Introduction; Sound Blaster Live! Value Benefits - Creative Blaster User Manual

Introduction

With the Sound Blaster Live!— the most
powerful sound card ever—taking the
industry by storm, Creative now introduces
Sound Blaster Live! Value for the mainstream
market. The casual PC entertainment
enthusiasts and even the non-gaming music
lovers can now enjoy the wonders of Sound
Blaster Live!'s Environmental Audio. Sound
Blaster Live! Value offers the same quality
and performance of the highly successful
Sound Blaster Live!—without the extended
Digital I/O card. With features and
performances surpassing professional audio
equipment. Sound Blaster Live! Value
incorporates the superior surround - sound
rendering of Environmental Audio
sound so real it has to be Live! You'll enjoy
music productions so dynamic like you're
right in the middle of an orchestra. The Sound
Blaster Live! Value hardware-accelerated
Environmental Audio Extensions
supporting new titles, offers an experience
that goes beyond 3D Audio. Add the ability to
enhance all your existing games and legacy
audio with true digital processing and it will
blow your home theater away!
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Benefits
Hollywood-Quality Audio Re-creation
With professional-quality synthesizers
and digital I/O, Sound Blaster Live! Value
provides audio fidelity that rivals movie
theaters with digital sound. Excellent
overall audio fidelity is achieved with an
average Noise Floor of -120 dB, a level
unheard of in the PC industry.
Powerful Audio Processing Engine
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The EMU10K1
most powerful integrated music, audio
and effects engine available. Every signal
is processed at 32-bit, 192 dB, 48 kHz
using 8-point interpolation to smoothen
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to create
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(EAX
audio processor is the
the sound, instantly improving any audio
source. Apply real-time effects including
Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Pitch
Shifter, that rival stand-alone expensive
professional effects processors.
Environmental Audio™ Enhances
Existing Contents
Experience depth and realism beyond
existing 3D audio. Apply preset
environments such as hall, cave or
underwater that can be applied to your
existing games and applications for
incredibly true sound. Game
environmental settings also make your
existing games come "alive"
instantaneously.
Multiple Speaker Output
Produce surround-sound audio on your
PC with built-in support for two or four
analog speakers.
256-Voice Music Synthesis
256-voice capability goes beyond the
quality and performance available in most
),
professional music equipment. Using host
memory, you can choose from E-mu's 2
MB, 4 MB, or 8 MB SoundFont
professional-quality sample banks for
music reproduction. Or use up to 32 MB
of memory for amazing SoundFont music
fidelity. All these without sacrificing on
CPU utilization.
Sound Blaster PCI Standard
You can be assured of near-perfect Sound
Blaster compatibility on the PCI bus while
enjoying all its benefits. It works with the
existing MS-DOS
Windows
replacing your existing ISA sound card.
Environmental Audio Extensions
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(EAX )/Broad Driver Support
Environment Audio Extensions is an open
standard that allows the broadest support
from software developers. Supports
Microsoft DirectSound
DirectSound3D, and derivative
technologies. Advanced architecture is
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