

[erpguy53]

Lol. Me either. What is gna?

Gaussian Neural Accelerator

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Station drivers site had a v6.0.9200.1 UAD driver available a few days ago

waiting to see if Alan F will make an updated modded DCH driver based on 9200

 

[nezff]

Gaussian Neural Accelerator

===
Station drivers site had a v6.0.9200.1 UAD driver available a few days ago

waiting to see if Alan F will make an updated modded DCH driver based on 9200

Basically nothing to do with sound? So all the peeps in the rog forum telling me to make sure on board audio went disabled before swapping motherboards was false

 

[spamtime123]

Hi there,
I accidentally found your tool and it looks amazing. I've uninstalled everything you've mentioned in the readme prior to installing this driver.

It installs fine, apart from Dolby Atmos for Gaming and DTS X... something. I've tried just going with Next > Next (default selection) and selecting different versions, the results are the same.
Yes, I've tried the packages you listed, but I'm getting this error:
App installation failed with error message: Windows cannot install package DolbyLaboratories.DolbyAtmosforGaming_3.30000.4.0_x64__rz1tebttyb220 because this package depends on a device driver that could not be found. One of the following device drivers must be installed: {[Dolby-dax3_swc_hsa.INF, 3.30000.4.0, 2020-06-05], [Dolby-dax3_swc_hsa_arm64.INF, 3.30000.4.0, 2020-06-05]} (0x80073cfd)
Sonic Studio is installed, but saying that my system is not supported and goes to TIMEOUT.
Realtek audio console/HD manager do not work. Console says "Cannot connect to RPC server" and HD manager is nowhere to be found (unless it's in Sonic Studio where it says that my system is not supported).
Sound Blaster Connect does nothing and shows nothing (did try the KGA as well, all 3 options - no result).
DTS Unbound has some options, but I'm unsure on how to use them (or even if I need them).


I'm on Windows 10 20H2 (19042.1083), my motherboard is B550A from Asus and I'm using a 2.1 system. Let me know if I can give you any further details.

 

[Ferather]

@erpguy53, its a beta

 

[AAF Optimus]

Hi there,
I accidentally found your tool and it looks amazing. I've uninstalled everything you've mentioned in the readme prior to installing this driver.

It installs fine, apart from Dolby Atmos for Gaming and DTS X... something. I've tried just going with Next > Next (default selection) and selecting different versions, the results are the same.
Yes, I've tried the packages you listed, but I'm getting this error:
App installation failed with error message: Windows cannot install package DolbyLaboratories.DolbyAtmosforGaming_3.30000.4.0_x64__rz1tebttyb220 because this package depends on a device driver that could not be found. One of the following device drivers must be installed: {[Dolby-dax3_swc_hsa.INF, 3.30000.4.0, 2020-06-05], [Dolby-dax3_swc_hsa_arm64.INF, 3.30000.4.0, 2020-06-05]} (0x80073cfd)
Sonic Studio is installed, but saying that my system is not supported and goes to TIMEOUT.
Realtek audio console/HD manager do not work. Console says "Cannot connect to RPC server" and HD manager is nowhere to be found (unless it's in Sonic Studio where it says that my system is not supported).
Sound Blaster Connect does nothing and shows nothing (did try the KGA as well, all 3 options - no result).
DTS Unbound has some options, but I'm unsure on how to use them (or even if I need them).


I'm on Windows 10 20H2 (19042.1083), my motherboard is B550A from Asus and I'm using a 2.1 system. Let me know if I can give you any further details.

What's your motherboard?

 

[spamtime123]

What's your motherboard?

I've mentioned it in the end, it's B550-A from Asus. Thanks

 

[nezff]

thank you to everyone that attempted to help me with this issue. Means alot. In the end, it was a simple motherboard swap. Amazon was nice enough to send me a brand new Strix z590a wifi. Got it in two days and swapped it this morning and voila!

 

[AAF Optimus]

NEW DCH DRIVERS RELEASED IN GITHUB
DCH DRIVER VERSION UPDATED TO 6.0.9200.1
MORE DETAILS IN GITHUB

WARNING: There is also an update for Nahimic on the Microsoft Store to version 1.5.4.0, but it is very likely that once installed, your enhancement will stop working.

ATTENTION: You will need to uninstall the currently installed version before continuing with this installation. A condition has been imposed for this due to problems reported by some users.

RECOMMENDATION: Before installing this modified driver, be sure to remove any and all residues from previous Realtek audio drivers or even if there are residues from previous versions of my mods, if they persist. For this you will need the DriverStoreExplorer (by @lostindark). Remove any drivers whose vendor is "Realtek", "Dolby", "DTS", "Creative" or "Alan Finotty" in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers, Extensions, Software Components and Audio Processing Objects categories.

