thank you for the video i have now subscribed, I bought the Sound blaster X4 today and was feeling disappointed as it did not sound as good as the SteelSeries Artics Nova pro that i have been using but after watching this video and seeing how to set it up properly and tweaking the EQ to my liking for COD i am blown away with how good this SB X4 is
Hi, do you use your ae9 sound card optical out into the x4 dac? What cable connection do you use from you pc or is it your onboard sound from motherboard. I would of thought the sound be clearer via optical from you ae9 card. Thanks
Great video! Thanks! Mark, one question mate ... I have the Hyperx Cloud II .... Is it worth to replace the USB dongle that came with it by that X4 dac?
Thank you for the video! Extremely informative. I have the G6, but you are making me want the x4. It's weird how Creative made a cheaper device superior. Do you think it's possible to achieve similar results with the G6? Also, I mainly play Crytek's Hunt: Showdown. If you have it, the community (and me!) would LOVE seeing you do a video like this for Hunt.
Using a g6 also EQ off, SBX on - Sorround on but on 0 - crystalizer on and 100 --- rest set to zero and off -- decoder on "night" or off -- so no soround effect -- hardware gain on low on the soundcard --using a HD660S and testing with Planar headsets right now.
I wouldn't high pass any higher than 60hz because there is info down there that's useful. I'd roll off a lot of the low end starting at 200hz, making a few db dip at 200-500hz is usually a good idea that works well because that's where the mud is, a lot of sounds occupy that same frequency and it's usually where the lack of clarity comes from. Any boosts or cuts are very dependent on your specific headphones because they all have a different frequency response. The best thing to do is hop into the range and stand beside a dummy while it's moving and go into your settings and turn off "audio focus" so the game plays audio when tabbed out of the game and EQ yourself. You can look at others EQ settings to see what frequencies they're boosting and cutting to get an idea where the foot step audio is located in the audio spectrum. But boost and cut for your own personal set up.
i have a g6, would you recommend these same settings? i play mainly FPs game like COD. i put 7.1 with cod sbx profile for the acoustic engine, with you same sound layout. going to test it out now. but if you have anything better, that would be great to know. barely any videos regarding the g6 for settings. great video btw. thanks bud!
Got the G6 myself. I have researched and trying out many many configurations. I just tested these settings, and for my IEM'S this is way to loud😅I have watched a lot of video's and read many reddit post about recommended settings, and programs ect. for optimal competitive fps settings, both with g6 and without. I prefer some level of surround effect/ soundstage that opens up, veil still being able to pick up the more subtle and important sounds like enemy footsteps! I'm currently testing out my own tweaked version. Windows set to 5.1. Soundblaster set to headphones 5.1. SBX on, using the preset Apex Legends, and a custom EQ to dampen the bass, since my IEM'S has quite a beefy bass, imo.
I believe enabling surround on acoustic engine really helps with vertical audio because it amplifies the reverbs. For example, if someone opens a door in downstairs in apex legends, it is easier to understand when surround is enabled (to like %50). The stereo is very bad on this game because their audio engine is not good at all. So, when you use stereo their 20 years old engine makes the job to convert directional audio to speakers. With virtual 7.1 output at least the margin of error of the engine is reduced to acceptable level.
Yup with all the products by Creative I usually only use their EQ and Acoustic Engine settings. I don’t use that SXFI thing because they made it a whole separate thing lol.
I am a longtime fan of SBX effects, especially on the SoundBlaster Z PCIe card. That card has, still to this day, the most impressive SBX Surround & Crystalizer effects by far: Virtual Surround (5.1 -> Headphone) sounds absolutely awesome. Crystallizer enhances subtile features in games giving you "audio wallhack" and simultaneously does not compromise the overall sound experience on headphonse (especially the midtones and bass). You can still listen to music with theses effects and they sound awesome! (Beyerdynamik DT990 Pro headphones here) Since I moved to 95% Linux as a daily driver, having decent sound quality was important for me. Especially in gaming. While the SBZ card has a pretty decent reverse-engineered driver, I saw drawbacks in quality of the virtual surround via SBX Surround. So I gave USB DACs a changce, since they basically can and will work "driverless" and store their config, once it has been set on the device. Boy, what was I disappointed. - SoundBlaster X4: - This card fully exposes itself as (up to) 7.1 channel device, no matter what OS (Windows, Linux, Mac) and should behave similarily on consoles too! - But the card has crappy SBX effects. The quality is not even close to the SBZ card (on Windows): The mids and bass sound dull. Possibly because the SBX effects are generated via so called APOs: Audio Processing Objects, that run on the OS in software and not on the card in hardware. So the X4 has no chance to use the SBX effects on Linux or consoles, which was my intention in the first place. - Super XFI also is a joke compared to SBX Surround - Especially compared to SBX Surround on the SBZ card! Like day and night! - Furthermore, the X4 seems to have trouble driving my 250 Ohms DT990 Pro Headphones even in High Impedance and Direct Audio mode, enabled via the driver. - SoundBlasterX G6 - This card can properly drive my DT990 Pro Headphones. Direct audio sounds great now! - Further more, SBX seems to be (finally!) processed on the hardware and with (almost!) the quality as of my SBZ PCIe card. Some midtones and a bit of bass is off. That is almost acceptable and can be cpossibly compensated for via an Equalizer. - However, on Linux (and I guess, also on Mac and all consoles), the card only appears as a stereo device (D'oh). Virtual surround therefore does not work now, even though SBX finally works platform independent :( - But to the rescue: You can feed in a DTS/AC3 5.1 signal (maybe also 7.1?) via SPDIF (optical TOS-Link). Now that card will do proper 5.1 -> Headphone virtual surround with added SBX effects on top: EXACTLY what I wanted.1 --> Right now, my setup look like this: SB X4 (5.1) --(SPDIF)--> SBX G6(SBX Effects) --> Headphones: This now is truely platform independent and works with 5.1 Virtual Surround + SBX Effects... But quite an expensive hardware setup (250-300 €). However (getting back to the topic of this video): Assuming, you are just using Windows and the SBX Crystallizer: That thing exists on your (old) G6 card as well as on your X4. I don't see, why you praise this especially on the X4.
Thanks for the feedback, I ordered this sound card today, I hope you enjoy everything. I have HyperX Cloud Core headphones, I won't change them yet. In the future I plan to use HyperX Cloud Alpha S.
@@TheWhaleENG And that everything is really bad? I came, installed, everything works, the sound suits. I don't really listen to music, I watch movies and play games. Just in the video you praise her, did something happen? Just x4, more convenient in terms of management and looks and location in the workplace.
Great video! I purchased GC7 model and wanted hear from an APEX LEGENDS player on how the software setting makes difference on footstep sound. I found “wall-hack sound” is well phrased😂
I got a new X4 but I can’t set the headphones to any virtual surround setting. It just reverts back to stereo when I try to pick a virtual surround option. At 14:33 you show setting virtual surround but it doesn’t work for me. I only ever see two speakers instead of the surround speakers shown on your screen. I’ve contacted Creative tech support but of course it will take days to hear anything back. And I get no response at all from their live chat support. 🤷🏼♂️
Well… I went into the device manager and looked at some settings, but I didn’t change anything at all… And now it works. So the good news is, it works. But the bad news is, I don’t know why it’s working now. Here’s hoping that it keeps working. Great video!
Great video as always! My favorite thing being a Germam "listener" : Who says "Handy" & Who says "Cell Phone". I don't know why this is so interesting to me but I say Handy unless someone I am with says cell phone. Language is such a cool thing.
thx mate... but needs a rework or addition made some mistakes im not happy about tbh... im always rewatchin videos after 1 week and 1 month again to lern more about what im doing there and what was good/bad and compare to how i impoved already. I need to say Cell Phone right? Or is there a cool Slang in UK or US for it?
32bit / 320kHz i got right now on super expensive ITX AM5 board... and in past I got much better cards 24bit/192kHz. That is tricky thing but as You say, most important is real time experience. I thinked a while about X5 as it got better DAC for pure audio.. but also like sometimes play movies... X4 get better price on official creative website, much cheaper then shops, amazon etc.. so I will give a try because will not lost money. And as You say there is wide range of devices where could use it. Hope it will be also good for audio not only gaming fancy device. I am moving soon on MAC so will say goodbyt to my Xonad D2X soon. Thank You for review!
For playing in series x and ps5 what amp u think is better? G5 G6 GC7 or astro mixamp pro? I'm trying to get voice chat along with louder sound from my shp 9500 headset. Please let me know. I know I might need a audio extractor and a y splitter so please let me know.
