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| Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum Retail
Tap into unprecedented high definition audio and extensive front panel connectivity with Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum. You'll experience incredible audio clarity with 24-bit multi-channel 5.1 sound, and stunning 100dB SNR. The increased power of the Audigy chip enables EAX ADVANCED HD to deliver a host of innovative high definition audio effects with next generation interactive 3D audio for gaming, and sophisticated effects for music. Front panel connectivity of the Audigy drive has the most comprehensive connectors for analog or digital devices including home-stereo receivers, Optical DATs, MIDI devices, and professional audio gear. You'll also have the advantage of high speed connectivity to SB1394 qualified devices like DV Camcorders, digital audio players, and external hard drives/high speed CD-RWs.
• Stunning 24-bit multi-channel performance and 100dB SNR for high definition audio
• Innovative EAX ADVANCED HD technology delivers high definition audio environments for ultra-realistic gaming and enriched music effects
• Fully integrated SB1394 (IEEE 1394 compliant) ensures optimum performance for qualified products like DV Camcorders, digital audio players, external hard drives/high speed CD-RWs, and home entertainment equipment
• Professional home recording studio with expanded front panel multi I/O connectivity, low latency ASIO support and bundled music creation tools
For high definition audio entertainment with the most comprehensive device connectivity, get Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum!
Features and Benefits
• Retail
• GAMES
Taking advantage of 4x the processing power of the Audigy chip, Creative delivers the next innovative audio standard for PC gaming.
EAX Advanced HD: Taking Gaming to New Heights
EAX Advance HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and functionality and delivers superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for high-definition audio environments in games.
Multi-Environment - Enjoy up to four simultaneous audio environments in real-time.
Environment Morphing - Experience a natural audio transition from one environment to another with real-time morphing of each audio environment's characteristics.
Environment Panning - Hear the 3D spatialization and localization of an upcoming or distant environment
Environment Reflections - Enjoy the real world phenomenon of sound bouncing off various surfaces and returning to the listener in 3D.
Environment Filtering - Marvel at the accurate simulation of sound of both outdoor and indoor environments with both low and high-pass audio filters.
Extreme Effects - By utilizing advanced parameters, intricate modulation settings can be applied to delay lines for creating "extreme" effects, surpassing the performance of many studio reverb processors
3D Gaming Audio Accuracy
The most accurate 3D audio available
Advanced 3D Audio - Highly optimized for Sound Blaster Audigy, the new 3D audio engine improves 3D sound imaging in both multi-speaker systems and headphones, allowing you to find and frag your opponents quickly.
High-Speed Peer-to-Peer Gaming
SB1394 Connectivity - Create an intense multi-player gaming environment with easy SB1394 PC to PC connectivity and low-latency gameplay performance beyond LAN gaming. For the ultimate frag fest, use the power and versatility of SB1394 to connect up to 64 PCs using Sound Blaster Audigy sound cards.
• MUSIC
using the power of Audigy, Creative delivers unsurpassed clarity for all your music needs. With Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum, digital music playback, enhancement, customization, and back up reach new levels.
Digital Music Playback: High Quality MP3/WMAs, CDs, and Stereo Music
24-bit/100dB SNR - Listen to MP3s, WMAs, CDs, and any stereo music with high-definition audio clarity surpassing high-end home theater receivers.
Dolby Digital Decoding - Enjoy true 5.1 multi-channel playback in music with on-board Dolby Digital decoding capabilities. No need for a separate decoder!
Music Enhancement: Rip, Organize, Burn
Creative PlayCenter 3 - Your personal digital music center on the PC! Rip MP3 and WMA files with the included 320 Kbps encoder for up to 9X encoding acceleration. Burn your own audio CDs from digital music libraries, create playlists, as well as organize and customize your entire digital audio collection. Also, experience 5.1 Dolby Digital (AC-3) music with the included samples.
Music Customization: EAX ADVANCED HD Customized Playback
Audio Cleanup - Click Removal removes "pops" when listening to digital audio content or recordings. Noise Reduction reduces "hiss" and scratches from old tapes or LP recordings for enhanced audio playback.
Time Scaling - Speed up or slow down digital music playback without changing the pitch or audio quality.
EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Effects - Select from a wide range of sophisticated audio presets as well as Special Effects for an enriched music experience.
DREAM - Create enhanced, "club-like" surround sound from any stereo source by redirecting the path of a specific frequency range.
Music Sharing & Back-up: SB1394 - High Speed, Digital Connectivity (IEEE 1394 compliant)
SB1394 Compatibility - Benefit from maximum compatibility to qualified devices like the upcoming SB1394 NOMAD Jukebox, external CD-RW drives, and other SB1394 qualified peripherals.
Music Transfer - Transfer digital music content and playlists seamlessly to the upcoming SB1394 NOMAD Jukebox and other digital audio players at a speed of up to 400Mbps (up to 30 times faster than USB).
Music Sharing - Easily share your music collection with those using SB1394 networking-like connectivity to other PCs.
Music Storage - Store massive amounts of digital content with high-speed connectivity to external hard drives and high speed CD-RWs.
CreativeWare
CreativeWare for Sound Blaster Audigy provides you with the latest information on your bundled software, feature upgrade options, and new software applications that will heighten your digital audio experience.
CORE TECHNOLOGIES
Pro Studio
Set up a professional-quality sound studio in the comfort of your home.
o Professional Tools for Digital Music and Video - Comprehensive connectors including Optical I/O, SPDIF I/O, MIDI I/O, AUX-IN, Mic IN, and SB1394 provide extensive connectivity to digital and analog PC and CE devices.
o ASIO - Enjoy 2ms, low-latency performance with ASIO support for professional multi-track recording
o SoundFont 2.1 - With SoundFont's powerful 64-voice digital sampling synthesis technology, you'll experience the same professional quality sampling used by today's hit record producers.
o Digital Video Camcorder Support - Plug in your IEEE 1394 enabled DV Camcorder and create amazing digital movies using your current or bundled digital video editing software.
High-Definition Audio Quality Beyond Home Theater
Achieve a new level of clarity and audio quality for your home theater.
o 24-bit / 100dB SNR - Experience high-definition audio quality surpassing high-end home theater receivers.
o Dolby Digital Decoding - Enjoy true 5.1 multi-channel playback in music, games, and movies with on-board Dolby Digital decoding capabilities. No need for a separate decoder!
o Wireless Remote Control - Conveniently control your PC home theater entertainment with the easy-to-use remote control and software application.
Audigy ADVANCED HD - High-Definition Audio Architecture
Creative, the worldwide leader in PC audio, introduces Audigy ADVANCED HD-High-Definition Audio Architecture. Comprised of four revolutionary components, the Audigy audio architecture is designed to dramatically improve your digital audio experience:
o Audigy Input Module - a customized CODEC designed to process, playback, and record multiple analog sources simultaneously.
o EAX ADVANCED HD Technology Core - incorporates the real time effects processing capabilities of EAX ADVANCED HD, along with an optimized driver designed for low-latency ASIO support, on-board Dolby Digital decoding, DirectSound, DirectSound3D, and OpenAL acceleration.
o Audigy Processing Module - enables real-time multi-processing of up to four environments simultaneously. The high performance 32-bit sound engine with a 64-channel mixer is optimized for complex digital audio signal mixing and processing.
o Audigy Output Module - uses high quality, multi-channel 24-bit/96kHz DACs and ensures stunning 100dB SNR audio quality playback while the 32-bit effects engine provides crystal-clear audio resolution.
EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Technology
EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power and flexibility to PC audio for games and music. The all-new Audio Library dramatically improves audio acoustics with new features such as Multi-Environment technology. You can experience these innovative audio technologies only with the Sound Blaster Audigy family of high-definition audio cards. EAX ADVANCED HD delivers superior audio fidelity, vivid 3D sound, and rich environment effects for an unsurpassed digital entertainment experience.
SB1394
SB1394 is Creative's IEEE 1394 compatible standard for high-speed (~400Mbps) digital audio transfer. It ensures optimum performance with SB1394 connectivity and IEEE 1394 equipped devices, providing a seamless user experience for transferring massive MP3 collections, DV editing, easy networking and more. It is supported by the SB1394 Certification Program, which is a comprehensive evaluation of devices for technical performance to ensure reliability and user convenience.
