This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 10 support for Creative Sound Blaster® audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

• Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Go!
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 
• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Sound Blaster Connect 
• Sound Blaster MP3+

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit or 32-bit
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above

Notes:

• To install this driver
  1. Download the .exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 8 support for Creative Sound Blaster® audio devices. This software includes support for Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit). For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

• Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Go!
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Sound Blaster Connect
• Sound Blaster MP3+

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit or 64-bit, Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit or 32-bit
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above

Notes:

• To install this driver
  1. Download the .exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 support for Creative Sound Blaster® audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

• Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Go!
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 
• USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Karaoke
• Sound Blaster Audigy® 2 ZS Video Editor
• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
• Sound Blaster Digital Music PX 
• Sound Blaster Digital Music
• Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Sound Blaster Connect 
• Sound Blaster MP3+
• USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
• USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX

Fixes:

• Resolves issue with system resource utilization when there is no Line-In/Microphone input connected to Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 and its Line-In/Microphone output in Microsoft Volume Panel/Mixer is not muted.

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit or Windows 7 32-bit
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above

Notes:

• To install this driver
  1. Download the .exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 support for Creative Sound Blaster® audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
• Sound Blaster Digital Music PX 
• Sound Blaster Digital Music
• Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Sound Blaster Connect 
• Sound Blaster MP3+
• USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
• USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit  
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above

Notes:

• To install this driver
  1. Download the USB_W7DRV_LB_1_01_0099.exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ support for the audio devices listed below. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following devices only:

• Creative Sound Blaster® Digital Music
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy® 2 NX
• Creative Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music PX
• Creative Sound Blaster Connect
• Creative Sound Blaster MP3+
• Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
• Creative USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor

Install this driver to enjoy the full features of your audio device in Windows Vista.

Applications included in this release:

• Creative Audio Console

Fixes:

• Resolves button functionality issues for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX, Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External, Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 and Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
• Removes distortion found in the recorded file when selecting Wave, MIDI or CD as your recording source

Requirements:

• Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit
• Creative audio devices listed above

Notes:

If you have installed an earlier version of this driver, uninstall it, and install this latest version.

• To install the driver:
  1. Download the USB_VTDRV_LB_1_01_0002.exe file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
• To uninstall the driver:
  1. Click Start -> Control Panel.
  2. In the window that appears, click Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager. 
     If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click Continue.
  3. Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers option.
  4. Right-click the name of your audio device, and select Uninstall.
  5. From the Confirm Device Uninstall dialog box, select the Delete the driver software for this device option.
     Note: This check box must be selected to avoid reinstallation issues.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Restart your computer.
• To reinstall the driver:
  1. Double-click the USB_VTDRV_LB_1_01_0002.exe file.
  2. When the message You must restart your computer to apply these changes appears, click Restart Later.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This standalone driver provides Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition support for the following Creative USB Sound Blaster® audio devices only:

• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Sound Blaster MP3+
• Sound Blaster Digital Music
• Sound Blaster Digital Music LX
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX

Requirements:

• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system
• Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External, Sound Blaster MP3+, Sound Blaster Digital Music, Sound Blaster Digital Music LX, or Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
• Creative USB Sound Blaster Installation CD

Notes:

• This standalone driver supports the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system only.
• Make sure that your USB Sound Blaster audio device is properly connected to your computer before launching the driver.
• To install this driver:
• If you have not installed the applications on your Creative USB Sound Blaster Installation CD:
1. Uninstall any existing audio device drivers.
2. Close all other Windows applications.
3. Insert the USB Sound Blaster installation CD and install all the applications.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Restart your computer to complete the driver installation.
• If you have installed the applications on your Creative Sound Blaster Installation CD:
1. Launch the Creative USB Sound Blaster series x64 driver.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Restart your computer to complete the driver installation.
• After installing the Creative USB Sound Blaster x64 driver,
1. Download and install the Creative Basic Audio Suite for Creative Sound Blaster audio devices.
2. Launch the Creative Basic Audio Suite installation.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. Restart your computer to complete the installation.
• Your Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX audio device does not support DVD-Audio on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

This standalone update provides improvements for your Creative USB Sound Blaster® series audio device on Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) operating systems.

Requirements:

• Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4

• Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External, Sound Blaster MP3+, Sound Blaster Digital Music, or Sound Blaster Digital Music LX audio device connected

Notes:

• Close all applications before installing this update.
• While installing this update, do not disconnect your USB Sound Blaster.
• After installing this update, do not reinstall any drivers from the Installation CD.

This download contains the Creative WaveStudio application for Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows XP. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

WaveStudio

WaveStudio manages and performs all your sound editing tasks easily. With WaveStudio you can:

• play, edit, and record 8-bit, 16-bit, and 24-bit wave data.
• enhance your wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects and editing operations.  
• open and edit several audio files simultaneously.
• open RAW, WMA and WAV data files.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows 7 64-bit or 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit or 32-bit with Service Pack 1, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP MCE 2004
• Windows Media® Player
• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 or later (download the latest DirectX installation file here)

Notes:

• To install the file
  1. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Close all other Windows applications.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Creative Sound Blaster® Digital Music LX
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music PX
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music
• Creative Sound Blaster Connect
• Creative Sound Blaster MP3+
• Creative Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music SX

Note: You must have version 1.01.0002 and above of the audio device driver installed before installing this application. For more information, see Notes below.

Smart Recorder 2.40.12

Smart Recorder manages and performs all your recording tasks easily. With Smart Recorder you can:

• detect silences between audio tracks in analog content, and automatically record the content in separate MP3 files.
• remove hisses and pops in your recorded material using the Audio Cleanup feature.
• schedule recordings to start automatically.
• set the optimum recording level with the automatic source level analysis feature.

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above
• Audio device driver version 1.01.0002 and above (USB_VTDRV_LB_1_01_0002.exe)

Notes

• To check your audio device driver version:

1. Click Start -> Control Panel.
2. Select Hardware and Sound.
3. Select Device Manager.
   If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click the Continue button. 
4. Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers entry and then double-click your audio device's entry.
5. In the Drivers tabbed page, click the Driver Details button.
6. In the Driver files list, select the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sbusb.sys entry.
   The file version is indicated next to File version.

• To install this application

1. Download the SMARTREC_PCAPP_LB_2_40_12.exe file into your local hard disk.
2. Close all applications and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running on your computer.
3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Creative Sound Blaster® Live!® 24-bit External
• Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1

Note: You must have version 1.01.0002 and above of the audio device driver installed before installing this application. For more information, see Notes below.

Current Release Features

• Audio Center restores the line monitoring function in Windows Vista.

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit
• Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above
• Audio device driver version 1.01.0002 and above (Creative Sound Blaster USB Series Windows Vista Driver 1.01.0002)

Notes

• To check your audio device driver version:

1. Click Start -> Control Panel.
2. Select Hardware and Sound.
3. Select Device Manager.
   If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click the Continue button. 
4. Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers entry and then double-click your audio device's entry.
5. In the Drivers tabbed page, click the Driver Details button.
6. In the Driver files list, select the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sbusb.sys entry.
   The file version is indicated next to File version.

• To install this application

1. Download the AUDCTR_PCAPP_LB_1_10_12.exe file into your local hard disk.
2. Close all applications and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running on your computer.
3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.