DSP Special Effects and Algorithms, Control Panel

DSP Special Effects and Algorithms

PHILIPS ACOUSTIC EDGE™ DSP SPECIAL EFFECTS AND ALGORITHMS

EAX™ Game Compatibility (Effects Tab)

The Acoustic Edge uses QSound Environmental Modeling™ (QEM™) to achieve compatibility with games utilizing EAX™ 1.0 or EAX™ 2.0 properties including environmental reverb, obstruction and occlusion modeling. EAX™ is a trademark of Creative Labs.

DVD QSurround™ (Settings Tab)

Provides virtual 5.1 playback using just stereo speakers and a compatible soft-DVD player capable of providing 5.1 output.

QSound Environmental Modeling™ /QEM™ (Effects Tab)

QSound Environmental Modeling (QEM) provides EAX game compatibility and the ability to apply reverb to non-EAX sound sources including applications, S/PDIF In and external inputs.

QSound Multi-Speaker System™ /QMSS™ (Settings and S/PDIF Tabs) QMSS (QSound Multi-Speaker System) transforms stereo sources into 4 channel or

5.1channel output. QMSS is automatically invoked for stereo applications if 4 speaker or 5.1 speaker mode is selected for all operating systems except Windows® 2000 (WDM drivers). For Windows® 2000 (WDM drivers) the "Expand All" box must be checked before starting the application. QMSS will also be applied to ana- log inputs (CD In, Line In, etc.) and the S/PDIF In if enabled on the control panel.

QSound3DInteractive™/Q3DI™ (Automatic)

Q3DI positions sounds all around you using stereo, surround, 5.1 speakers systems or headphones when playing 3D audio enabled applications.The proper DSP algorithm is automatically selecting based on your speaker mode.

QXpander (Settings Tab)

QXpander widens the sound field of stereo music and provides 3D enhancement to 2D audio games when using stereo speakers.

Tone Control (Settings Tab)

Allow you to adjust treble and base levels to your personal taste.

Control Panel

HELP BUTTON

Click the blue “Help” button on any tab and you will have access to comprehensive hyper linked help file describing the control panel. Within the help file you can navigate by simply clicking on parts of the image of the control panel, searching or by using contents or index lists.

UTILITIES TAB

Windows® Audio Applications

Volume Control:

Windows® audio mixer for adjusting volume of various sound sources.

Multimedia Properties:

Windows® utility for selecting multimedia devices. Use it to switch between the Acoustic Edge’s two MIDI music synthesis engines. (See “MIDI Tab” section)

Sound Recorder, Media Player & CD Player:

Windows® playback and record applications.