Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SB1394 Bedienungsanleitung

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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy

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Contents

Introduction

High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment....................................... viii

What is EAX ADVANCED HD? ............................................................ ix

Package Contents ............................................................................. x

System Requirements ...................................................................... x

Sound Blaster Audigy card......................................................... x

SB1394 applications, games and DVD viewing ............................. x

Getting More Information................................................................. xi

More Help ...................................................................................... xi

Technical Support ........................................................................... xi

Document Conventions.....................................................................xii

1 Installing Hardware

What You Need...................................................................................... 1-1

Your Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) Card................................................ 1-2

Your Sound Blaster Audigy (non-SB1394) Card ......................................... 1-3

Your Joystick/MIDI Bracket: For Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394)........ 1-4

Installation Steps ................................................................................... 1-5

Step 1: Prepare your computer ...................................................... 1-5

Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy card .................................. 1-6

Step 3: Connect to audio cable (Optional step for Analog or Digital CD audio

cable connection) ......................................................................... 1-7

Step 4: Connect to power supply ............................................................. 1-8

Connecting Related Peripherals................................................................ 1-9

Connecting Speaker Systems ................................................................ 1-11

Connecting External Consumer Devices .................................................. 1-13

Positioning Your Speakers ..................................................................... 1-15

.......................................................................................................... 1-15

2 Installing Software

iii

Installing Drivers and Applications............................................................ 2-1

Uninstalling Applications ........................................................................ 2-1

Reinstalling Applications.......................................................................... 2-2

Updating Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2) ................................................. 2-3

3 Sound Blaster Audigy Applications

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Applications............................................... 3-1

Creative Taskbar.................................................................................... 3-2

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start ...................................... 3-2

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience ................................................ 3-2

EAX ADVANCED HD Gold Mine Experience ................................................ 3-3

Creative Diagnostics............................................................................... 3-3

Creative Surround Mixer ......................................................................... 3-3

Creative AudioHQ................................................................................... 3-4

SoundFont Control ........................................................................ 3-4

Device Controls ............................................................................ 3-4

Creative Keyboard ........................................................................ 3-5

MIDI Input............................................................................ 3-5

EAX Control.................................................................................. 3-5

Creative WaveStudio .............................................................................. 3-5

Creative PlayCenter................................................................................ 3-6

Creative Recorder .................................................................................. 3-6

Creative MiniDisc Center ......................................................................... 3-6

Creative Restore Defaults........................................................................ 3-7

4 Using Applications

Multimedia Playback ............................................................................... 4-1

Watching DVDs ............................................................................ 4-1

Playing MP3 or WMA files............................................................... 4-2

Playing back Wave and CD Audio files ............................................. 4-2

Playing MIDI files.......................................................................... 4-2

Creating non- General-MIDI- compliant files .................................... 4-2

Digital Entertainment.............................................................................. 4-2

Watching surround movies............................................................. 4-2

Compiling personal albums ............................................................ 4-3

Content Creation.................................................................................... 4-3

Applying voice effects.................................................................... 4-3

Recording sound and effects .......................................................... 4-3

Capturing and editing videos .......................................................... 4-3

Advanced Content Creation ..................................................................... 4-3

Recording multi-tracks with ASIO ................................................... 4-3

Creating music ............................................................................. 4-4

Recording and transcribing music ................................................... 4-4

Recording and editing musical instruments ...................................... 4-4

Recording digital audio .................................................................. 4-4

Creating multiple effects ................................................................ 4-4

Creating and playing back SoundFonts ............................................ 4-4

Internet Entertainment ........................................................................... 4-5

Encoding CD songs to MP3 format .................................................. 4-5

Downloading and playing MP3 songs ............................................... 4-5

Playing MP3 songs with EAX ADVANCED HD..................................... 4-5

Gaming Reference.................................................................................. 4-5

Enjoying EAX ADVANCED HD support.............................................. 4-5

Enjoying DirectSound3D support .................................................... 4-6

Enjoying A3D 1.0 support .............................................................. 4-6

Customizing environments for non-3D games .................................. 4-6

Appendixes

A General Specifications

Features ...............................................................................................A-1

PCI Bus Mastering .................................................................A-1

Audigy Processor ...................................................................A-1

High Quality Audio Path..........................................................A-1

Professional Digital Audio Processing........................................A-2

Flexible Mixer Control.............................................................A-2

Dolby Digital (AC-3) Decoding.................................................A-2

Creative Multi Speaker SurroundTM (CMSSTM) .........................A-3

Compatibility: For Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394TM) only .........A-3

Connectivity ..........................................................................................A-3

Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) card .............................................. A-3

Audio Inputs .........................................................................A-3

Audio Outputs .......................................................................A-3

SB1394 Interfaces .................................................................A-4

