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Hollywood-Quality Audio Re-creation
Sound Blaster Live! is designed with professional-quality synthesizers from E-mu Systems, Inc., highly acclaimed for its sampling and synthesis technologies used in Hollywood studios and renowned movie and music productions, including the making of several blockbuster movies. Together with the digital I/O, Sound Blaster Live! provides audio fidelity that rivals movie theaters with digital sound. On Sound Blaster Live!, we can achieve an average Noise Floor of -120dB (at rated conditions), a level unheard of in the PC industry.

Powerful Audio Processing Engine
The heart of Sound Blaster Live! is the EMU10K1 audio processor chip, which is the most powerful integrated music, audio and effects engine available. Every signal is processed at 32-bit, 48kHz using 8-point interpolation to smoothen the sound - instantly improving any audio source. Besides advanced signal processing, the EMU10K1 also provides real-time effects including Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, Echo and Pitch Shifter, that rival a stand-alone effects processor worth US$500.

E-mu's patented 8-point Interpolation Algorithm reproduces audio signals with new levels of fidelity, free from perceivable distortion. By taking multiple sample points of the sound source to generate the waveform, the audio reproduced is precise and almost no different from the actual sound.

Environmental Audio^™ Enhances Existing Content
Sound Blaster Live! lets users experience depth and realism beyond existing 3D audio. Sound Blaster Live! provides preset environments such as Hall, Cave or Underwater that can be applied to your existing games and applications for incredibly true sound. You can be listening to your favorite music piece in the room at one moment, and in the concert hall the next. Sound Blaster Live! provides game environmental settings that can make your existing games come "alive" instantaneously.

Multiple Speaker Output
Sound Blaster Live! produces surround sound audio on the PC with built-in support for two or four analog speakers. Connecting Sound Blaster Live! to an additional pair of speakers such as PCWorks^™, or Creative's PCWorks FourPointSurround allows users to enjoy compelling 3D audio on multiple speakers, overcoming the limitations of 3D audio on two speakers. Multi-speaker output also allows users to position any audio devices such as CD Audio, WAV or MIDI anywhere within the speaker environment. For example, in a 3D game title, users have the option to position the CD soundtrack to the rear speakers such that there is music being played in the background. With the option of up to eight multiple speaker support in the near future, you are no longer limited in your 3D audio applications.

Digital I/O Audio Extension Card
Bundled with Sound Blaster Live! is a Digital I/O Card, which is comparable in features and quality to an I/O device costing about US$500 - $1,000, found only in very expensive professional audio systems. It provides digital S/PDIF I/O and a breakout of the MIDI I/O.

The S/PDIF connectivity will enable multimedia producers and sound engineers to connect a S/PDIF-compatible device such as a DAT player for high-end playback, recording and production. Regular users such as gamers can tap the digital output of CD-Audio (if their CD-ROM drive supports S/PDIF) via the S/PDIF input (CD Digital In) on Sound Blaster Live!, enabling them to enjoy the best digital audio output for their games. The MIDI interface on the extension card uses a MIDI DIN connector which can be connected to any regular MIDI cable, so that musicians need not use custom MIDI adapter cables to connect their MIDI compatible devices. A Digital DIN connector is provided for future connection of up to eight digital speakers.

256-Voice Music Synthesis
Sound Blaster Live! is capable of producing up to 256 voices. This remarkable 256-voice capability goes beyond the quality and performance available in most professional music equipment. With additional voices, Sound Blaster Live! delivers richer MIDI playback, simultaneous playback of more instrument notes, multi-layering of instruments to create better quality sound, and the creation of the "sustain effect".

Using host memory, you can choose from E-mu's 2MB, 4MB or 8MB SoundFont^® professional-quality sample banks for music reproduction. Or use up to 32MB of memory for amazing SoundFont music fidelity.

Sound Blaster Live! is able to deliver all these without sacrificing CPU utilization because of its very effective hardware-accelerated processing engine.

Sound Blaster PCI Standard
With Sound Blaster Live!, you can be assured of near-perfect Sound Blaster compatibility on the PCI bus while enjoying all its benefits. This proprietory method solves the compatibility problem by using a combination of software and hardware wizardries. It works with the existing MS-DOS^® and Windows^®-based titles, completely replacing your existing ISA sound card.