Control Panel
Reverb Level Sliders
These sliders, used in conjunction with the “Enable” box and the “Environment” pull down menu, allow you to control the intensity and characteristics of the reverb effect applied to your sound. Reverb is an acoustic effect that simulates the interaction of sound with the environment. As an example imagine the sound of a gunshot in a large cathedral compare to the same sound in a tiled bathroom. The entry under “Default Environment” allows you to select a certain surrounding (environment) such as a cave, arena or hallway while the sliders provide for control over the intensity of the effect.
Typically very low settings should be used when adding ambiance to music or games rather than higher settings that may cause distortion and sound unnatural.
Specifically:
Audio Applications slider:
Control the intensity of the effect for games, Sonic Foundry Siren,Yamaha SXG Wavetable synth (also has its own reverb effect controls) and other applications.
External Input slider:
Control the intensity of the effect for analog input sources such as CD In and Line In.
S/PDIF Input slider:
Control the intensity of the effect for digital input source such as a digital connection to an internal CD drive or external device connected to the S/PDIF cable.
MIDI TAB
NOTE!: When your card is initially installed the SXG Softsynth is selected as your default MIDI engine. The SXG IS NOT CONTROLLED ON THIS TAB BUT IN A SEPARATE CONTROL PANEL. See details on the following pages
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Your Acoustic Edge™ sound card includes two distinct wavetable music synthesis engines. The Yamaha SXG is an extremely high quality, high polyphony (512 simulta- neous voices) MIDI synthesis engine with both GM and XG compatibility. Select the SXG for the richest music experience. The Acoustic Edge WaveTable Synth is a pure hardware synthesis engine designed for use with games or other applications were low CPU consumption is critical. Select the Acoustic Edge WaveTable Synth only for games that utilize MIDI for music. Note that most current PC games do not use MIDI music so typically the SXG Softsynth can be left selected even when playing games. These games use digital sound recordings exclusively and are not effected by MIDI output selection.
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