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<EDIT> This is a THREE YEAR OLD DRIVER NOW, when originally posted this was very useful to many people, it no longer is, so please do not try it and post complaining that it doesn't work for you, it was posted in 2005, it is now 2008. Thank you <EDIT>

This is a softmod that basically turns your Audigy / Audigy 2 / Live! into an Audigy 4 Pro.

This means you get a whole bunch of new programs and applications, improved EAX performance and quality on Audigy 1 / 2 cards, and general audio quality gains.

I found this on TweakRUs a few days ago, and thought it was a really great mod to share. The guy that originally posted it is ][Ban_Midou][ so thanks alot Ban!

This is what he originally posted:

1) Uninstall EVERY original driver from your creative card, and DO NOT reboot.

2) Delete the next registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Creative Tech
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Creative Tech
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Cr eative TechHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Contro l\Creative TechHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Contro l\Creative Tech

Watch out the control set entry could be controlset003...

3) Delete the Creative folder from Program Files or Archivos de Programas if you have Windows XP in spanish tongue.gif

4) Reboot.

NOTE: if you just reformated you'd save all of the above, ok now to install.

Now we run the installer, the steps are easy to follow and here's the good thing: it will ask you what Model you have, select the appropiate one (it works with the NX too) and from there on it will run the first creative installer, here comes the change, as you know in the last one we omitted the "Windows Drivers" check box, in this case DO NOT omit it, because now the drivers are ready, you can decide if you want media source (if you want the complete softmod do not omit anything) and once you finish the first intallation it will ask you if you want to reboot... DO NOT reboot to continue with the rest of the softmod from the screen Voup PAX.

If you have a front panel, install creative entertainment center, so you can use your remote and panel.

This can take a while (around 20 minutes) and when you finish doing all this.... REBOOT biggrin.gif and ta-daaaaa!!!, your card is now modded to Audigy4 pro.

According to your Creative card you'll get one thing or another or all of 'em. But it seems that from the SB Live! you'll get the equalizer but you won't get the dolby CP and THX console (someone need to comfirm this). As for the Audigy 2 cards and on you'll get the new applications and a light audio gain.


This is a great trick, and I strongly recommend it to ANYONE with an Audigy / Audigy 2 or even those with a Live!.

The whole program is 302.5MB so it is a big file, but it does include the works, including all apps.

Click Here To Download the PAX Audigy 4 Pro Conversion Package from AOAFiles (302.5MB)

Tell me what you guys think!