Introduction: Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card User's Guide

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Introduction: Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card User's Guide

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Overview

With the Sound Blaster Live!— the most powerful sound card ever—taking the industry by storm, Creative now introduces Sound Blaster Live! Value for the mainstream market. The casual PC entertainment enthusiasts and even the non-gaming music lovers can now enjoy the wonders of Sound Blaster Live!’s Environmental Audio. Sound Blaster Live! Value offers the same quality and performance of the highly successful Sound Blaster Live!—without the extended Digital I/O card—with features and performances surpassing professional audio equipment. Sound Blaster Live! Value incorporates the superior surround-sound rendering of Environmental Audioto create sound so real it has to be Live! You'll enjoy music productions so dynamic like you're right in the middle of an orchestra. The Sound Blaster Live! Value hardware-accelerated Environmental Audio Extensions(EAX), supporting new titles, offers an experience that goes beyond 3D Audio. Add the ability to enhance all your existing games and legacy audio with true digital processing and it will blow your home theater away!

Features and Benefits

The Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card has the following features and benefits:

Hollywood-Quality Audio Re-creation

With professional-quality synthesizers and digital I/O, Sound Blaster Live! Value provides audio fidelity that rivals movie theaters with digital sound. Excellent overall audio fidelity is achieved with an average Noise Floor of -120 dB, a level unheard of in the PC industry.

Powerful Audio Processing Engine

The EMU10K1audio processor is the most powerful integrated music, audio and effects engine available. Every signal is processed at 32-bit, 192 dB, 48 kHz using 8-point interpolation to smoothen the sound, instantly improving any audio source. Apply real-time effects including Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Pitch Shifter, that rival stand-alone expensive professional effects processors.

Environmental AudioEnhances Existing Contents

Experience depth and realism beyond existing 3D audio. Apply preset environments such as hall, cave or underwater that can be applied to your existing games and applications for incredibly true sound. Game environmental settings also make your existing games come "alive" instantaneously.

Multiple Speaker Output

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