Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX is a professional home studio solution that opens up a whole new world of unprecedented high definition audio, with the flexibility of an external drive.

Introduction

  • Professional home studio with high-end music creation tools, expanded multi I/O connectivity, and low latency ASIO™ support
  • Stunning 24-bit multi-channel performance and 100dB SNR for high definition audio
  • Innovative EAX® ADVANCED HD™ technology delivers high definition audio environments for ultra-realistic gaming and enriched music effects
  • Fully integrated SB1394™ (IEEE® 1394 compliant) ensures optimum performance for qualified products like DV Camcorders, digital audio players, external hard drives/high-speed CD-RWs, and home entertainment equipment

    Sound Blaster® Audigy™ Platinum eX is a professional home studio solution that opens up a whole new world of unprecedented high definition audio, with the flexibility of an external drive.

    You'll experience incredible audio clarity with 24-bit multi-channel 5.1 sound, and stunning 100dB SNR. The increased power of the Audigy chip enables EAX® ADVANCED HD™ to deliver a host of innovative high definition audio effects with next-generation interactive 3D audio for gaming and sophisticated effects for music. The external Audigy drive has the most comprehensive connectors for analog or digital devices including professional audio gear, home-stereo receivers, Optical DACs, MIDI devices, and DV Camcorders. You'll also have the advantage of high-capacity connectivity to SB1394™ qualified devices like DV Camcorders, future NOMAD® Jukebox and external hard drives/high-speed CD-RWs.

    For professional home studio entertainment with high definition audio quality, get Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX!

    Features and Performance

    PRO STUDIO

    Set up a professional sound studio in the comfort of your home with the flexibility of the external Audigy drive.

    Professional Tools for Digital Music and Video

    • External Audigy Drive - Flexible drive placement lets you create a professional studio-like set up while freeing up a drive bay for other applications.
    • Comprehensive Connectors - Including Optical I/O, SPDIF I/O, MIDI I/O, AUX-IN, Mic IN and SB1394 provide extensive connectivity to digital and analog, PC and CE devices. Professional Software Tools - A full suite of professional software creation applications are bundled to enhance your home studio entertainment.
    • ASIO™ - Enjoy 2ms low-latency performance with ASIO support for professional multi-track recording.
    • SoundFont® 2.1 - With SoundFont's powerful 64-voice digital sampling synthesis capabilities, you'll experience the same professional quality sampling used by today's hit record producers.
    • Digital Video Camcorder Support - Plug-in your IEEE® 1394-enabled DV Camcorder and create amazing digital movies using your current or bundled digital video editing suite.

    High Definition Audio Quality Beyond Home Theater

    • 24-bit / 100dB SNR - Experience high definition audio quality surpassing high-end home theater receivers.
    • Dolby® Digital Decoding - Enjoy true 5.1 multi-channel playback in music, games and movies with on-board Dolby Digital decoding capabilities. No need for a separate decoder!
    • Wireless Remote Control - Conveniently control your PC home theater entertainment with the easy-to-use remote control and software application.

    GAMING

    Taking advantage of 4X the processing power of the Audigy chip, Creative delivers the next innovative audio standard for PC gaming.

    EAX ADVANCED HD Takes Gaming to New Heights

    • EAX ADVANCED HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and functionality, delivering superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for high definition audio environments such as Multi-Environment™, Environment Morphing™, Environment Panning™ , Environment Reflections™ - , Environment Filtering™ and Extreme Effects™
    The Most Accurate 3D Audio Rendering
    • Highly optimized for Sound Blaster Audigy, the new 3D audio engine improves 3D sound imaging in both multi-speaker systems and headphones allowing you to locate and frag your opponents quickly.
    High Speed Peer-to-Peer Gaming
    • Create an intense multi-player gaming environment with easy SB1394 PC-to-PC connectivity and low latency gameplay performance beyond LAN gaming.

    MUSIC

    Unsurpassed clarity in audio CD, MP3 or WMA playback at 24-bit, 100dB SNR.

    Rip, Organize, Burn

    • Creative PlayCenter™ 3 - Your personal digital music center on the PC! Rip MP3 and WMA files with the included 320 Kbps encoder for up to 9X encoding acceleration. Burn your own audio CDs from digital music libraries, create playlists, as well as organize and customize your entire digital audio collection.

    Customize your music playback with EAX ADVANCED HD

    • Audio Clean-Up - Click Removal and Noise Reduction removes unwanted "hiss" and scratches from MP3s or recordings from old tapes and LPs.
    • Time Scaling - Speed up or slow down audio playback without changing the pitch or audio quality.
    • DREAM™ - Create enhanced, "club-like" surround sound from any stereo source by redirecting the path of a specific frequency range.

    SB1394 - High-Speed, High-Capacity Digital Audio Transfer

    • Benefit from maximum compatibility to qualified devices like the future SB1394 NOMAD® Jukebox, external CD-RW drives and other SB1394 qualified peripherals.


    System Requirements

    Minimum System Requirements
    • Genuine Intel® Pentium® 266MHz, AMD® K6 300MHz or faster processor
    • Intel®, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
    • 64MB system RAM (128MB Highly Recommended)
    • 600 MB of free hard disk space
    • Windows® 98, 98SE, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows XP and other future driver releases will be available from www.soundblaster.com)
    • Available half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot for Sound Blaster® Audigy™ card
    • Available adjacent slot for Audigy extension card
    • Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
    • CD-ROM drive required for software installation
    • Available 5 1/4" PC drive bay (for Sound Blaster Audigy drive)

    Additional Requirements
    • CPU: Genuine Intel® Pentium® II 350 MHz / MMX or AMD® 450 MHz / 3Dnow! for SB1394 applications or games
    • SB1394: Works only on Windows® 98 SE, Windows® 2000 or Windows® Millennium Edition.
    • DV Editing: 128MB recommended for Digital Video (DV) capture and editing. Ultra DMA hard disk with 1GB workspace (ATA-100, 7,200rpm with 6GB recommended.
    • Games: 128MB system memory recommended, a 3D accelerator with at least 8MB of texture RAM, available 300-500MB disk space. Games may not work optimally under Windows 2000. Check out latest updates from www.soundblaster.com.
    • DVD: At least a 2nd generation DVD-ROM drive with these recommended soft-DVD players: Intervideo's WinDVD 2000 or CyberLink's PowerDVD 3.0 and above
    • Internet Radio: Requires at least a 56Kbps modem and an active Internet connection before running the application.

    Setup under Windows 98 SE requires the original Microsoft Windows 98 SE Installation CD. Certain applications do not work with Dual Processor support under Windows NT4.0 or Windows 2000. Included applications may need higher system requirements or microphone for basic functionality. Refer to individual applications' documentation for details. Certain features or functionality such as SB1394 application is not supported by Windows 98 (First Edition). We recommend that you upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) or later versions.