Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SB1394 SB0230

Specifications:

32-Bit Professional Quality Effects Engine:
Creative's Audigy patented effects processor;
Support for real-time digital effects like reverb, chorus, normalizer, pitch shifter, or
distortion across any audio source;
Capable of processing, mixing and positioning audio streams using up to 131
available hardware channels;
Full 32-bit digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the digital domain,
eliminating noise from the signal.

High Definition Audio Quality:
Playback of 64 audio channels, each with its own independent sample rate;
24-bit Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion;
16-bit recording with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48kHz;
Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) input and output of up to 24-bit/96kHz
quality;
SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96kHz;
Low latency multi-track recording with ASIO support.

EAX ADVANCED HD, Advanced Audio and 3D Audio Technology:
Optimized user-selectable settings for headphones, two, four or six speakers
and external A/V amplifiers;
Dolby Digital audio decoding to 5.1 speaker channels in both analog and digital modes;
Upgradeable 3D audio architecture for future improvements;
Hardware acceleration of EAX ADVANCED HD for games;
Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) technology places any mono
or stereo source in a 360º audio space;
User-selectable EAX ADVANCED HD music presets, pre-configurable DSP modes
simulating various acoustic environments;
Time-scaling;
Audio Clean-Up.

SB1394 Connectivity:
High speed connection to IEEE 1394-enabled devices with up to 400Mbps transfer rate;
Hot-plug support for ease of connecting or disconnecting external devices;
Interconnection of up to 63 devices for peer-to-peer communication;
SB1394 Certification Program thoroughly tests and certifies participating vendors' 1394-
enabled devices with Sound Blaster Audigy for optimal performance and ease of use.

Realistic Wave-Table Synthesis:
Creative's Audigy music synthesis engine;
64-voice hardware polyphony with Creative's patented 8-point interpolation technology
that reduces distortion to inaudible levels;
Uses SoundFont technology for user-definable wave-table sample sets;
Unlimited sample size can be loaded into host memory for professional music
reproduction (limited to available system memory size);
Scalable PCI wave-table synthesis architecture with multi-timbre capability;
48 MIDI channels with 128 GM & GS compatible instruments and 10 drum kits.

MIDI Interface / Joystick Port:
Support for analog and digital or DirectInput game devices;
Support for two simultaneous MIDI devices with Sound Blaster Audigy Drive.

On-Board Connectors:
Analog / Digital Out (Analog Center & Subwoofer / 6-channel SPDIF Output);
Line in;
Microphone in;
Line level out (Front) / Headphone out;
Line level out (Rear);
SB1394 port;
Telephone Answering Device in;
Analog CD Audio in;
Digital CD Audio in;
Expansion header to an external 15-pin Joystick / MIDI port;
Internal SB1394 header to Sound Blaster Audigy Drive;
Expansion header to the Sound Blaster Audigy Drive.

Sound Blaster Audigy Audio Performance:
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) = 100dB;
Crosstalk (Left/Right and vice versa) = -100dB;
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004 %;
Frequency Response at -3 dBr = <10 Hz to 22 kHz

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);
600MB of free hard disk space;
Windows 98, 98 SE, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, or XP;
Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot for Sound Blaster Audigy card;
Available adjacent slot for the Audigy Extension bracket;
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately);