Making Audio Enhancers Work on Windows

[ador250]

Do u know what exactly FX_Offload do ? I read the MS Doc but didn't understand it properly. @alanfox2000

 

[alanfox2000]

I think this is based on the audio effects based on hardware and wake up the CPU less frequently which achieve low power consumption (go through system pin instead of offload pin).

Implementing Hardware Offloaded APO Effects - Windows drivers

Hardware offloading of audio processing objects (APOs) provides possible performance enhancements, as well as power savings.

docs.microsoft.com

Architectural Overview - Windows drivers

This topic provides an overview of the audio architecture that was introduced in Windows 8, to provide support for a combined hardware/software audio engine.

docs.microsoft.com

Windows 8.1 Audio streaming – Part 2: Power savings via H/W offload

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com

 

[ador250]

I think this is based on the audio effects based on hardware and wake up the CPU less frequently which achieve low power consumption (go through system pin instead of offload pin).

Implementing Hardware Offloaded APO Effects - Windows drivers

Hardware offloading of audio processing objects (APOs) provides possible performance enhancements, as well as power savings.

docs.microsoft.com

Architectural Overview - Windows drivers

This topic provides an overview of the audio architecture that was introduced in Windows 8, to provide support for a combined hardware/software audio engine.

docs.microsoft.com

Windows 8.1 Audio streaming – Part 2: Power savings via H/W offload

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com

Ok, after reading all those docs now I understand, offload fx is nothing but hardware acceleration just like hardware encoding/decoding for video..say, u have a extra audio processor like SupremeFX in asus, ur audio effect will process in that chip instead of main processor.

 

[alanfox2000]

I have uploaded orginal DTS:Ultra X for Acer beta driver for who can patch the DTS files/bypass lic file check.

8844_UAD_DTS_142B_bat.zip
DTSX_Ultra_Acer_Install_v1.1.2.0_beta.zip

 

[Jayce]

Please update Dolby Atmos drivers. @alanfox2000

 

[Eminem91]

Hi @alanfox2000 , @Màthair & everyone else,
I have the following problem:
I have a realtek ALC892 on-board sound card and a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card. The realtek has only analog outputs while the Creative SB X-Fi has both digital and analog outputs.

Now I am trying to get Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 and Sound Blaster X 720° to work on my Creative sound card with the APO Driver, but it doesn't work. Everything installs without errors, but when I start the programs they always give me an error message which says that the currently selected audio device is not supported, not connected etc... I tried to use the APO Driver with my Realtek sound card and it works perfectly. But it has no use to me. I have to get it to work on my Creative sound card as my Realtek doesn't have no digital S/PDIF output.

Could you please make the APO Driver work with Creative cards? Or could someone tell me what to do to get SB X-Fi MB5 and SB X 720° to work on my Creative sound card? I tried everything to get it to work and I am really desperate now as I don't know what else I could do.

I am using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Driver v2.40.0008 on Windows 7 64-bit:

Creative Worldwide Support >

Welcome to Creative Worldwide Support. Get technical help for your Creative products through Knowledgebase Solutions, firmware updates, driver downloads and more.

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Thank you

 

[alanfox2000]

Hi @alanfox2000 , @Màthair & everyone else,
I have the following problem:
I have a realtek ALC892 on-board sound card and a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card. The realtek has only analog outputs while the Creative SB X-Fi has both digital and analog outputs.

Now I am trying to get Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 and Sound Blaster X 720° to work on my Creative sound card with the APO Driver, but it doesn't work. Everything installs without errors, but when I start the programs they always give me an error message which says that the currently selected audio device is not supported, not connected etc... I tried to use the APO Driver with my Realtek sound card and it works perfectly. But it has no use to me. I have to get it to work on my Creative sound card as my Realtek doesn't have no digital S/PDIF output.

Could you please make the APO Driver work with Creative cards? Or could someone tell me what to do to get SB X-Fi MB5 and SB X 720° to work on my Creative sound card? I tried everything to get it to work and I am really desperate now as I don't know what else I could do.

I am using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Driver v2.40.0008 on Windows 7 64-bit:

Creative Worldwide Support >

Welcome to Creative Worldwide Support. Get technical help for your Creative products through Knowledgebase Solutions, firmware updates, driver downloads and more.

support.creative.com

Thank you

There various type of Creative APO dll
Realtek: MBAPO2
VIA: VMAPO2
Creative: CTMLFX,UDACFX,UDAAPO,etc..

