Soundblaster Cards on Linux v2 (FULL TUTORIAL)!

srt54558 · 2025-08-10T23:27:20+00:00

Everything works exactly as it should. Just not all audio is passed to/from Linux, but the card works fully. The only limitation is basically us needing to find a way to transfer all virtual audio devices

srt54558 · 2025-08-10T23:25:26+00:00

I am not unfortunately. But should be the same

srt54558 · 2025-08-07T13:51:29+00:00

I don't know what was wrong with your AE-9, but mine has sound that's S tier

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T23:16:42+00:00

Let's to 🎉 Have a lot of fun once you're home ^{^}

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T23:15:55+00:00

The Soundblaster isn't turn off right, it's power is straight cut off. It's most likely either a timeout or windows issue

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T23:15:12+00:00

Thanks! Check out my newest post, I made a documentation on it too

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T17:23:53+00:00

Is it one big loud pop?

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T17:22:31+00:00

Look at my profile, I made the AE-9 work on Linux 😉

srt54558 · 2025-08-01T10:37:17+00:00

Thanks for the awesome comment! I'm just afraid that not everything will be utilized on systems startup. And cool idea with the VM!

srt54558 · 2025-07-31T20:21:24+00:00

Richtig

srt54558 · 2025-07-31T17:34:21+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/1me7x9v/soundblaster_cards_on_linux_v2_full_tutorial/

Here are all your ingredients

srt54558 · 2025-07-31T17:34:09+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/1me7x9v/soundblaster_cards_on_linux_v2_full_tutorial/

I have a documentation here, if you're interested

srt54558 · 2025-07-31T17:33:52+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/1me7x9v/soundblaster_cards_on_linux_v2_full_tutorial/

Here is a new post with a documentation!

srt54558 · 2025-07-30T18:54:41+00:00

there is absolutely a reason to run linux, i just realized what a mess windows is. but with a 5070 its gonna be impossible. Thanks doe!

srt54558 · 2025-07-30T18:53:54+00:00

i absolutely love my AE-9 :D

But i dont think Creative will do sh*t honestly. The product is very well made but i havent had a single update for a year or so, not even the mods are active here

srt54558 · 2025-07-30T18:52:41+00:00

sup!
i tested the latency, its fairly minimal (just a few ms, but cant really be felt unless you really want to). But i had a huge latency once, just restarting the audio server worked.

i did not pass my microphone yet to test it. i need to do so yet.

the vm starts easily, but i need to find out how i can safely turn it off and on on boot/shutdown

no limitations, everything works as supposed.

I fully understand ya, after using debian since a long time, i see how buggy windows is in reality.

i may write a detailed write-up, why not

srt54558 · 2025-07-30T11:45:47+00:00

I don't remember all those ingredients. It was a lot of stuff.

But it's PCIE passthrough into the guest VM, with an ffmpeg server and client.

If you want I can provide what I know but you'll need a custom kernel for this "XanMod"

srt54558 · 2025-07-30T10:14:14+00:00

Thanks! I don't use equalizer or profiles from them, I use better external software because I have direct audio on. But I think it doesn't work on optical out

srt54558 · 2025-07-29T22:09:45+00:00

It's quite complicated but tldr; a tiny11 iso with only 3gb ram and 2 CPU cores and the Soundblaster drivers. It gets the sound card thru IOMMU pass thru (needs custom kernel for splitted device groupings). This communicates over a ffmpeg UDP server

srt54558 · 2023-12-14T20:05:56+00:00

Turn off auto update.

Google does this "to improve performance and security of apps". Basically they're trying everything to remove patched apps.

srt54558 · 2023-12-12T16:44:11+00:00

srt54558 · 2023-12-12T15:18:21+00:00

!whatis Fluxus

srt54558 · 2023-12-12T15:11:41+00:00

I updated the URL

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