Introduction, Overview, Features and benefits – HP Pavilion 9723 Desktop PC User Manual
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Introduction: Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound
Card User's Guide
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Overview
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
™
to create 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
™
(EAX
™
), 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!
Features and Benefits
The Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card has the following features and 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.
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Powerful Audio Processing Engine
The EMU10K1
™
audio processor is the 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 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.
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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.
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Multiple Speaker Output
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