The kX Audio Driver is an independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1 and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Systems Inc., including the SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy / Audigy2 series of cards. (Full List).

The kX Audio Driver package includes driver system files and setup files as well as ... User Interface, providing access to many of the driver's internal functions. The following features are either fully ... in the latest release of the kX Audio Driver:

- Wave Recording & Playback

- MIDI Synthesizer ... Decoding

Installation

Removal of any and all manufacturer-supplied drivers and software is recommended. To install the kX Driver, run the installation executable. It will extract all the driver files into your Program Files folder and will ... the kxsetup.exe program to continue the installation; the driver files will be installed into the Windows System ... Follow the directions on-screen and re-boot once all drivers have been installed.

Should setup fail, the kX Driver can be installed manually via the Windows Device Manager (Update Driver function). When asked to Specify Location, browse to ... in the directory on your harddrive where the driver package has been uncompressed (e.g. C:Program FileskX Project35xx).

- 'Speaker setup' set to '5.1 Surround sound'

(control panel/multimedia/audio/advanced properties)

These settings are required for proper operation of the kX Driver and kX Mixer!.

To launch the kX Mixer, ... kX Mixer icon in your system tray, the driver might have installed incorrectly.

About Sound Card Driver:

Usually, Windows operating systems apply a generic audio driver that allows computers to recognize the sound card component and make use of its basic functions. ... enabled by proper files, the characteristics of the sound card (like model, manufacturer, number of channels) are completely ... made accessible.

Updating the audio version can improve sound quality, resolve different compatibility issues, fix related errors ...