Creative SB1500 manual General Specifications

General Specifications

This section details the specifications of your Sound Blaster Z-Series audio card.

PCI Bus Mastering

•PCI Express Specification Version 1.1 compliant

•Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance

Sound Blaster Sound Core3D Audio Processor

•Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing

•Dedicated DSP capable of both time and frequency domain audio processing

Professional Digital Audio Processing

•24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at up to 96 kHz sample rate

•24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources to analog outputs

•16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz

•Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) format of up to 24-bit/96 kHz quality

•S/PDIF output at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz from Microsoft Control Panel

•S/PDIF output not available during playback of protected digital audio content authored with DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology

Note

Depending on your system configuration, output sampling frequencies may be available at 48 and 96 kHz.

Flexible Mixer Control

•Selectable input source from various audio sources for recording

•Adjustable master volume control

•Independent volume control

SBX Pro Studio Technology

•SBX Pro Studio Crystalizer

•SBX Pro Studio Surround

•SBX Pro Studio Bass

•SBX Pro Studio Dialog Plus

•SBX Pro Studio Smart Volume

Sound Blaster CrystalVoice Technology

•CrystalVoice Acoustic Echo Cancellation

•CrystalVoice Noise Reduction

•CrystalVoice Smart Volume

•CrystalVoice FX

•CrystalVoice Focus

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