Thank you for uploading many good videos related to music. Please inquire about using it for listening to TH-cam and 2.1 channel music I want to add an active woofer. When using 2.1 channel by changing 2.1 channel surround in creative app I would like to ask if there is any loss of resolution in the sound quality of the front speaker sound.
I don't understand the whole dolby digital live/optical cable relationship. I try to use the SPDIF input, but if I turn on dolby digital live I can't hear anything. Idt my optical cable is plugged in correctly or something. The one that came with the X4 has 1 side optical and the other side is like a 3.5mm. I put it in the line in and line out, no difference. I unplug the cable all together and sound doesn't even stop playing while I have the SPDIF input enabled. If any1 can help I'd love you forever. Cuz this is quite annoying.
Danke! The 660 is a little out of my budget, but I just ordered the 560 and SoundBlaster X4 to give it a try. Will update you guys, but I have a feeling it's gonna work phenomenally
@@TheWhaleENG Awesome! and thank you, yes I ordered the 560s. Was just a little careless/excited in my comment aha. I will stay tuned for the updated settings. Thanks whale!
use the DIRECT mode pls! set highest bitrade and khz possible on gc7! and be carefull i use the wrong output in windows. The reason is the "speakers" output as main set will make ur sound insane loud and it will clip a lot in any game.
I do not game. I bought the sxfi x4. I was trying to use it through a sony virtual 7.1 dbx headphone app - the older one. I could not get my pc to recognize the x4. It had been working now it stopped. A realized my usb 3.0a port had some sort of stupid issue with it. So once I switched the port, oh now my system could see the x4. I outputted a toslink cable to the sony and had to select 'spdif out sound blaster x4' and everything was working. I do not know why outputting your sound on your pc, is so blasted confusing, and you loose your drivers, can't see your devices, have to reboot, try to find the drivers, again and again and again. It all should be so easy - plug and play. I run all sorts of 'fix your pc' so my system should be in good shape. My laptop is not that ancient and I sort of know what I'm doing on a pc. ha ha ha ........not like I'm a newbe......Oh the sound is nice and clear, even using old old headphones...........like 1960's headphones, but it sounds nice to my old ears....... Thank you for posting this video, it was nice and helpful.
Been trying Dolby on Moondrop Kato though, and I do feel that there is a noticeable improvement compared to no virtualization at all. Also have the Sennheiser PC38X, HD58X, Fidelio X2HR, M40X, final VR3000 and by far the moondrop Kato soundstage and imaging feels on another level in comparison to those. Although I have a custom set -6db on 32hz, -3db on 64hz, 5db on 125hz, -1.5 on 250hz and so on that also helps.
there is no information anywhere about which DAC is used in X4(thd+n 0.001%) For example, it is known that X3 has DAC from asahi kasey akm4458 (thd+n 0.00004%). What is the DAC of x4????
thy say its still the same.. also in th gc7 they say its the same... noise flore and other stuff are no only influented bei the dac... also amp part and everything around the dac on the pcb... g6 has the loweest coz of the discret amp stack inside.
@@TheWhaleENG it's not the same... the akm4458 which found in the X3 is top notch "velvet" dac capable of 32bit/192khz resolution, while the X4 is 24/192. Also X3 uses sound Blaster connect.
I just watched a review where they opened up and it's a 9 dollar cirrus logic. I'm not saying that's a bad thing... video was deleted as I was watching it.
@@grahampearce2405 G6 has issues decoding dolby digital, I own a GC7 which is more or less the X4 and the issue is gone, SXFI is good, but creative has done the stupid decision of not outputting the sound through optic out, if I was using this DAC for PC I would had no issues with SXFI
Tell me, please, I had a sound blaster x3, there was a sound delay in general with all applications and games, about 100 milliseconds (they have a driver running 2048 samples, the buffer size is unchanged), I made a return, but this x4 has some delay sound?