Interfaces .............................................................................A-4

Sound Blaster Audigy (non-SB1394) card ........................................ A-4

Audio Inputs .........................................................................A-4

Audio Outputs .............................................................................. A-5

Interfaces .............................................................................A-5

B Troubleshooting

Problems Installing Software ...................................................................B-1

Problems with Sound..............................................................................B-2

For Windows 98 SE ....................................................................... B-4

For Windows Me ........................................................................... B-4

For Windows 2000 and Windows XP................................................ B-5

Insufficient SoundFont Cache ..................................................................B-6

Problems With Joystick ...........................................................................B-6

Problems with Multiple Audio Devices .......................................................B-7

Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card .......B-8

Resolving I/O Conflicts............................................................................B-9

Problems in Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................. B-10

Problems with Software DVD Player ....................................................... B-11

Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/2000/Me .............................. B-11

Problems with File Transfers on Some VIA Chipset Motherboards............... B-12

Problems in Windows XP ....................................................................... B-14

Index

Introduction

Introduction vii

Introduction

High Definition

Digital Audio

Entertainment

Thank you for purchasing Sound Blaster Audigy. It is the most complete high-

definition digital audio entertainment solution that you will ever come across.

Two models are covered in this manual: Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394), with

SB1394 connectivity, and Sound Blaster Audigy (non-SB1394), without SB1394

support. SB1394 applications are only applicable for the Sound Blaster Audigy

(SB1394) model.

With the onboard 24-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog

Converter (DAC), Sound Blaster Audigy delivers high-definition sound of astounding

quality with 96 kHz SPDIF support. The Sound Blaster Audigy card, with its Audigy

processor, is four times as powerful as its nearest competitor. This enables awesome

EAX ADVANCED HDTM technologies for your games and music listening experience.

The SB1394 port provides easy high-speed connectivity to NOMAD portable digital

audio players, external CD-RW drives and other IEEE 1394 compatible devices like

DV Camcorders, printers, scanners and digital still cameras.

Combine Sound Blaster Audigy with a rich software bundle and you get endless

hours of fun. Included in your Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD are exciting

applications that allow you to create EAX-enhanced MP3 songs, and instant

interactive Oozic music videos, which you can share with your friends over the

Internet.

Introduction viii

What is EAX

ADVANCED HD?

EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power and flexibility to PC

audio. Taking advantage of the increased processing capabilities of the Sound

Blaster Audigy Processor, EAX ADVANCED HD delivers a host of new high definition

audio features for gaming and music enhancement.

The all-new EAX ADVANCED HD Game Audio Library takes in-game audio acoustics

to a whole new level. New Multi-EnvironmentTM technology renders up to 4

simultaneous audio environments in real time. Environment PanningTM makes

spatializing and localizing environments in 3D possible. Environment ReflectionsTM

offers localization of early reflections and echoes. Environment FilteringTM

accurately simulates the propagation of sound in both open and closed

environments. Finally, Environment MorphingTM allows for seamless transition from

one environment to the next. These innovative technologies bring tremendous

realism and immersiveness to gaming.

Sonic superiority is also assured with EAX ADVANCED HD Music Technologies. Audio

Clean-Up enables the removal of unwanted noise in a digital audio file. DREAMTM

creates an enhanced, "disco-like" surround sound for any stereo music. Time Scaling

speeds up and slows down music with no distortion. Music playback is further

enhanced with the specially developed EAX ADVANCED HD music effects.

EAX ADVANCED HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and

functionality, delivering superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for

an unsurpassed digital entertainment experience that is only available from the

Sound Blaster Audigy family of products.

Introduction ix

Package Contents The following items are included in your package:

❑Sound Blaster Audigy card

❑Joystick/MIDI bracket for Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) card

❑Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD

System

Requirements

Sound Blaster Audigy

card

❑Genuine Intel®Pentium®II 350 MHz, AMD®K6 450 MHz or faster class processor

❑Intel, AMD or 100%-Intel compatible motherboard chipset

❑Windows®98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows

NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

❑64 MB RAM for Windows 98 SE/Me

128 MB RAM for Windows 2000/XP

❑600 MB of free hard disk space

❑Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot for the Sound Blaster Audigy card

❑Available adjacent slot for the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional)

❑Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)

❑CD-ROM drive installed

SB1394 applications,

games and DVD

viewing

❑Genuine Intel Pentium II 350 MHz, MMX or AMD 450 MHz processor/3Dnow!

❑Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

❑3D graphics accelerator with at least 8 MB of texture RAM for games

❑128 MB RAM recommended for digital video (DV) capture and editing

❑Ultra DMA type hard disk with 1 GB workspace (ATA-100, 7,200 rpm type and 6

GB recommended) for DV applications (300–500 MB of free hard disk space for

games)

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