The Ultimate Realtek HD Audio Driver Mod for Windows 10

I have an Alienware R5 laptop and I was wondering if I could use The Ultimate Realtek HD Audio Driver Mod for Windows 10 or this mod https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/realtek-aio-all-in-one-driver-mod-for-win7-win8-win8-1-win10-post-your-mods.250915/ to have better sound since they...

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I have no creative sound card, whether the app is detected Creative Sound Card when MBAPO264.dll rename to CTMLFX64.dll or other creative dll

OR

Please update Dolby Atmos drivers. @alanfox2000

APO dll and API exe combined into 1 inf file (3.x API)
APO dll and API exe separated into 3 inf file (2.X API)

APO driver include Dolby UWP driver version 3.20501.517.0 which is the same on Github.

 

[sk74267]

can someone please provide a download link for >
APO Driver [2019-11-17]?

for some reason the link isn't working proper for me. https://waa.ai/apodriver it just gets stuck on waiting... waa.ai the website is working, i can visit it. but any other link through that site just get stuck on waiting.

can anyone help?

 

[alanfox2000]

can someone please provide a download link for >
APO Driver [2019-11-17]?

for some reason the link isn't working proper for me. https://waa.ai/apodriver it just gets stuck on waiting... waa.ai the website is working, i can visit it. but any other link through that site just get stuck on waiting.

can anyone help?

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[Aziz85]

@alanfox2000 I have realtek HDA 6.0.1.8838.1 x64 and nahimic 3 uwp v 1.3.6 and APO 1.6.1. Sound is too loud in chrome with volume stabilizer ON e.g. a youtube or hulu video at 5% is too loud as compared to firefox or hulu uwp app, i have to turn off volume stabilizer or it hurts my ear with headphones.Eveywhere else all effects are fine like vlc edge and other apps. I have tried to downgrade apo 1.5.1, same reults, further downgrading apo to 1.4 or 1.3 result in no effects in chrome(work elsewhere). Please help in this regard. Thanks for such great work.
i have hp probook 450 g2 . i was wondering if its issue from nahimic or on my end, i fresh installed everything with 8844.1 still same results, for me issue is not with realtek drivers looks like something from apo drivers or chrome. I have also posted this here https://nahimic.helprace.com/i734-new-nahimic-3-audio-driver-update

 

[ador250]

@alanfox2000 I have realtek HDA 6.0.1.8838.1 x64 and nahimic 3 uwp v 1.3.6 and APO 1.6.1. Sound is too loud in chrome with volume stabilizer ON e.g. a youtube or hulu video at 5% is too loud as compared to firefox or hulu uwp app, i have to turn off volume stabilizer or it hurts my ear with headphones.Eveywhere else all effects are fine like vlc edge and other apps. I have tried to downgrade apo 1.5.1, same reults, further downgrading apo to 1.4 or 1.3 result in no effects in chrome(work elsewhere). Please help in this regard. Thanks for such great work.
i have hp probook 450 g2 . i was wondering if its issue from nahimic or on my end, i fresh installed everything with 8844.1 still same results, for me issue is not with realtek drivers looks like something from apo drivers or chrome. I have also posted this here https://nahimic.helprace.com/i734-new-nahimic-3-audio-driver-update

can u try this https://github.com/shibajee/realtek-uad-nahimic-mod ?

 

[Aziz85]

HE

can u try this https://github.com/shibajee/realtek-uad-nahimic-mod ?

I tried this and now sound is coming from both speaker and headphones at the same time, this happens to me on every modded realtek driver, also happens on alanfox's modded drive. Any Way to resolve this issue. I have noticed that the modded realtek driver you mentioned are uad. Is anyone has bundled nahimic with legacy hda drivers@alanfox2000

C:\WINDOWS\system32\DTS\PC\APO3x\DTSAPO3Service.exe DTS UWP service wont start any fix using apo driver

 

[andreaspujihar]

HE

I tried this and now sound is coming from both speaker and headphones at the same time, this happens to me on every modded realtek driver, also happens on alanfox's modded drive. Any Way to resolve this issue. I have noticed that the modded realtek driver you mentioned are uad. Is anyone has bundled nahimic with legacy hda drivers@alanfox2000

C:\WINDOWS\system32\DTS\PC\APO3x\DTSAPO3Service.exe DTS UWP service wont start any fix using apo driver

try dts desktop version

 

[Episode_Sane]

Hi @alanfox2000 , I've made Realtek & Nahimic 3 UAD driver work on Win10 by only applying Hardware ID, without installing PureSoft APO Driver,
I just wanna ask if Creative Sound Blaster UAD driver can be enabled by the same way (with keygen applied)? I've tried many times (vary from Driver version 6.0.1.8564 to 6.0.8844.1) but failed (Error: No audio device found, pls check the connection).
Btw, can you PM me the link to get Creative UAD/SWC Extension 2.0.0.14 source files? My device is ALC255, laptop manufactured on Dec, 2015.
Thank you.