Can you do a video on how connect and setup the GC7 currently I have artic pro wireless for my PC and A50 for my ps5 and my wife gave me as a present the soundblaster gc7 no idea on how to connect and setup everything
Stereo will always be more accurate to source for imaging than virtual surround sound (added from a DAC or software) on the same source, as virtual surround sound will always add some level of processing and input lag to the source. You can also access most virtual surround sound through programs alone you dont need to buy a DAC that has it baked in like the soundblaster. No virtualization can fix or change how good or bad the actual imaging is as this is just based on how well the sound is programmed into the game (a DAC isnt going to fix the way the game sends you audio). Youd be better off with a good DAC in the same price point from a non PC gaming company (smsl, shiit, etc) and then using something like Dolby atmos on top if you really like the virtual surround sound feel.
thx for ur comment ;) its shows that u only reapet stuff u here somewhere else and never tryed a 7.1 like this. But pls stick with ur 2 piece amp and dac combo and have fon. Coz this video was about having a good sound to target other player in game.
@@Lemonpinesol Do you even know what he did ? .. Do you know what's going on behind the scenes when you set interface as "7.1" but then setting accoustic engine aka surround to "Zero" . Even Sound Blaster team never publicly explained the difference between this and interface as "stereo" .But you can find some explanations on reddit if you are that good. The only thing @TheWhale ENG forgot was to mention Creatives smart compressor "smart volume" which can boosts only low sounds. There is also another technology called Scout-mode which i never liked bcs of its latency. You talked about companies like smsl, shiit etc... Which of these gives you DDL,7.1,audio balance etc etc on PC.. Smart audio people knows that last 10 years on PC its all about audio features and not about brainwashed high res audio dacs.
@@funnypepe all software encoded 7.1 can be done on your PC, you dont need to do it at a hardware level. SMSL and shiit both have anywhere from entry level to enthusiast level equipment(and they were just examples, can use whatever company you like).
@@Lemonpinesol Hardware level ? lol do you even know what X4 does via hardware and what via software .. you think all SB products are same? lol .. you better stop replaying with this nonsense bullshit.
thank you for the video i have now subscribed, I bought the Sound blaster X4 today and was feeling disappointed as it did not sound as good as the SteelSeries Artics Nova pro that i have been using but after watching this video and seeing how to set it up properly and tweaking the EQ to my liking for COD i am blown away with how good this SB X4 is
I love this guy. So sincere with passion to gaming
My x4 always change back from 5.1 to stereo 2.1 chanel. CAN you help me pls , why chnagibg back after i restart the pc ?
Hi, do you use your ae9 sound card optical out into the x4 dac? What cable connection do you use from you pc or is it your onboard sound from motherboard. I would of thought the sound be clearer via optical from you ae9 card. Thanks
Great video! Thanks!
Mark, one question mate ... I have the Hyperx Cloud II .... Is it worth to replace the USB dongle that came with it by that X4 dac?
Thank you for the video! Extremely informative. I have the G6, but you are making me want the x4. It's weird how Creative made a cheaper device superior. Do you think it's possible to achieve similar results with the G6?
Also, I mainly play Crytek's Hunt: Showdown. If you have it, the community (and me!) would LOVE seeing you do a video like this for Hunt.
Using a g6 also
EQ off, SBX on - Sorround on but on 0 - crystalizer on and 100 --- rest set to zero and off -- decoder on "night" or off -- so no soround effect -- hardware gain on low on the soundcard --using a HD660S and testing with Planar headsets right now.
I wouldn't high pass any higher than 60hz because there is info down there that's useful. I'd roll off a lot of the low end starting at 200hz, making a few db dip at 200-500hz is usually a good idea that works well because that's where the mud is, a lot of sounds occupy that same frequency and it's usually where the lack of clarity comes from. Any boosts or cuts are very dependent on your specific headphones because they all have a different frequency response. The best thing to do is hop into the range and stand beside a dummy while it's moving and go into your settings and turn off "audio focus" so the game plays audio when tabbed out of the game and EQ yourself. You can look at others EQ settings to see what frequencies they're boosting and cutting to get an idea where the foot step audio is located in the audio spectrum. But boost and cut for your own personal set up.
I think you liked x4 more in the video in terms of audio detail but it comments u recommend G6.
I am really confused 🤷♂️
Great vid. Do you have the same "wall hack" tips for Warzone ? Thx !
i have a g6, would you recommend these same settings? i play mainly FPs game like COD. i put 7.1 with cod sbx profile for the acoustic engine, with you same sound layout. going to test it out now. but if you have anything better, that would be great to know. barely any videos regarding the g6 for settings. great video btw. thanks bud!
