The title says it all, I'm a big buff for music and I use my pc a lot for audio reproduction. I'm still using XP but now I'm considering changing my OS to Win 7. The thing is, I have a Creative X-Fi Extreme Music and I use it a lot to tweak my sound. I have the EQ tweaked and I can't live without it. While browsing the Creative site and googling the subject I found out that the software I use on XP is barely available for Win 7. The only thing that's available is the Console Launcher application and in Beta stage. There isn't even the Audio Console that allows me to customize the audio settings. This isn't a problem with drivers for Win 7 but rather a problem of not having the software I use now available, and probably it never will be.
So I wanted to know if there is any workaround this situation in a way that I can maintain the use of the software I now have on Win 7. Since I've lost pretty much all hope on that I can then ask another thing, which sound card is recommendable for me if I want to upgrade mine? It has to be compatible with Win 7 in terms of drivers but specifically in terms of the software that controls the tweaking of the sound card. Plus, and this is mandatory, it must be able to support a software EQ of at least 10 bands, but more than 10 is fine too.
Any ideas?
So I wanted to know if there is any workaround this situation in a way that I can maintain the use of the software I now have on Win 7. Since I've lost pretty much all hope on that I can then ask another thing, which sound card is recommendable for me if I want to upgrade mine? It has to be compatible with Win 7 in terms of drivers but specifically in terms of the software that controls the tweaking of the sound card. Plus, and this is mandatory, it must be able to support a software EQ of at least 10 bands, but more than 10 is fine too.
Any ideas?