 

[alanfox2000]

Hi @alanfox2000 , I've made Realtek & Nahimic 3 UAD driver work on Win10 by only applying Hardware ID, without installing PureSoft APO Driver,
I just wanna ask if Creative Sound Blaster UAD driver can be enabled by the same way (with keygen applied)? I've tried many times (vary from Driver version 6.0.1.8564 to 6.0.8844.1) but failed (Error: No audio device found, pls check the connection).
Btw, can you PM me the link to get Creative UAD/SWC Extension 2.0.0.14 source files? My device is ALC255, laptop manufactured on Dec, 2015.
Thank you.

Link 2.0.0.14
Link 2.0.0.14 (Mirror)

HE

I tried this and now sound is coming from both speaker and headphones at the same time, this happens to me on every modded realtek driver, also happens on alanfox's modded drive. Any Way to resolve this issue. I have noticed that the modded realtek driver you mentioned are uad. Is anyone has bundled nahimic with legacy hda drivers@alanfox2000

C:\WINDOWS\system32\DTS\PC\APO3x\DTSAPO3Service.exe DTS UWP service wont start any fix using apo driver

Just make sure only 1 service exe is running (Nahimic Service conflict DTS Service)
And select DTS or Nahimic product config apply through FX Configurator
Restart DTS/Nahimic service manually
If DTS service still won't start, delete registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SRS Labs
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DTS
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DTS Audio
then restart PC, check if DTS service is running

 

[zhonghua]

Hi @alanfox2000
Could you tell me where can i download the audio device group dump tool (like you used)？
I take a lot of time without finding it.

Thanks.

 

[alanfox2000]

Hi @alanfox2000
Could you tell me where can i download the audio device group dump tool (like you used)？
I take a lot of time without finding it.

Thanks.

Link

 

[Bryan Ü]

can anyone provide original Nahimic_4.x driver ?

 

[ador250]

can anyone provide original Nahimic_4.x driver ?

I think Nahimic 4 is related to dell alienware and asus sonic studio which r hardware specified, u can't unlock those for generic devices.

 

[Episode_Sane]

I think Nahimic 4 is related to dell alienware and asus sonic studio which r hardware specified, u can't unlock those for generic devices.

Any known specific models related to Nahimic 4? I only know about Nahimic 3.

 

[Bryan Ü]

ador250
well my Nahimic_4.x driver works but nahimic 3 gui doesn't show all options and does not function.
do you know how i can find gui for nahimic 4.

 

[ador250]

ador250
well my Nahimic_4.x driver works but nahimic 3 gui doesn't show all options and does not function.
do you know how i can find gui for nahimic 4.

registering some .dlls in windows through .inf file doesn't mean it will load properly, nahimic 4 is hardware specified..I have test this things long ago and I guess alanfox too, if this things works we would have seen them already. For Sonic Studio 3 and Dell Alienware Sound Center UWP app copy/paste this url's to https://store.rg-adguard.net/

Get Sonic Studio 3 - Microsoft Store

Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Sonic Studio 3.

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Get Alienware Sound Center - Microsoft Store

Get the Windows 10 at Microsoft Store and compare products with the latest customer reviews and ratings. Download or ship for free. Free returns.

www.microsoft.com

 

[Jayce]

@alanfox2000 what's taking so long to just upload the newest version Dolby Atmos drivers, I'm sure, there is a new version since it's been about almost two months.

 

[alanfox2000]

@alanfox2000 what's taking so long to just upload the newest version Dolby Atmos drivers, I'm sure, there is a new version since it's been about almost two months.

Why you keep argue about this?
APO Driver 2.6.4
Components Dolby DAX API Services 3.20501.517.0 install the following file:

CaptureStreamMonitor.dll 3.20501.517.0
DAX3API.exe 3.20501.517.0
DolbyAPOv251.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOv251gm.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOv2100.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOvlldp.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOvlldp120.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOvlldp130.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyAPOvlldpgm.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyDax3Apo.dll 3.20501.510.0
DolbyDspVlldp.dll 3.20501.517.0

3.20501.517.0 is the latest version according to my UAD repository. Where do you find the new version that you mention?

 

[poih629ru0]

Hello, could someone help me? I installed Realtek High Definition Audio Driver [6.0.8787.1] [2019-10-05], everything works, only the Realtek Audio Console that displays the message: Cannot connect to RPC service.
I have a ASUS M5A97 R2.0 with Realtek® ALC887