Got the G6 myself. I have researched and trying out many many configurations. I just tested these settings, and for my IEM'S this is way to loud😅I have watched a lot of video's and read many reddit post about recommended settings, and programs ect. for optimal competitive fps settings, both with g6 and without.
I prefer some level of surround effect/ soundstage that opens up, veil still being able to pick up the more subtle and important sounds like enemy footsteps!
I'm currently testing out my own tweaked version. Windows set to 5.1. Soundblaster set to headphones 5.1. SBX on, using the preset Apex Legends, and a custom EQ to dampen the bass, since my IEM'S has quite a beefy bass, imo.
I believe enabling surround on acoustic engine really helps with vertical audio because it amplifies the reverbs. For example, if someone opens a door in downstairs in apex legends, it is easier to understand when surround is enabled (to like %50).
The stereo is very bad on this game because their audio engine is not good at all. So, when you use stereo their 20 years old engine makes the job to convert directional audio to speakers. With virtual 7.1 output at least the margin of error of the engine is reduced to acceptable level.
Yup with all the products by Creative I usually only use their EQ and Acoustic Engine settings. I don’t use that SXFI thing because they made it a whole separate thing lol.
I am a longtime fan of SBX effects, especially on the SoundBlaster Z PCIe card. That card has, still to this day, the most impressive SBX Surround & Crystalizer effects by far: Virtual Surround (5.1 -> Headphone) sounds absolutely awesome. Crystallizer enhances subtile features in games giving you "audio wallhack" and simultaneously does not compromise the overall sound experience on headphonse (especially the midtones and bass). You can still listen to music with theses effects and they sound awesome! (Beyerdynamik DT990 Pro headphones here)
Since I moved to 95% Linux as a daily driver, having decent sound quality was important for me. Especially in gaming.
While the SBZ card has a pretty decent reverse-engineered driver, I saw drawbacks in quality of the virtual surround via SBX Surround. So I gave USB DACs a changce, since they basically can and will work "driverless" and store their config, once it has been set on the device. Boy, what was I disappointed.
- SoundBlaster X4:
- This card fully exposes itself as (up to) 7.1 channel device, no matter what OS (Windows, Linux, Mac) and should behave similarily on consoles too!
- But the card has crappy SBX effects. The quality is not even close to the SBZ card (on Windows): The mids and bass sound dull. Possibly because the SBX effects are generated via so called APOs: Audio Processing Objects, that run on the OS in software and not on the card in hardware. So the X4 has no chance to use the SBX effects on Linux or consoles, which was my intention in the first place.
- Super XFI also is a joke compared to SBX Surround - Especially compared to SBX Surround on the SBZ card! Like day and night!
- Furthermore, the X4 seems to have trouble driving my 250 Ohms DT990 Pro Headphones even in High Impedance and Direct Audio mode, enabled via the driver.
- SoundBlasterX G6
- This card can properly drive my DT990 Pro Headphones. Direct audio sounds great now!
- Further more, SBX seems to be (finally!) processed on the hardware and with (almost!) the quality as of my SBZ PCIe card. Some midtones and a bit of bass is off. That is almost acceptable and can be cpossibly compensated for via an Equalizer.
- However, on Linux (and I guess, also on Mac and all consoles), the card only appears as a stereo device (D'oh). Virtual surround therefore does not work now, even though SBX finally works platform independent :(
- But to the rescue: You can feed in a DTS/AC3 5.1 signal (maybe also 7.1?) via SPDIF (optical TOS-Link). Now that card will do proper 5.1 -> Headphone virtual surround with added SBX effects on top: EXACTLY what I wanted.1
--> Right now, my setup look like this: SB X4 (5.1) --(SPDIF)--> SBX G6(SBX Effects) --> Headphones: This now is truely platform independent and works with 5.1 Virtual Surround + SBX Effects... But quite an expensive hardware setup (250-300 €).
However (getting back to the topic of this video): Assuming, you are just using Windows and the SBX Crystallizer: That thing exists on your (old) G6 card as well as on your X4. I don't see, why you praise this especially on the X4.
Thanks for the feedback, I ordered this sound card today, I hope you enjoy everything. I have HyperX Cloud Core headphones, I won't change them yet. In the future I plan to use HyperX Cloud Alpha S.
send it back pls buy a g6
@@TheWhaleENG And that everything is really bad? I came, installed, everything works, the sound suits. I don't really listen to music, I watch movies and play games. Just in the video you praise her, did something happen? Just x4, more convenient in terms of management and looks and location in the workplace.
