High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 User Manual

Introduction
High Definition
Digital Audio
Entertainment
*Available with some models
of the Sound Blaster Audigy
2 card.
MLP (Meridian Lossless
Packing), the method of audio
data compression used in
DVD-Audio, reduces file size
without removing any of the
information that was
contained in the original
recording. The listening
audience will hear the audio as
it was intended in the original
recording. Other packing
methodologies that remove
data as part of the
compression are referred to as
'Lossy Compression'.
Thank you for purchasing Sound Blaster Audigy 2, the next generation Creative
audio product with exciting new features and enhanced audio processing
architecture.
This User Manual (on CD) guides you through the installation and usage of Sound
Blaster Audigy 2, which consists of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card and Joystick/
MIDI bracket*.
Featuring 24-bit/192 kHz audio playback, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 delivers high-
definition sound of astounding quality and 24-bit/96 kHz audio recording capability
from all Line Ins and SPDIF In. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 supports surround sound
audio on your computer and has output capabilities for 6.1 Dolby Digital Surround
EX.
The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card, with its Audigy 2 processor, enables awesome
® TM
EAX ADVANCED HD technologies for your gaming and music listening
experience. The SB1394 port provides easy high-speed connectivity to NOMAD
portable digital audio players, external CD-RW drives, and other IEEE 1394
compatible devices like DV camcorders, printers, scanners, and digital still cameras.
Combine Sound Blaster Audigy 2 with our rich software package for hours of endless
fun. Included in your Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Installation CD are the latest
generation drivers and software for you to enjoy DVD-Audio entertainment with
native MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) support, and to create EAX-enhanced MP3
songs, which you can share with your friends over the Internet.
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