Creative Audigy 4 Manual

4
Using Applications
This chapter tells you which applications to use for content 
creation, gaming and entertainment purposes. 

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Using Applications
Sound Blaster Audigy offers you high-quality multimedia playback, digital 
entertainment, content creation capability, Internet entertainment and gaming. 
The following pages tell you which applications would best suit your needs.
Multimedia 
Playback
Watching DVDsYou may enjoy 5.1 Dolby Digital sound output from DVD movies encoded with 
Dolby Digital sound in one of two ways with Sound Blaster Audigy.
1.  Output the encoded Dolby Digital signal to an external...

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Playing MP3 or 
WMA filesCreative PlayCenter supports and plays MP3 and WMA files.
Playing back Wave 
and CD Audio filesUse Creative PlayCenter to play back both Wave and CD Audio files. WAV is the 
format for digital audio files on the Windows operating platform. CD Audio refers to 
audio compact discs that can be played on your CD-ROM drive.
Playing MIDI filesMIDI (*.MID) is a music format that uses an internal synthesizer for playback. Use 
Creative PlayCenter in the Sound...

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Compiling personal 
albumsYou can compile albums containing CD Audio, WAV or MIDI files using Creative 
PlayCenter.
Content 
Creation
Applying voice 
effectsWhen singing and recording your own songs, you can enhance your voice, or even 
add special effects. You can do this with EAX Control, which can be accessed from 
Creative Surround Mixer.
Recording sound 
and effectsCreative Recorder is an easy way of recording any audio source without worrying 
about mixer settings. You can...

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support allows you to create all these with amazingly low latency (solving multi-
track sync up issues).
Creating musicYou can create desktop music on your Sound Blaster Audigy using Cubasis VST. 
Hook up a MIDI controller keyboard to the MIDI/Joystick port and you instantly 
have a high quality synthesizer with this software. The sequencing software 
provided also lets you compose your own music compositions and arrangements.
Recording and 
transcribing musicUsing Cubasis VST, you...

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Internet 
Entertainment
Encoding CD songs 
to MP3 formatWith Creative PlayCenter, you can encode and record all your favorite CD songs 
into your computer’s hard drive, so that you have a database of customized song 
lists.
Downloading and 
playing MP3 songsWith Creative PlayCenter, you can add current songs to your database by 
downloading them from various sites on the Internet.
Playing MP3 songs 
with EAX 
ADVANCED HDUse Creative PlayCenter to create MP3 renditions with...

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Enjoying 
DirectSound3D 
supportDirectSound3D (DS3D) games are supported on your Sound Blaster Audigy. You 
can hear sounds positioned in 3D space that enhance your game experience.
Enjoying A3D 1.0 
supportYour card translates A3D calls into DirectSound3D, meaning that you can enjoy A3D 
games.
Customizing 
environments for 
non-3D gamesYou can create customized environments for your non-EAX ADVANCED HD games 
using the EAX Control panel, which can be accessed from Creative...

A
General Specifications
This section displays the specifications of your Sound Blaster 
Audigy card. 

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General Specifications
This section lists the specifications of your Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) or 
Sound Blaster Audigy (non-SB1394) cards, and Joystick/MIDI bracket for Sound 
Blaster Audigy (SB1394).
Features
PCI Bus Mastering❑
Half-length PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant
❑
Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance
Audigy Processor❑
Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing
❑
32-bit digital processing, which maintains a 192 dB...

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Professional Digital 
Audio Processing❑Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format input signal of up to 24-
bit/96 kHz quality
❑SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 
kHz
Note:  SPDIF output not available during playback of protected digital audio contents 
authored with DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology
❑Selectable 6-channel SPDIF output to external amplifier/digital speaker systems
❑Software switching of SPDIF...