breakout box

[joshd]

you know the breakout box on the audigy 2 zs platinum pro? is it possible to buy that as a separate part, and would it work with a regular audigy 2 zs. (non platinum)

it would be nice to have easy to access volume controls, and a remote control would be useful as well. i think it also gives some midi ports, which may be useful with my electric drums.

 

[The General]

The volume controls are for the headphone out and the mic in volume. I have one, it's only been useful for headphones and optical out so far...

 

[EricB]

yes they will work. you would plug them on the wire part on top of the card

 

[joshd]

on the pins at the top? the "AD_EXT" ones?

and you are sure this is for the breakout box, not the drive bay thing...

would i need to install platinum drivers, or would it "just work"?

lastly, any ideas where i could buy one? i have googled, and havent found anything.

 

[EricB]

on the pins at the top? the "AD_EXT" ones?

and you are sure this is for the breakout box, not the drive bay thing...

would i need to install platinum drivers, or would it "just work"?

lastly, any ideas where i could buy one? i have googled, and havent found anything.

ebay

I don't remember about the drivers. I do know that you need the cd drivers

 

[joshd]

hmm... after looking at the zs platinums, they seem to have the drive thing, however my friend had an actual box...

maybe there was a platinum "pro" edition or something? all the audigys have pretty much diappeared from the creative site. **** X-Fis. i will be sticking with my ZS at least until next gen after X-Fi.

EDIT: yea, there was one, it is here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SOUND-BLASTER...oryZ3701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it seems it connects through a special port on the back. i think i am out of luck then, as i have no room for a drive one.

 

[The General]

Thats the Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor, or the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro. They both had external things. What's wrong with the drive? The drive one uses a ribbon cable like an IDE cable but with some pines and holes missing.

And yeah, @#$% X-Fi. No Linux support = no me.

 

[joshd]

well the thing with the drive is that i dont have any free bays. i could always have it just stuck on top of the computer, on its own though. how long is the ribbon cable?

 

[EricB]

well the thing with the drive is that i dont have any free bays. i could always have it just stuck on top of the computer, on its own though. how long is the ribbon cable?

I have one laying around here

 

[joshd]

yea... i have decided it would be a bit of a waste of money/effort really. i am not sure quite how much use i would actually get out of it is the thing.