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Sound Blaster® Audigy™ Platinum eX is the 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, the future SB1394 NOMAD® Jukebox, external hard drives, and high-speed CD-RWs.

			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

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

Features and Benefits

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

	EAX Advanced HD Taking Gaming to New Heights
	EAX Advance HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and functionality and delivers superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for high-definition audio environments in games.   Multi-Environment™ - Enjoy up to four simultaneous audio environments in real time. Environment Morphing™ - Experience a natural audio transition from one environment to another with real-time morphing of each audio environment's characteristics. Environment Panning™ - Hear the 3D spatialization and localization of an upcoming or distant environment Environment Reflections™ - Enjoy the real world phenomenon of sound bouncing off of various surfaces and returning to the listener in 3D. Environment Filtering™ - Marvel at the accurate simulation of sound of both outdoor and indoor environments with both low and high-pass audio filters. Extreme Effects - By utilizing advanced parameters, intricate modulation settings can be applied to delay lines for creating "extreme" effects, surpassing the performance of many studio reverb processors
	3D Gaming Audio Accuracy The most accurate 3D audio available
	Advanced 3D Audio - 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 find and frag your opponents quickly.
	High-Speed Peer-to-Peer Gaming
	SB1394 Connectivity - Create an intense multi-player gaming environment with easy SB1394 PC to PC connectivity and low-latency gameplay performance beyond LAN gaming. For the ultimate frag fest, use the power and versatility of SB1394 to connect up to 64 PCs using Sound Blaster Audigy sound cards.

Music
Using the power of Audigy, Creative delivers unsurpassed clarity for all of your music needs. With Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum, digital music playback, enhancement, customization, and back up reach new levels.

 

	Music Enhancement 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. Also, experience 5.1 Dolby Digital (AC-3) music with the included samples.
	Music Customization EAX ADVANCED HD Customized Playback
	Audio Cleanup - Click Removal removes "pops" when listening to digital audio content or recordings. Noise Reduction reduces "hiss" and scratches from old tapes or LP recordings for enhanced audio playback. Time Scaling - Speed up or slow down digital music playback without changing the pitch or audio quality. EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Effects - Select from a wide range of sophisticated audio presets as well as Special Effects for an enriched music experience. 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
	Maximum compatibility - Use your Sound Blaster Platinum eX with qualified devices like the future SB1394 NOMAD® Jukebox, external CD-RW drives, and other SB1394 qualified peripherals.
	CreativeWare™
	CreativeWare for Sound Blaster Audigy provides you with the latest information on your bundled software, feature upgrade options, and new software applications that will heighten your digital audio experience.

Core Technologies

Pro Studio
Set up a professional-quality sound studio in the comfort of your home.

 

			Professional Tools for Digital Music and Video - 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.
			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 technology, 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 software.

High-Definition Audio Quality Beyond Home Theater
Achieve a new level of clarity and audio quality for your 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.

Audigy ADVANCED HD - High-Definition Audio Architecture
Creative, the worldwide leader in PC audio, introduces Audigy ADVANCED HD - High-Definition Audio Architecture. Comprised of four revolutionary components, the Audigy audio architecture is designed to dramatically improve your digital audio experience:

 

			Audigy Input Module - a customized CODEC designed to process, playback, and record multiple analog sources simultaneously.
			EAX ADVANCED HD Technology Core - incorporates the real time effects processing capabilities of EAX ADVANCED HD, along with an optimized driver designed for low-latency ASIO™ support, on-board Dolby Digital decoding, DirectSound®, DirectSound3D™, and OpenAL™ acceleration.
			Audigy Processing Module - enables real-time multi-processing of up to four environments simultaneously. The high performance 32-bit sound engine with a 64-channel mixer is optimized for complex digital audio signal mixing and processing.
			Audigy Output Module - uses high quality, multi-channel 24-bit/96kHz DACs and ensures stunning 100dB SNR audio quality playback while the 32-bit effects engine provides crystal-clear audio resolution.

EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Technology
EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power and flexibility to PC audio for games and music. The all-new Audio Library dramatically improves audio acoustics with new features such as Multi-Environment™ technology. You can experience these innovative audio technologies only with the Sound Blaster Audigy family of high-definition audio cards. EAX ADVANCED HD delivers superior audio fidelity, vivid 3D sound, and rich environment effects for an unsurpassed digital entertainment experience.

SB1394
SB1394 is Creative's IEEE 1394 compatible standard for high-speed (~400Mbps) digital audio transfer. It ensures optimum performance with SB1394 connectivity and IEEE 1394 equipped devices, providing a seamless user experience for transferring massive MP3 collections, DV editing, easy networking and more. It is supported by the SB1394 Certification Program, which is a comprehensive evaluation of devices for technical performance to ensure reliability and user convenience.