@@TheWhaleENG why G6? Tnx
Great video! I purchased GC7 model and wanted hear from an APEX LEGENDS player on how the software setting makes difference on footstep sound.
I found “wall-hack sound” is well phrased😂
Just bought this thing, how should I set it up? Should I plug this in via usb or the SPDIF ? Should I use dolby live or 7.1 virtual?
Underrated guy!Thank you for making this video. Very passionate
I got a new X4 but I can’t set the headphones to any virtual surround setting.
It just reverts back to stereo when I try to pick a virtual surround option.
At 14:33 you show setting virtual surround but it doesn’t work for me. I only ever see two speakers instead of the surround speakers shown on your screen.
I’ve contacted Creative tech support but of course it will take days to hear anything back. And I get no response at all from their live chat support.
🤷🏼♂️
Well… I went into the device manager and looked at some settings, but I didn’t change anything at all…
And now it works.
So the good news is, it works.
But the bad news is, I don’t know why it’s working now.
Here’s hoping that it keeps working.
Great video!
fantastic video Mark I just got the ifi zen dac v2 and the sound is amazing coming from the motu m2.
Hi, wanted to ask you if the hd599 are good with the SoundBlaster x4 amplifier or the 560s.
Great video as always!
My favorite thing being a Germam "listener" : Who says "Handy" & Who says "Cell Phone". I don't know why this is so interesting to me but I say Handy unless someone I am with says cell phone. Language is such a cool thing.
thx mate... but needs a rework or addition made some mistakes im not happy about tbh... im always rewatchin videos after 1 week and 1 month again to lern more about what im doing there and what was good/bad and compare to how i impoved already. I need to say Cell Phone right? Or is there a cool Slang in UK or US for it?
32bit / 320kHz i got right now on super expensive ITX AM5 board... and in past I got much better cards 24bit/192kHz. That is tricky thing but as You say, most important is real time experience. I thinked a while about X5 as it got better DAC for pure audio.. but also like sometimes play movies... X4 get better price on official creative website, much cheaper then shops, amazon etc.. so I will give a try because will not lost money. And as You say there is wide range of devices where could use it. Hope it will be also good for audio not only gaming fancy device. I am moving soon on MAC so will say goodbyt to my Xonad D2X soon. Thank You for review!
What is the difference between the Headphones and Speakers tabs at the top? Are these tied to the audio drivers?
For playing in series x and ps5 what amp u think is better? G5 G6 GC7 or astro mixamp pro? I'm trying to get voice chat along with louder sound from my shp 9500 headset. Please let me know. I know I might need a audio extractor and a y splitter so please let me know.
g6 and gc7
@@TheWhaleENG can I use voice chat with the gc7 and g6 on series x and ps5?
Thank you for uploading many good videos related to music.
Please inquire about using it for listening to TH-cam and 2.1 channel music
I want to add an active woofer.
When using 2.1 channel by changing 2.1 channel surround in creative app
I would like to ask if there is any loss of resolution in the sound quality of the front speaker sound.
I don't understand the whole dolby digital live/optical cable relationship. I try to use the SPDIF input, but if I turn on dolby digital live I can't hear anything. Idt my optical cable is plugged in correctly or something. The one that came with the X4 has 1 side optical and the other side is like a 3.5mm. I put it in the line in and line out, no difference. I unplug the cable all together and sound doesn't even stop playing while I have the SPDIF input enabled. If any1 can help I'd love you forever. Cuz this is quite annoying.
Danke! The 660 is a little out of my budget, but I just ordered the 560 and SoundBlaster X4 to give it a try. Will update you guys, but I have a feeling it's gonna work phenomenally
560S bro :) the updated 560 i mentioned them :) I will update the settings soon for the x4 something like next week.
@@TheWhaleENG Awesome! and thank you, yes I ordered the 560s. Was just a little careless/excited in my comment aha. I will stay tuned for the updated settings. Thanks whale!
@@TheWhaleENG Can you do a quick tutorial on how to fix the auto exec files? My autoexec files under cfg is completely empty. not sure what to do :/
Sorry, am I just copying and pasting it into the autoexec file?
Please, tell me, is it possible to adjust each frequency in the equalizer on X4 individually, or only with a common sine wave?
yeah i need that feature too
I have already bought the SB X4, and I will say: here you can adjust the frequencies separately.
