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The Platinum 5.1 came with an updated version of the Live! Drive IR with a remote control support. These cards were marketed as Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum, Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Gamer and Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 MP3+ It was possible to modify the generation 2 cards to offer 5.1 output by re-programing the 8-pin PROM chip (EEPROM 93c46).
The final revision of the original Sound Blaster, the Sound Blaster 2.0 was released in October 1991, [17] CT1350, added support for "auto-init" DMA, which assisted in producing a continuous loop of double-buffered sound output. Similar to version 1.0 and 1.5, it used a 1-channel 8-bit DAC.
In addition to PCI and PCIe internal sound cards, Creative also released an external USB-based solution (named X-Mod) in November 2006. X-Mod is listed in the same category as the rest of the X-Fi lineup, but is only a stereo device, marketed to improve music playing from laptop computers, and with lower specifications than the internal offerings.
Sound Blaster Audigy Player Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gold. Sound Blaster Audigy is a product line of sound cards from Creative Technology.The flagship model of the Audigy family used the EMU10K2 audio DSP, an improved version of the SB-Live's EMU10K1, while the value/SE editions were built with a less-expensive audio controller.
The widespread decision to support the Sound Blaster design in multimedia and entertainment titles meant that future sound cards such as Media Vision's Pro Audio Spectrum and the Gravis Ultrasound had to be Sound Blaster compatible if they were to sell well. Until the early 2000s, when the AC'97 audio standard became more widespread and ...
5.1 surround sound ("five-point one") is the common name for surround sound audio systems. 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home theatres. [1] It uses five full-bandwidth channels and one low-frequency effects channel (the "point one"). [ 2 ]
E-MU 20K is the commercial name for a line of audio chips by Creative Technology, commercially known as the Sound Blaster X-Fi chipset. The series comprises the E-MU 20K1 (CA20K1) and E-MU 20K2 (CA20K2) audio chips.
Sound modules that do not fit into other categories. CBX-T3 — General MIDI and other modes supported (same as TG100, but with LEDs instead of LCD) FB-01 — (1986) 4op FM/8 multi-timbral sound module, suitable for CX5M system. a forerunner of TG & MU series; FS1R (1998) — FM/Formant synthesis; TG100 (1991) — General MIDI sound module [38]