willow wrote on 2022-12-28, 12:31:

Does anybody has tested creative alchemy derestrictor to use alchemy even with no sound blaster cards ? https://www.mediafire.co […]
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Does anybody has tested creative alchemy derestrictor to use alchemy even with no sound blaster cards ?
https://www.mediafire.com/file/387vesqfe7o91f … or-1.0.zip/file
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Sound_card
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"Use Creative ALchemy[16]

Download latest ALchemy 1.45.20
Open the Creative Control Panel and switch on Game mode (X-Fi model only)
Start the ALchemy installer and enable it for the interested games. It may be necessary to add a new profile for the specific game.

Notes

Restores EAX completely (all versions) and surround sound.
Could be made into a universal solution, just like IndirectSound or DSOAL, by using Creative ALchemy Universal (obsolete) or ALchemy Restriction Remover."

Much simpler and working solution for those without a Creative sound card (tested on my Realtek HD Audio ALC295 chipset). Will give echo/reverb and spatial audio as the good old days for games like Quake 4, Prey (2006), Max Payne, Max Payne 2, Prince of Persia (Ubisoft, 2008), Baldur's Gate II (original CD, not the BeamDog version), Dragon's Lair 3D, and more...
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rolloLG wrote on 2023-01-04, 01:29:

willow wrote on 2022-12-28, 12:31:

Does anybody has tested creative alchemy derestrictor to use alchemy even with no sound blaster cards ? https://www.mediafire.co […]
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Does anybody has tested creative alchemy derestrictor to use alchemy even with no sound blaster cards ?
https://www.mediafire.com/file/387vesqfe7o91f … or-1.0.zip/file
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Sound_card
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file … ts#comment-1174
"Use Creative ALchemy[16]

Download latest ALchemy 1.45.20
Open the Creative Control Panel and switch on Game mode (X-Fi model only)
Start the ALchemy installer and enable it for the interested games. It may be necessary to add a new profile for the specific game.

Notes

Restores EAX completely (all versions) and surround sound.
Could be made into a universal solution, just like IndirectSound or DSOAL, by using Creative ALchemy Universal (obsolete) or ALchemy Restriction Remover."

Much simpler and working solution for those without a Creative sound card (tested on my Realtek HD Audio ALC295 chipset). Will give echo/reverb and spatial audio as the good old days for games like Quake 4, Prey (2006), Max Payne, Max Payne 2, Prince of Persia (Ubisoft, 2008), Baldur's Gate II (original CD, not the BeamDog version), Dragon's Lair 3D, and more...
Follow this msg: Re: Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?

I know this is old. But for anyone that stumble upon it in a google search or something. I made a steam guide with download link to required files for the latest version of Alchemy with the restriction remover (what lets it work on any PC, creative hardware or not). Hopefully it will be useful for someone. I do recommend setting you systems sample rate to 16bit 48000Hz when playing a EAX game. I noticed that up-sampling to say 24 bit 192000Hz causes audio artifacts that are not there when running at 16bit/48. At least in Condemned (prob my fav game in terms of benefiting from EAX).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filede … /?id=2487107657