@@SaniaQoQ HI, you mean HPF and parametric EQ for every channel ?
@@marcovarutti3240 Yes, and you can change each frequency individually, 31, 62, 125, 250, 500 hertz... and so on. +/- 9 decibels.
Hi, loved your video. I have just purchased a SB GC7 + 560s. Would like to know what SXFI profile are you using. Thank you very much
he said in the video he doesnt use it..
use the DIRECT mode pls!
set highest bitrade and khz possible on gc7! and be carefull i use the wrong output in windows. The reason is the "speakers" output as main set will make ur sound insane loud and it will clip a lot in any game.
try to never use any software for sound changing or effects
what camera do you use?
Thanks for the video. I'm about to test out that autoexec. :D
I do not game. I bought the sxfi x4. I was trying to use it through a sony virtual 7.1 dbx headphone app - the older one. I could not get my pc to recognize the x4. It had been working now it stopped. A realized my usb 3.0a port had some sort of stupid issue with it. So once I switched the port, oh now my system could see the x4. I outputted a toslink cable to the sony and had to select 'spdif out sound blaster x4' and everything was working. I do not know why outputting your sound on your pc, is so blasted confusing, and you loose your drivers, can't see your devices, have to reboot, try to find the drivers, again and again and again. It all should be so easy - plug and play. I run all sorts of 'fix your pc' so my system should be in good shape. My laptop is not that ancient and I sort of know what I'm doing on a pc. ha ha ha ........not like I'm a newbe......Oh the sound is nice and clear, even using old old headphones...........like 1960's headphones, but it sounds nice to my old ears.......
Thank you for posting this video, it was nice and helpful.
Do you still recommend G6 over X4 for FPS gamings (csgo/cod)??
I have the HD560s.
Thanks!
g6 is better for 100ohm plus for sure... x4 has more details but can lead to a over saturation on sounds... for comp i recommand g6
@@TheWhaleENG hi bro great video i have sound blaster gc7 but i can't get it to work well for my ears i play warzone from pc would you help me?
hello friend poacerr
Been trying Dolby on Moondrop Kato though, and I do feel that there is a noticeable improvement compared to no virtualization at all. Also have the Sennheiser PC38X, HD58X, Fidelio X2HR, M40X, final VR3000 and by far the moondrop Kato soundstage and imaging feels on another level in comparison to those. Although I have a custom set -6db on 32hz, -3db on 64hz, 5db on 125hz, -1.5 on 250hz and so on that also helps.
there is no information anywhere about which DAC is used in X4(thd+n 0.001%) For example, it is known that X3 has DAC from asahi kasey akm4458 (thd+n 0.00004%). What is the DAC of x4????
thy say its still the same.. also in th gc7 they say its the same... noise flore and other stuff are no only influented bei the dac... also amp part and everything around the dac on the pcb... g6 has the loweest coz of the discret amp stack inside.
@@TheWhaleENG it's not the same... the akm4458 which found in the X3 is top notch "velvet" dac capable of 32bit/192khz resolution, while the X4 is 24/192.
Also X3 uses sound Blaster connect.
I just watched a review where they opened up and it's a 9 dollar cirrus logic. I'm not saying that's a bad thing... video was deleted as I was watching it.
Cirrus Logic CS4382A-CQZ DAC
I'm thinking to buy a card for games. I don't know if the G6 or this X4. Can you advice me please.
@@grahampearce2405 G6 has issues decoding dolby digital, I own a GC7 which is more or less the X4 and the issue is gone, SXFI is good, but creative has done the stupid decision of not outputting the sound through optic out, if I was using this DAC for PC I would had no issues with SXFI
Hello. Do you think that the headphone Beyerdynamic Custom game (16 ohms) will be good with this sound blaster X4 ? thx
will work yes... but right now im back on me x g6 and I tested the GC7 too and would say x4 is nice but g6 will stay king
@@TheWhaleENG Nice. Thank u. Cheers ✌️
does the dolby codec work with the OG Ps4 that has optical?
Good Job with the details!
Tell me, please, I had a sound blaster x3, there was a sound delay in general with all applications and games, about 100 milliseconds (they have a driver running 2048 samples, the buffer size is unchanged), I made a return, but this x4 has some delay sound?
buy a g6 bro
@@TheWhaleENG which one is better for gaming & music? G6 or X4?
