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Creative limited edition Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro sound card: Music Movies & GamesCreative Technology Ltd., the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for PC users, announced the limited edition Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro sound card. The ideal holiday gift for the most discerning amateur musician, PC gamer or audiophile, the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro features 113db SNR Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) for superior 24-bit ADVANCED HD audio - the highest signal-to-noise ratio of any consumer sound card. The all-new Entertainment Center software transforms the PC into a home entertainment center with easy navigation and playback for digital music, pictures and movies, with the convenience of a remote control."Of the tens of millions of digital entertainment enthusiasts who stand by the Sound Blaster brand, there is a select group that insists on having the absolute best sound card available, with the ultimate feature set; a sound card that they can brag to their friends about. The Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro provides truly unprecedented performance, so for those who want the ‘best of the best' we made a limited edition sound card," said Mala Sharma, director of product marketing for Creative Labs, Inc. Priced at US$299.99, the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro delivers exceptional performance for music creation, music listening, movies and games: Music Creation Introduced with the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro, the new Creative Smart Recorder software supports automatic scheduling of recordings from any source - streamed Internet content, vinyl records, cassette decks - and cuts the single audio stream into individual tracks. Smart Recording also includes Audio Clean-Up to remove scratches, pops and hisses from low quality source material. The Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro includes a compelling suite of music creation applications including Steinberg Cubase LE and Wavelab Lite 2.5 and Image Line FL Studio 4 Creative Edition. The Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro features an external I/O hub with studio quality I/O and advanced connectivity. It includes analog stereo connectors for six-channel input, optical and coaxial digital I/O, full-sized MIDI I/O, microphone with gain control, headphone and volume control and two 1394 FireWire ports. Musicians can create professional quality recordings with low latency ASIO 2.0 support, SoundFont support and high quality audio hardware. Music and audio samples can be recorded with 24-bit/96kHz A/D converters for amazingly clean and accurate recordings. Music Listening Digital audio sounds best on Sound Blaster with 24-bit ADVANCED HD quality and 113dbSNR from 24-bit/192kHz DACs and studio-quality EAX ADVANCED HD music settings. For pristine audio clarity and depth, the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro also supports Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio playback in 24-bit/192kHZ stereo and 24-bit/96kHz in 5.1 surround sound. Music listeners can also utilize patented CMSS 3D audio technology to convert stereo content into 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound and even experience virtual surround sound on headphones. The included EAX Music Console provides acoustic enhancements such as Bass Boost, Karaoke, a multi-band graphics equalizer, and Smart Volume Management that matches volume levels across different tracks. Movies The THX-Certified Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro includes the Creative THX Setup Console, to provide accurate calibration for a precise speaker listening environment. DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX decoding produce captivating 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound for DVD movies. Games Thief -Deadly Shadows with full EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD support and Hitman: Contracts with full EAX 3.0 ADVANCED HD support are included with the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro - more than an $80 value. With EAX supported games, EAX ADVANCED HD effects produce life-like sounds as multiple audio effects are processed in real time. There are more than 100 games that support EAX 2.0; 30 games that support EAX 3.0 ADVANCED HD and already 10 games that support the new EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD. For all DirectSound 3D games, EAX can be experienced in 5.1 with rear surround or 7.1 with rear and side surround sound. When: The Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro is slated for November shipment to all retail outlets in Asia at an estimated street price of US$299.99. SPECIFICATIONS Audigy 4 Pro Processor Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing 32-bit digital processing, which maintains a theoretical 192 dB of dynamic range Patented 8-point interpolation that reduces distortion to inaudible levels 64-voice hardware wavetable synthesizer Professional quality digital mixing and equalization High Definition Audio Quality for Playback and Recording Playback of 64 audio channels, each at an arbitrary sample rate 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96 kHz sample rate 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96 kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192 kHz to stereo output 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz. Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format of up to 24-bit/96 kHz quality. Selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz Low latency multitrack recording with ASIO 2.0 support at 16-bit, 48 kHz and 24-bit, 96 kHz resolution. *(Latency performance may vary based on system configuration) FireWire (IEEE 1394) Connectivity Compliant with IEEE 1394a specification Supports data rates of 100, 200, and 400 Mbps Supports up to 63 FireWire (IEEE 1394) compatible devices in a daisy-chain configuration Supplies up to 3 Watts to FireWire (IEEE 1394) compatible devices Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro On-Board Connectors Line level out (Front / Side / Rear / Center / Subwoofer) Digital CD Audio in Aux Audio in AD_Link 1 and AD_Link 2 connectors to connect with external I/O hub. Power connector Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro External I/O Hub Front / Rear Panel Connectors Headphone Out (1/4" Stereo Jack) Line In 1 (1/4" Stereo Jack , shared with Mic In with Gain Control) Line In 2 (1/4" Stereo Jack) Line In 3 (2x RCA Jack) Optical SPDIF In/Out Coaxial SPDIF In/Out Digital Out for 5.1 support (6-channel SPDIF Output to Creative digital speakers) 2x FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports MIDI In / Out Infra-red Receiver to communicate with Remote Control AD_Link 1 and AD_Link 2 connectors to connect with Audigy 4 Pro Audio Performance: Signal-to-Noise Ratio (AES17, A-Weighted) Output Voltage @ 2Vrms Stereo Output 113dB Front and Rear Channels 113dB Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 113dB Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (AES17) = 0.003% (2V Rated Output) Frequency Response +/-3dB: 10Hz to 46kHz Works with the Following Standards Windows XP and 2K Sound Blaster MIDI and General MIDI Plug and Play Sound Blaster PCI EAX, EAX ADVANCED HD Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound 3D & derivatives OpenAL PCI 2.3 compliant AC ‘97 Dolby Digital Dolby Digital EX DTS Digital Surround DTS-ES Surround Meridian Lossless Packing ASIO 2.0 SoundFont 2.1 DVD-Audio Windows Media Audio 9
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