Editing Environmental Audio Extensions (section)

==EAX emulation==

When Windows Vista discontinued DirectSound3D, Creative made a software package called [[OpenAL]] which allows many Windows EAX-carrying games to play software and hardware (soundcard driven) mode EAX with varying success. OpenAL builds on the EAX extensions with EFX extensions. OpenAL still installs and functions on Windows 10, although is no longer actively maintained and released. An open source version called OpenAL Soft is available which is actively maintained, although it has less support for all versions of EAX.

Realtek released the "Realtek 3D Soundback Beta 0.1" software package to allow Realtek cards to play EAX and DirectSound3D on Windows Vista and newer operating systems. It may work with your Realtek soundcard in Windows 10. It requires Windows Vista compatibility mode to install.

[[nForce]] soundcards feature native support for EAX. The games that use EAX with nForce may need files changed to run properly.

Rapture3D supports EAX, it is a commercial wrapper for OpenAL used in games such as [[Dirt 3]].

[[Wine (software)|Wine]] implements software emulation of a subset of EAX.<ref>[http://wine-staging.com/news/2015-04-05-release-1.7.40.html Wine Staging - Release 1.7.40]</ref>

In addition to physical soundcard devices, Creative released EAX emulation software (Creative ALchemy) for a range of computers and motherboards that had Creative-made onboard audio. Creative ALchemy will not function unless it detects a Creative Labs device.

===Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB===
* The Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB includes Creative Audio Center, Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer, Creative WaveStudio 7, Creative ALchemy; 
Also known as ''Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB'', it is similar to Audigy 2 SE, but the software supports EAX 3.0, which supports 64-channel software wavetable ([[sample-based synthesis]]) with DirectSound acceleration, but without hardware accelerated '[[Table-lookup synthesis|wavetable]]' sample-based synthesis. DAC is rated 95&nbsp;dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio.

It is available as an integrated option for [[Dell]] [[Dell Inspiron|Inspiron]], [[Dell Studio|Studio]] and [[Dell XPS|XPS]] notebooks.

Later versions of the driver support EAX 5.0.

===Sound Blaster X-Fi MB===
* The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB includes Entertainment Console, Creative Karaoke Player, Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer, Creative WaveStudio 7, Creative Audio Console, Creative ALchemy.

It features:

* EAX 5.0 and OpenAL support
* Crystallizer
* CMSS-3D
* SVM
* Graphic Equalizer
* Creative ALchemy (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only, is used for providing EAX in Vista)
* Console Launcher (Entertainment Mode)
* Audio Console
* Karaoke Player
* Creative WaveStudio
* Creative MediaSource

Unlike its predecessor, [[Audigy#Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition|Audigy Advanced MB]], X-Fi MB does not include a software-based SoundFont synthesizer. Another difference is that it has the option to run in 30-day trial mode.