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X4 or GC7 for AMD R7 2700x cpu Windows 10 PC?
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I have a q800a samsung 5.1 wireless soundbar which has an optical in port will the creative x4 allow me 5.1 surround sound with my pc?
spdif out is a feature i did not check tbh. So i cant clrearly say y or no :( sorry....
@@TheWhaleENG it does work but only with dolby digital live :)
Does this sound card support 28ohm headphones?
This video save my life in Apex Legends
Great review. Wish you did it for the surround sound speaker set-up.
Great video thanks Whale
i have thebeyerdynamic dt 880 with my x4 sound quialty is unreal
Can you do a video on how connect and setup the GC7 currently I have artic pro wireless for my PC and A50 for my ps5 and my wife gave me as a present the soundblaster gc7 no idea on how to connect and setup everything
pew kinda hart... coz i never done a setup like this
Dose it have echo and reverb mic effects
Deserves more views. Thank you.
the SXFI app is a pain in the ass to download as it will redirect you on the microsoft store which is a pure crap and takes ages to download ...
I mean: i should set 80hz or 300hz on the bass?
low bass
depends on where u get the "bass" disortion on your headphones and how much u wann "cut out" by this feature
Per game creative g6? Pareri?
Thank you for making this video
I have never heard someone praise a dac amp combo for making headphones sound like "your sitting on a big toilet"
if your settings soun dlike this Xd maybe u do somthing wrong ;)
Stereo will always be more accurate to source for imaging than virtual surround sound (added from a DAC or software) on the same source, as virtual surround sound will always add some level of processing and input lag to the source. You can also access most virtual surround sound through programs alone you dont need to buy a DAC that has it baked in like the soundblaster. No virtualization can fix or change how good or bad the actual imaging is as this is just based on how well the sound is programmed into the game (a DAC isnt going to fix the way the game sends you audio). Youd be better off with a good DAC in the same price point from a non PC gaming company (smsl, shiit, etc) and then using something like Dolby atmos on top if you really like the virtual surround sound feel.
thx for ur comment ;) its shows that u only reapet stuff u here somewhere else and never tryed a 7.1 like this. But pls stick with ur 2 piece amp and dac combo and have fon. Coz this video was about having a good sound to target other player in game.
@@TheWhaleENG No offence intended. I feel like i explained myself pretty clearly, im not sure why you would assume i have no experience.
@@Lemonpinesol Do you even know what he did ? .. Do you know what's going on behind the scenes when you set interface as "7.1" but then setting accoustic engine aka surround to "Zero" . Even Sound Blaster team never publicly explained the difference between this and interface as "stereo" .But you can find some explanations on reddit if you are that good. The only thing @TheWhale ENG forgot was to mention Creatives smart compressor "smart volume" which can boosts only low sounds. There is also another technology called Scout-mode which i never liked bcs of its latency. You talked about companies like smsl, shiit etc... Which of these gives you DDL,7.1,audio balance etc etc on PC.. Smart audio people knows that last 10 years on PC its all about audio features and not about brainwashed high res audio dacs.
@@funnypepe all software encoded 7.1 can be done on your PC, you dont need to do it at a hardware level. SMSL and shiit both have anywhere from entry level to enthusiast level equipment(and they were just examples, can use whatever company you like).
@@Lemonpinesol Hardware level ? lol do you even know what X4 does via hardware and what via software .. you think all SB products are same? lol .. you better stop replaying with this nonsense bullshit.
Stereo is best sound for FPS games
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Awesome Review!!! Thx!
i dont recommend this for tac shooters / cs2
Great guide thanks
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at the end u get owned by windows built in sound loudness equalization. thats all that there is to online competitive shooters
only issue with loudness equalization is the bass is high, so u have to eq tweak it
Whats is the packed weight of the product ?
who gives a fuck about that :D
if no idea XD
can ı use gsp 500
TGLTN always using "in ear" n hes the best PUBG player in the world...🤪
Yes but his in ear cost your monthly pay check 🤷😁😁
@@Karelkyo so i'm using "simgot em6l", best of entry lv
@@Karelkyo with a ifi zen2
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Nice review but I'd rather spend a extra $50 and get the JDS Labs El Amp instead of this obvious plastic copy.
mic?
no like for not showing the locations of the settings file