Specifications
32-bit Professional Quality Effects Engine • Creative's Audigy patented effects processor
• Support for real-time digital effects like reverb, chorus, normalizer, pitch shifter, or distortion across any audio source
• Capable of processing, mixing, and positioning audio streams using up to 131 available hardware channels
• Full 32-bit digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the digital domain, eliminating noise from the signal
• Customizable Plug-In Effects Architecture allows new audio effects to be downloaded from the Web via CreativeWare
High-Definition Audio Quality • Playback of 64 audio channels, each with its own independent sample rate
• 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 48kHz sample rate
• 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 48kHz to analog 5.1 speaker output
• 16-bit recording with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, and 48kHz
• Supports Sony / Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format input signal of up to 24-bit/96kHz quality
• SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48, or 96kHz
• Low latency multi-track recording with ASIO support
EAX, ADVANCED HD, Advanced Audio and 3D Audio Technology • Hardware acceleration of EAX ADVANCED HD for games
• User-selectable EAX ADVANCED HD music presets, pre-configurable DSP modes simulating various acoustic environments
• Advanced time-scaling
• Audio Cleanup
• Upgradeable 3D audio architecture for future improvements
• Dolby Digital audio decoding to 5.1 speaker channels in both analog and digital modes
• Optimized, user-selectable settings for two, four, or six speakers, headphones, and external A/V amplifiers
• Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) technology places any monaural or stereo source in a 360 audio space
SB1394 Connectivity • High speed connection to IEEE 1394 enabled devices with up to 400Mbps transfer rate
• Hot-plug support for ease of connecting or disconnecting external devices
• Interconnection of up to 63 devices for peer-to-peer communication
• SB1394 Certification Program thoroughly tests and certifies participating vendors' 1394-enabled devices with Sound Blaster Audigy for optimal performance and ease of use
Realistic Wave-Table Synthesis • Creative's Audigy music synthesis engine
• 64-voice hardware polyphony with E-mu Systems, Inc.'s patented 8-point interpolation technology that reduces distortion to inaudible levels
• Uses SoundFont technology for user-definable wave-table sample sets
• Unlimited sample size can be loaded into host memory for professional music reproduction (limited to available system memory size)
• Scalable PCI wave-table synthesis architecture with multi-timbre capability
• 48 MIDI channels with 128 GM & GS compatible instruments and 10 drum kits
MIDI Interface / Joystick Port • Support for analog and digital or DirectInput game devices
• Support for two simultaneous MIDI devices with Sound Blaster Audigy drive (upgrade option)
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum On-Board Connectors • Analog / Digital Out (Analog Center & Subwoofer / 6-channel SPDIF Output)
• Line in
• Microphone in
• Line level out (Front) / Headphone out
• Line level out (Rear)
• SB1394 port
• Telephone Answering Device in
• Analog CD Audio in
• Digital CD Audio in
• Expansion header to an external 15-pin MIDI / Joystick port
• Internal SB1394 header to Sound Blaster Audigy drive
• Expansion header to the Sound Blaster Audigy drive
MIDI Interface / Joystick Port • Internal Audigy Drive Front Panel Connectors PCM SPDIF In and Out (RCA/Coaxial Jack)
• Headphone Out (1/4" Stereo Jack with Volume Control)
• Line In 2 (1/4" Stereo Jack, shared with Microphone In 2)
• Microphone In 2 (1/4" Jack with Gain control)
• MIDI In (mini DIN)
• MIDI Out (mini DIN)
• SB1394 port
• Infra-red Receiver
• Optical SPDIF In and Out
• Stereo Auxiliary In (2 x RCA/Coaxial Jack)
Works with the Following Standards • Windows 98, 98SE, NT 4.0, 2000, and Me
• Sound Blaster MIDI and General MIDI
• Plug and Play
• Sound Blaster PCI
• EAX ADVANCED HD
• EAX
• Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound3D, and derivatives
• PCI 2.1 compliant
• AC '97 compliant
• Dolby Digital
• ASIO
Sound Blaster Audigy Audio Performance • Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) = 100 dB
• Crosstalk (Left/Right and vice versa) = -100 dB
• Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004 %
• Frequency Response at -3 dBr = <10 Hz to 22 kHz
System Requirements Minimum System Requirements
• Genuine Intel Pentium 266MHz, AMD K6 300MHz or faster processor
• Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
• 64MB system RAM (128MB Highly Recommended)
• 600 MB of free hard disk space
• Windows 98, 98SE, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium Edition (Windows XP drivers to be downloaded from www.soundblaster.com)
• Available half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot for Sound Blaster Audigy card
• Available adjacent slot for Audigy extension card
• Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
• CD-ROM drive required for software installation
• Available 5 1/4" PC drive bay (for Sound Blaster Audigy drive)
Additional Requirements
• CPU: Genuine Intel Pentium II 350 MHz / MMX or AMD 450 MHz / 3Dnow! for SB1394 applications or games
• SB1394: Works only on Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium Edition.
• DV Editing: 128MB recommended for Digital Video (DV) capture and editing. Ultra DMA hard disk with 1GB workspace (ATA-100, 7,200rpm with 6GB recommended.
• Games: 128MB system memory recommended, a 3D accelerator with at least 8MB of texture RAM, available 300-500MB disk space. Games may not work optimally under Windows 2000. Check out latest updates from www.soundblaster.com.
• DVD: At least a 2nd generation DVD-ROM drive with these recommended soft-DVD players: Intervideo's WinDVD 2000 or CyberLink's PowerDVD 3.0 and above
• Internet Radio: Requires at least a 56Kbps modem and an active Internet connection before running the application.
*Note: Setup under Windows 98 SE requires the original Microsoft Windows 98 SE Installation CD. Certain applications do not work with Dual Processor support under Windows NT4.0 or Windows 2000. Included applications may need higher system requirements or microphone for basic functionality. Refer to individual applications' documentation for details. Certain features or functionality such as SB1394 application is not supported by Windows 98 (First Edition). We recommend that you upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) or later versions.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
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