Those who want only Realtek material, just choose the panel option (HDA or UAD), select your decoder and deselect the rest.

If Dolby Atmos again insists not to install, here are the packages for installation.

GO TO 1st PAGE

ENJOY!!!

 

[Ferather]

@nezff, good stuff. It was fairly obvious when the device was totally missing.

 

[nezff]

@nezff, good stuff. It was fairly obvious when the device was totally missing.

Everything is showing up now. All jack info front, back etc. Apps are working and detecting devices. Ty

 

[spamtime123]

NEW DCH DRIVERS RELEASED IN GITHUB
DCH DRIVER VERSION UPDATED TO 6.0.9200.1
MORE DETAILS IN GITHUB

WARNING: There is also an update for Nahimic on the Microsoft Store to version 1.5.4.0, but it is very likely that once installed, your enhancement will stop working.

ATTENTION: You will need to uninstall the currently installed version before continuing with this installation. A condition has been imposed for this due to problems reported by some users.

RECOMMENDATION: Before installing this modified driver, be sure to remove any and all residues from previous Realtek audio drivers or even if there are residues from previous versions of my mods, if they persist. For this you will need the DriverStoreExplorer (by @lostindark). Remove any drivers whose vendor is "Realtek", "Dolby", "DTS", "Creative" or "Alan Finotty" in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers, Extensions, Software Components and Audio Processing Objects categories.

Those who want only Realtek material, just choose the panel option (HDA or UAD), select your decoder and deselect the rest.

If Dolby Atmos again insists not to install, here are the packages for installation.

GO TO 1st PAGE

ENJOY!!!

Hi Alan,

I haven't tried the new version yet, but anything regarding my case a few posts above? I'll let you know further if i have the same use case after the new version.

 

[itsakjt]

@Alan Finotty - I installed your driver on my primary PC as on specs also after being heavily impressed with your driver on my second PC. I selected the same options as I did on my second PC but for some reason, DTS connect is not available in the Realtek Audio Console. I then selected the patched DTS_DDL Realtek console and now the DTS Connect option is there but turning it off/on does not make a difference. I am using a 5.1 channel setup and hence that makes a huge difference.
As of now, I am using the Immersion effect from Sound Blaster Connect which works similar to DTS Connect however DTS Connect implementation seems more refined.
The only difference in installation between the two systems is that the second system has build 9191 installed and my primary system has 9200 installed.
It will be great if you can help me out with this.

 

[BillTaozi]

 

[itsakjt]

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Thanks for the advice. Just tried. However, as soon as I open DTS Sound Unbound, the output mode resets from 5.1 to stereo. Moreover, my second system did not even need the DTS app. The normal Realtek UWP (not even the tweaked one) just had the option. On my primary PC, the normal Realtek UWP (non-tweaked one) does not show me anything.

The tweaked Realtek UWP brings DTS and even shows the configuration options but do not work (no change in sound on vs off).

 

[dfctr]

Hello. I'd like to use SPDIF to a 5.1 Samung Soundbar using Dolby Digital or DTS. What puzzles me it's that I managed to have it working before, but for some reason it stopped doing so.

OS: Windows 10 Pro 21H1
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming.
Hardware ID: VEN 10EC / DEV 1168
Drivers: AAF latest (9200).

I have tried every combination conceivable (UWP, Legacy, Patched APO, etc) even with DDU and DriverStore driver removal prior to installation. It's just not working.
Whenever I get into the Sound Control Panel to change to Dolby Digital (or DTS), It says "format not supported". However, I can test both on the "Supported Format" tab. I'm suspecting it has to do something with the "Driver Policy" but I'm not sure.

Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

 

[Ferather]

@itsakjt, on speakers, the app will set stereo when you open it. Use the right click option in the system tray. Better to use Windows to set stereo via the settings.
If you change for example from stereo to 5.1 via right click on the system tray, it does not fully set the registry, whereas the settings one does.

 

[auxy]

Hello, a friend of mine directed me to this driver set because the default Realtek Control Panel does not give me the option to use the front headphone jack and rear speaker jack as separate devices. It's one-or-the-other. However, upon installing this driver, I find that I still do not have the option in the Legacy control panel. Is there a way I can recover this setting?

I'm using Windows 10 19043 (21H1) on an ASRock X570 Taichi motherboard (ALC1220 codec.) I didn't install any additional software with the AAF DCH driver, just the legacy control panel.