What Is Eax Advanced Hd - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum 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 SoundBlaster 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
❑ Environment Panning TM
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 TM
environments.
❑ Environment Morphing TM
EAX ADVANCED HD Music Technologies also assures sonic superiority.
❑ Audio Clean-Up removes 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.
TM
technology renders multiple audio environments in real time.
makes it easy for gamers to track with three-dimensional precision, the
TM
offers localization of early reflections and echoes.
accurately simulates the propagation of sound in both open and closed
allows for seamless transition from one environment to the next.
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