|
|
:: Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
|
|
 |
Product: Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Website: http://www.sblive.com/
Price (MSRP): $99
Release Date: Available Now
Click here to go back to the review
Review by: Sentinel
Date: 01.12.2000
Pros: Simultaneous waveform playback, digital I/O, two audio-out ports, excellent sound quality, good software bundle, incredible low price
Cons: Cons? Ha!
Overall Rating:  (5 out of 5)
|
Software/Drivers
- Creative Liveware 3.0
Creative Player
Creative Recorder
Creative Audio Controls
More miscellaneous sound utilities
- Descent 3 (full version)
- Need for Speed 4: High Stakes (Full Version)
- Thief: the Dark Project (Full Version)
- Myth 2 (Demo Version)
- Aliens vs. Predator (Marine Demo Version)
- Aliens vs. Predator (Predator Demo Version)
Specifications
- Line Output Dynamic 1.0 Vrms 1.40 Vrms
- Frequency Response at -1dB 10Hz to 44kHz 10Hz to 44kHz
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted) 96 dB 100 dB
- THD + Noise (A-weighted) 0.002% 0.002%
Noise Floor, with all inputs ON at rated power (at rated conditions)
- Front channel: -115 dB
- Rear channel: -130dB
Wave-Table Synthesis
- E-mu® Systems EMU10K1™ music synthesis engine
- 64-voice polyphony with E-mu's patented 8-point interpolation technology
- 192-voice polyphony PCI wave-table synthesis
- 48 MIDI channels with 128 GM & GS-compatible instruments and 10 drum kits
- Uses SoundFont® technology for user-definable wave-table sample sets; includes 2MB, 4MB and 8MB sets
- Load up to 32MB of samples into host memory for professional music reproduction
Effects Engine
- E-mu Systems EMU10K1 patented effects processor
- Supports real-time digital effects like reverb, chorus, flange, pitch shifter or distortion across any audio source
- Capable of processing, mixing and positioning audio streams using up to 131 available hardware channels
- Customizable effects architecture allows audio effects and channel control
- Full digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the digital domain, eliminating noise from the signal
- Full bass, treble, and effects controls available for all audio sources
Environmental 3D Positional Audio Technology
- User-selectable settings are optimized for headphones and two or four speakers
- Accelerates Microsoft® DirectSound® and DirectSound3D
- Support for Environmental Audio™ property set extensions
- Creative Multi Speaker Surround™ technology places any mono or stereo sound source in a 360° audio space
- Creative Environments - user-selectable DSP modes that simulate acoustic environments like Hall, Theater, Club, etc. on any sound source
Hollywood-Quality, 32-Bit Digital Audio Engine
- User-selectable bit rates from 8- to 16-bit
- User-selectable sample rates from 8kHz to 48kHz
- All sound sources are handled with 32-bit precision for highest quality output
- Analog and Digital I/O modes supported
- Hardware full-duplex support enables simultaneous record and playback at 8 standard sample rates
- Utilizes AC97 audio codec
MIDI Interface / Joystick Port
- Supports MPU-401 UART mode
- IBM® compatible 15-pin joystick port with analog support
- Support for digital and DirectInput™ game devices
On-Board Connectors
- Microphone in Line in Line level out (front)
- Line level out (rear)
- Mic input
- Digital Out
- Joystick port MPC-3
- CD Audio in
- Auxiliary in
- Digital CD in
Works with the Following Standards
- Windows® 95
- Windows 98
- Windows NT 4.0
- General MIDI
- MPC-3
- Plug-and-Play
- Sound Blaster PCI
- Environmental Audio Extensions Microsoft DirectSound®, DirectSound 3D, and derivatives
- PCI 2.1 compliant
Minimum System Requirements:
- Pentium® class 133MHz or faster processor
- 16MB system RAM (32MB strongly recommended)
- Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0
- Open half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot
- Headphones or amplified speakers
- CD-ROM drive for software installation
|
|
