W11 upgrade and my XSONAR drivers?

[Moondog55]

My ASUS sound card now doesn't seem to have any of the stuff it had before the W11 "upgrade" last month.
I don't "do" anything much with this computer except play the occasional music but I do want to be able to use the small subwoofer I have under my desk to take the bass load off my small desk top speakers
I tried updating the drivers for the xonar but it seems nothing happened.
Do I need a new sound card? I'm old and stuck in analogue so forgive me and advise me please

 

[vinylkid58]

If your sound card is old, there probably aren't any W11 drivers for it. Someone on another forum posted a similar situation to yours, and a potential solution. I'll see if I can find it.

jeff

 

[Moondog55]

A new stand alone USB soundcard is only $60- posted to me; I may try that as an option too
JRivers 30 is giving problems too with each W11 update PITA

 

[vinylkid58]

That may be the best option. I use foobar2000, so no issues with Win11. I don't use any streaming services either.

jeff

 

[Moondog55]

Can Foobar do the sub output split and DSP?
I'll try the cheap external soundcard it only being so cheap.
I seem to recall being able to do all of this stuff in W2000Pro and a Turtle Beach soundcard way back in the dark ages.

 

[Moondog55]

SQ on Foobar is excellent but I miss that ability to send the bass to a separate sub
Recommendations there?

 

[vinylkid58]

Foobar is just the player. It would be up to the soundcard/interface to output to a sub.

jeff

 

[Moondog55]

Yeah I get that
I thought you might have known of a program or plug-in there

 

[vinylkid58]

No, but I'm sure there are a ton of plug-ins. Don't have a sub for the desktop. I run a basic gaming computer, with Realtek 7.1 out the back. Says it's got 24/192 playback capability. I just use the built-in analog stereo out to my amp/speakers.

jeff