Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi - Known Issues and Solutions; MIDI, Mode Switching, and Speaker Output Issues

KnownIssues
WhenplayingMIDIfilesinCreativeMediaSourcewithX-FiSynthAorB
settingsselected,volumecannotbeadjustedthroughCreativeMediaSource.
AdjustthevolumecontrolknobinAudioCreationMode,EntertainmentMode
orGameMode,ifnecessary.
Thereisa"click"soundwhenIswitchmodes.
Thismayoccurwhenyouswitchmodesorrestorethemodesettingstotheir
factorydefault.Thesoundcomesfromtherelaysofyouruniquelydesigned
SoundBlasterX-Fiaudiocard.
Soundisheardfrommycenteranalogspeakeronly.
Thismayoccurwhenyouareplayinga2DMIDIfile.
Whenplaying2DMIDIcontentwithoutthe"pan"parameterorSoundFont-
compatibleMIDIcontentwithzeropanning,SoundBlasterX-Fimaychannel
soundthroughyouranalogcenterspeakeronly.
Speaker
Audiooutputwitholder
Creativeaudiocards
AudiooutputwithSoundBlaster
X-Fiaudiocard
2.1 Stereo Stereo
5.1 Stereo FrontLeft/FrontRight/Center
7.1 Stereo FrontLeft/FrontRight/Center
Notes
2DMIDIcontentisequivalenttothestandardMIDIformat.Usethe
3DMIDIPlayerapplicationtoconvertyour2DMIDIfiletoa3DMIDI
file.
ByconfiguringtheMIDIpanparameterofaSoundFont-compatibleMIDI
content,youcanchannelsoundthroughyourfrontleftandfrontrightspeakers
otherthanthecenterspeaker.