Sound
Blaster Live! Value-
The #1 Audio Solution for Digital Entertainment and Gaming
Interested in a powerful
audio/gaming experience? With the Sound Blaster Live! Value,
the home audio user, gamer or multimedia enthusiast can hear
Hollywood-quality audio and amazing special effects on any
audio source. Listen to game and music content come alive
using the analog four-speaker output - even if your sound
source doesn't support 3D sound! The Sound Blaster Live!
Value utilizes the same EMU10K1 audio
processor as the Sound Blaster Live!, the most powerful
audio chip available today. This translates into higher
frame rates in your games, more bandwidth for 3D audio and
an all around fantastic sounding audio experience.
For music playback, the EMU10K1
includes a powerful SoundFont® based synthesis engine with
an astounding 512-voices of wave-table
sound and has access to up to 48 MIDI
channels simultaneously. User selectable sample banks let
you choose the quality level you want. Replace instruments
and add new ones. Each instrument sounds just like its real
life counterpart.
Because
it uses Sound Blaster PCI technology you won't have to worry
about compatibility. Creative's patented technology provides
near-perfect Sound Blaster emulation. This means that it
works with the existing base of MS-DOS® and Windows®
titles at up to Sound Blaster 16 functionality. Then add
real-time Environmental effects to a title, even if it
doesn't support 3D audio.
Sound Blaster Live! Value is the top
audio solution for your games, movies, CDs and other digital
entertainment. With its support for today’s leading audio
standard— Environmental Audio—Sound
Blaster Live! Value creates real- life, multidimensional
sound and multitextured acoustical environments for the most
realistic 3D audio experience. Its powerful EMU10K1 audio
processor delivers audio at optimum CPU performance with the
highest fidelity and absolute clarity. Combine it with a
four- speaker setup and you’ll experience realistic 3D
audio, Environmental Audio in supported games, and enjoy
your movies with true surround sound. The Live! Ware upgrade
program will keep your Sound Blaster Live! Value card up to
date with continual upgrades supporting future technologies,
functionality, and features. For digital entertainment
enthusiasts and gamers looking for added value, nothing
comes close to Sound Blaster Live! Value— the best choice
for experiencing the best of digital entertainment and
gaming.
***This product
does not come in the retail package as shown in the picture.
It is in OEM bulk package with software included.
| Features |
| PCI
Bus Mastering |
- PCI
Specification Version 2.1 compliant
- Bus
mastering reduces latency and speeds up system
performance
|
| EMU10K1 |
- Advanced
hardware accelerated digital effects processing
- 32-
bit digital processing while maintaining a 192
dB dynamic range
- Patented
8- point interpolation that achieves the highest
quality of audio reproduction
- 64-
voice hardware wavetable synthesizer
- Professional-
quality digital mixing and equalization
- Up
to 32 MB of sound RAM mapped to host memory
|
| Stereo
Digitized Voice Channel |
- True
16- bit Full Duplex operation
- 16-
bit and 8- bit digitizing in stereo and mono
modes
- Playback
of 64 audio channels, each at an arbitrary
sample rate
- ADC
recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05,
24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz
- Dithering
for 8- bit and 16- bit recording
|
| AC
’97 Codec Mixer |
- Mixes EMU10K1
audio sources and analog sources such as CD
Audio, Line In, Microphone, Auxiliary and TAD
- Selectable input
source or mixing of various audio sources for
recording
- 16- bit Analog-
to- Digital conversion of analog inputs at 48
kHz sample rate
|
| Volume
Control |
- Software record
and playback control of Master, Digitized Voice,
and inputs from MIDI device, CD Audio, Line,
Microphone, Auxiliary, TAD, PC Speaker and Wave/
DirectSound device
- Separate bass
and treble control
- Front and Rear
Balance control
- Muting and
balance control for individual playback sources
|
| Creative
Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) |
- Multi- speaker
technology
- Professional-
quality panning and mixing algorithm
- Independent
multiple sounds can be moved and placed around a
listener
|
| Connectivity |
| Audio
Inputs |
- One line- level
analog Line input via stereo jack on rear
bracket
- One mono
Microphone analog input via stereo jack on rear
bracket
- CD_ IN line-
level analog input via 4- pin Molex connector on
card
- AUX_ IN line-
level analog input via 4- pin Molex connector on
card
- TAD line- level
analog input via 4- pin Molex connector on card
|
| Audio
Outputs |
- DIGITAL
OUT (Front and Rear SPDIF digital
outputs) via 4- pole 3.5mm minijack on rear
bracket
- Two line- level
analog outputs via stereo jacks on rear bracket,
Front and Rear Line- Outs
- Stereo headphone
(32- ohm load) support on Front Line- Out
|
| Interfaces |
- PC_ SPK 1x2 pin
header
- D- Sub MIDI
interface for connection to external MIDI
devices. Doubles as Joystick port
- AUD_ EXT 2x20
pin header for connection to Optical Digital I/
O card or Drive Bay
|
| System
Requirements |
- 133MHz
or faster Pentium® class processor
- Intel
or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
- 16MB
system RAM (32MB strongly recommended)
- Windows
95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
- Open,
half-length PCI 2.1-compliant slot
- Headphones
or self-powered speakers (available
separately)
- CD-ROM
drive required for software installation
- Requires
a 166 MHz or faster processor,
microphone and 32MB of RAM for speech
recognition software
|
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Please note:
users of Cyrix based processors or Windows NT users cannot
currently utilize all of the hardware features and some
bundled applications.
***This product
does not come in the retail package as shown in the picture.
It is in OEM bulk package with software included.
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