How to Update Device Drivers
There are two ways to update drivers.
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Option 1 (Recommended): Update drivers automatically - Novice computer users can update drivers using trusted software in just a few mouse clicks. Automatic driver updates are fast, efficient and elimate all the guesswork. Your old drivers can even be backed up and restored in case any problems occur.
Option 2: Update drivers manually - Find the correct driver for your Sound / Audio and operating system, then install it by following the step by step instructions below. You'll need some computer skills to use this method.
Option 1: Update drivers automatically
The Driver Update Utility for Yamaha devices is intelligent software which automatically recognizes your computer's operating system and Sound / Audio model and finds the most up-to-date drivers for it. There is no risk of installing the wrong driver. The Driver Update Utility downloads and installs your drivers quickly and easily.
You can scan for driver updates automatically and install them manually with the free version of the Driver Update Utility for Yamaha, or complete all necessary driver updates automatically using the premium version.
Tech Tip: The Driver Update Utility for Yamaha will back up your current drivers for you. If you encounter any problems while updating your drivers, you can use this feature to restore your previous drivers and configuration settings.
Download the Driver Update Utility for Yamaha.
Double-click on the program to run it. It will then scan your computer and identify any problem drivers. You will see a results page similar to the one below:
Click the Update button next to your driver. The correct version will be downloaded and installed automatically. Or, you can click the Update All button at the bottom to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out-of-date on your system.
Before updating, use the built-in driver backup feature to save your current drivers to a specified folder. Use this backup folder to safely restore drivers if necessary:
Option 2: Update drivers manually
To find the latest driver, including Windows 10 drivers, choose from our list of most popular Yamaha Sound / Audio downloads or search our driver archive for the driver that fits your specific Sound / Audio model and your PC's operating system.
Tech Tip: If you are having trouble finding the right driver update, use the Yamaha Sound / Audio Driver Update Utility. It is software which finds, downloads and istalls the correct driver for you - automatically.
After downloading your driver update, you will need to install it. Driver updates come in a variety of file formats with different file extensions. For example, you may have downloaded an EXE, INF, ZIP, or SYS file. Each file type has a slighty different installation procedure to follow. Visit our Driver Support Page to watch helpful step-by-step videos on how to install drivers based on their file extension.
How to Install Drivers
After you have found the right driver, follow these simple instructions to install it.
- Power off your device.
- Disconnect the device from your computer.
- Reconnect the device and power it on.
- Double click the driver download to extract it.
- If a language option is given, select your language.
- Follow the directions on the installation program screen.
- Reboot your computer.
Yamaha is a Japanese company that manufactures audio equipment, among many other products. Their audio chips are often used on third-party sound cards.
Yamaha Sound Cards & Media Devices Driver Download For Windows 8
- 1Sound chips
- 2Wave Blaster modules
- 3Expansion cards
- 4Sound modules
Sound chips
OPL2
The Yamaha OPL2 (YM3812) is the chip used on the original AdLib card and clones. This is an FM-synthesizer chip, featuring 9 two-operator channels.OPL2 is an abbrevation of 'FM Operator type L2'.
OPL3
The Yamaha OPL3 (YMF262) is an extended version of the original OPL2 chip, adding an extra register base for a total of 18 two-operator channels. Twelve of these channels may be combined to form six four-operator channels.Each channel can be routed to a maximum of 4 output channels, though there are no sound cards that actually use all four. Normally only the first two channels are connected to a DAC (YAC512), providing crude stereo support.The first soundcards equipped with an OPL3 chip include the Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2 and the AdLib Gold.OPL3 is an abbrevation of 'FM Operator type L3'.
OPL3-SAx
The Yamaha OPL3-SAx is an all-in-one sound chip, featuring SBPro2, WSS, MPU-401 and OPL3 compatibility. Chipsets featuring it include YMF-701, YMF-711, YMF-715, YMF-718 and YMF-719. The last two are probably rebranded YMF-715s.
Drivers include a XG-compatible softsynth which although having some tuneable options is largely inferior to other such solutions from Yamaha.Windows 2000 and XP support these chipsets out of the box, requiring no external drivers.Sound cards using these chips were manufactured by Aopen, Labway, Genius and Addonics, possibly others.
The OPL3-SAx is a popular choice with retro gamers, and is often praised for its excellent compatibility and low noise level. Its MPU-401 interface does not suffer from the hanging note bug present in certain Creative sound cards. For best sound quality, the internal amp should be disabled by jumper and all settings in the driver set to zero and setting the output type to hi-fi. The main drawback of most cards with these chipsets is that they cannot house regular-sized daughterboards due to being too small. A possible workaround is creating an own cable.
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Wave Blaster modules
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OPL4
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DB50XG
Released in 1995, the Yamaha DB50XG is a wavetable synthesizer daughter card for the Wave Blaster connector. It is compatible with General MIDI and the Yamaha XG standards. The unit features 676 instruments, 16 Parts and maximum 32-note polyphony. It features 2 operation modes: XG and TG300B. The software synthesizer S-YXG50 is very similar to this particular series of hardware, with the 4 MB soundfont possibly being a dump of this card's ROM.
DB60XG
The Yamaha DB60XG is an extended version of the DB50XG, sold only in Japan. In the rest of the world this card is known as the NEC XR385.It is exactly identical to the DB50XG, with two extra analog sound inputs that can be routed through the effects processor. It is rumored that the analog inputs were meant for karaoke or related applications.The DB60XG initializes in TG300 (GS compatible) mode, whereas the DB50XG is in XG mode by default.
Expansion cards
SW60XG
16-bit ISA expansion card, standalone version of the DB50XG/DB60XG. Features no codec and is only a pure XG synth.
Sound modules
MU80
The first XG compatible device, released in 1994. 729 instruments, 32 parts, 64-note polyphony.
MU10
Sound module version of DB50XG released in 1996, no LCD screen.