Sinds gisteren draai ik de Win2k RC1 beta, wat bij mij automatisch een verhoogde interesse in de Aureal Vortex II WDM driver deed ontstaan. Die driver is er namelijk nog niet, waardoor ik en mijn blije Vortex II lotgenoten geen geluid krijgen onder Windows 2000. Bij 3D Soundsurge kwam ik wat info tegen over een WDM driver (en een of andere wazige equalizer registry hack):
I checked out the Ask Aureal section on Aureal's website and noticed 3 interesting answers. The first was that Vortex drivers"will be part of the RC2 release CD that is planned for 8/25" and they may also be available on MS website before that. The second is that the equalizer is always set to bypass after a reboot. This will be fixed in the 2035 drivers but if you can't wait Aureal gave the following tipIn the meantime, if you are very confident using the Windows Registry you can use regedit to workaround this issue. This is for advanced users ONLY.
In the registry, under HKEY_Local_Machine-Software-Aureal-Vortex-AU8830-Equalizer locate the EqBypass key. Change the value from 1 to 0 and reboot your machine.
The third Q&A, more than a week old, that caught my eye was the fact that Aureal's new speakers will include a headphone jack on one of the satellites. Aureal also revealed that there will be very advanced mixer controls accessible via the control panel on the speakers.
