7.Portable Music Processor™ Lite Software Guide

7.1Introduction

Xonar U1 provides the Portable Music Processor™ Lite (referred to as PMP Lite hereafter) software tool that contains the following features:

Converts MP3, WMA, Audio CD, WAVE into WMA or MP3 files with the same ID3 information and post processor effects

Adds Dolby Headphone processing to regular music content for a better listening experience over stereo headphones

Adds Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II) effect to regular music for virtual 5.1 surround over stereo speakers

Normalizes the volume level of your music collection with Smart Volume Normalization (SVN) effect

Supports MP3 and WMA encoding formats for 128~320Kbps data rates (Windows Media Player 9 or later version and MP3, WMA codecs are required)

Supports transformation speed up to a maximum of 40 times of the normal playback speed (High Speed mode). (The maximum speed is just for your reference because it’s related to your PC’s performance and the sound effects you choose to add.

Before you use PMP Lite software, make sure the following items have been completed:

1.Xonar U1 Audio Station has been installed in your PC

2.The Xonar U1 driver has been installed (Xonar U1 audio converter driver is installed for PMP Lite utility)

3.You will also need an MP3 encoder installed to encode music into MP3 format (If you don’t have this already, the Xonar U1 installer will provide a guide message to download a free MP3 encoder)

After PMP Lite is installed, you will find a PMP Lite shortcut icon on the desktop. Double click the icon and PMP Lite will show up as below.

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