What Is Eax Advanced Hd - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 User Manual

What is EAX
ADVANCED HD?
EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power, and flexibility to PC
audio. Taking advantage of the enhanced processing capabilities of the Sound
Blaster Audigy 2 processor, EAX ADVANCED HD delivers a host of new features that
achieve high definition audio for gaming and music enhancement.
The all-new EAX ADVANCED HD Game Audio Library takes in-game audio and
acoustic simulation to a whole new level. These innovative technologies bring
tremendous realism and total audio immersion for PC gaming:
❑ New Multi-Environment
effects in real time.
❑ Environment Panning
dimensional precision, the location and movement of sounds that usually
represent enemies or team mates. This gives Sound Blaster Audigy 2 gamers a
better advantage as they are more "attuned" to the game scenario.
❑ Environment Reflections
❑ Environment Filtering
open and closed environments.
❑ Environment Morphing
to the next.
EAX ADVANCED HD Music Technologies also assures sonic superiority.
❑ Audio Clean-Up enables the removal of unwanted noise in a digital audio file.
❑ Time Scaling speeds up and slows down music with no distortion.
❑ EAX ADVANCED HD music effects, developed especially for music listening,
further enhance playback of songs.
EAX ADVANCED HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and
functionality. Delivering superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects, this
unsurpassed digital entertainment experience is available only from the Sound
Blaster Audigy 2 family of products.
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technology renders multiple environment audio
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makes it easy for gamers to track with three-
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offers localization of early reflections and echoes.
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accurately simulates the propagation of sound in both
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allows for seamless transition from one environment
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