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This download is for all Creative MediaSource™ (version 3.00.16 or later) users. The Creative MediaSource Go! launcher bar enables you to launch essential Creative applications quickly from one convenient location.

To check your Creative MediaSource version number, see ‘Notes' below.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition
• Creative MediaSource version 3.00.16 or later

Notes:

• To check your Creative MediaSource version number:
  
  
1. Launch Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer.
2. Click Help on the menu bar.
3. Click the About Creative MediaSource option.
   The dialog box shows the version number.
4. Click the OK button.
   
   
• If your Creative MediaSource application is earlier than version 3.00.16, you will need to download the latest version before installing this application.

Fixes

• Enables you to select an Effects preset in EAX Console without stopping the application.
• Enables you to start the EAX Console application in Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Me) and Windows 98 Second Edition (SE).

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows 98 SE
• Creative EAX Console
• Creative MediaSource with Theme Engine 3.00.55 to 3.10.11
• One of the following Creative audio devices installed:
• Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
• Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
• Sound Blaster Audigy LS
• Sound Blaster Go!
• Sound Blaster MP3+
• Sound Blaster Digital Music
• Sound Blaster Digital Music PX
• USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX
• Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit

Notes

• To check the version number of your Theme Engine, do the following:
1. Click Start -> Programs/All Programs -> Creative -> Creative MediaSource -> Creative MediaSource Player.
2. Click the Help button and click About Creative MediaSource.
3. Check the version number.
4. Close the application window.
• To install the update, double-click the file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This update adds full DTS Neo:6 functionality to the Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 ZS series of audio products when used in conjunction with Creative MediaSource version 2.02.06 or later (see ‘Notes’ below).

New Features or Enhancements:

• Enables users with 5.1 or 6.1 speaker systems to derive five or six full-band channels of audio from two-channel matrix-encoded sources. The result is a richer and more natural aural experience, a luxury that owners of discrete multi-channel systems have increasingly come to expect.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition
• Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 ZS or Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro audio card installed with:
• drivers from the original Installation and Applications CD; or
• newer drivers available through web updates
• Creative MediaSource version 2.02.06 or later (see ‘Notes’ below)

Notes:

• To ensure full DTS Neo:6 functionality, download and install the Creative MediaSource 2 Update (version 2.02.06) for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS.
• To check your Creative MediaSource version number:
1. Launch Creative MediaSource.
2. Click Help on the menu bar.
3. Click the About Creative MediaSource option.
   The dialog box shows the version number.
4. Click the OK button.

This update adds a DTS Neo:6 or Creative MultiSpeaker Surround (CMSS) status display to Creative MediaSource Player (see 'Note' below).

Fixes:

• Shortens the loading time of Creative EAX Console.
• Resolves the issue where the EAX button fails to represent the EAX status correctly.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition
• Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 ZS or Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro audio card installed with:
• drivers from the original Installation and Applications CD; or
• newer drivers available through web updates
• Creative EAX Console version 2.00.09 or later

Note:

• To ensure that the DTS Neo:6 or CMSS status display appears correctly, download and install the Creative MediaSource 2 Update (version 2.02.06) for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS.

This update improves the general functionality of Creative THX Setup Console with the Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 ZS series of audio products.

Fixes:

• Calibrated settings can now be saved when changing speaker modes.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition
• Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 ZS or Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro audio card installed with:
• drivers from the original Installation and Applications CD; or
• newer drivers available through web updates
• Earlier version of Creative THX Setup Console installed

Added Features:

Fixes:

• Reduces CPU utilization, which previously reached 100% when SoundFont Bank Manager was active.

Requirements:

• For Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 SP2 and Windows XP users ONLY.
• Previous versions of Creative SoundFont Bank Manager bundled with Audigy 2 series products installed.
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 Platinum eX audio card.

This is the highly anticipated Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player (Full Application) for the Audigy 2 series of audio products. This update provides Windows 98SE and Windows Me users with full DVD-Audio playback support on Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2, Audigy 2 Digital Audio, Audigy 2 Platinum and Audigy 2 Platinum eX.

Before installing this update

Note that this web update is for Audigy 2 users who are using WDM drivers. User of VXD drivers must uninstall their existing VXD drivers and install the correct WDM drivers prior to installing this update.

Be sure that you have:

• Windows 98SE or Windows Me installed
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 Platinum eX audio card installed
• Intel(R) Pentium(R) III or AMD(R) Athlon(tm) 1 GHz or faster processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 6x or faster DVD-ROM Drive