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Can't load Soundfonts on Audigy 2 ZS

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First post, by spacesaver

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MIDI enthusiast here. I have an Audigy 2 ZS (Gateway OEM SB0355) and Win98SE. I cannot run Creative Soundfont manager. I get "SoundFont Manager initialization failed" . Diagnostics also don't work, but I do have sound.

I suspect this could be an incomplete installation. I couldn't install directly from the Audigy 2 CD because of the OEM model, so I manually extracted the VXD drivers and installed them using Windows device manager. I couldn't find any .sf2 files installed. According to another post, the default sound font should be C:\Windows\System\CT4MGM.SF2. I found it on the CD, but don't know how it's installed

It would be a shame if Sound fonts aren't supported on OEM models 🙁 Audigy 2 OEM users, are you able to switch sound fonts and what did you have to install? What is the default sound font?

Reply 1 of 4, by Joseph_Joestar

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I made a guide for using the ZS on Win98/DOS, but I'm not sure if that will work for OEM cards.

If it doesn't, you may need to hunt down the manufacturer's custom drivers.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium

Reply 2 of 4, by schmatzler

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The diagnostics tool and the soundfont manager don't detect the card when the drivers are manually installed, so that's normal behaviour, unfortunately.

I've faced the same problem a while ago with my non-OEM Audigy 2 and I also don't have a solution for that. 🙁

"Windows 98's natural state is locked up"

Reply 3 of 4, by spacesaver

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I can load Sound fonts now! The trick was running CTZAPXX to install the drivers instead of manually using Device Manager. That also installs the 2MB sound font to C:\Windows\system and creates some MIDI interfaces. In control panel -> Multimedia -> MIDI, there are now 4 interfaces instead of 2. Thanks a lot for making the guide.

Reply 4 of 4, by Joseph_Joestar

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Cheers, I'm glad everything worked out for you!

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium

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