About innovation (CREATIVE) company, the overlord of this sound card. Starting from the earliest Sound Blaster, its various sound cards don't know how many spring and summer, autumn and winter. You count countless sound card company, Creative has been constantly developing new sound cards, firmly occupying the first position, and is also a miracle, ISA product ● Sound Blaster AWE64 GOLD ● Sound Blaster AWE64 Value ● Sound Blaster 16 Waveffects ● Creative Memory Modules Since the ISA sound card has exited the mainstream market of the computer, the following main introduction to the PCI product. PCI product ● Sound Blaster Live! Standard Edition ● Sound Blaster PCI128 ● Sound Blaster PCI64 ● Sound Blaster PCI 512 ● Sound Blaster 16 PCI ● Sound Blaster Vibra 128 ● Sound Blaster Live! MP3 ● Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer ● Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI ● Sound Blaster Live! Value ● Sound Blaster Live! Value Value Edition ● Sound Blaster Live! Value Anniversary Edition ● Sound Blaster Live! Digital (Digital Edition) ● SoundBlaster Live! Digital Deluxe Digital Deluxe Edition ● Sound Blaster Live! Platinum (Platinum Edition) ● Sound Blaster LIVE! Standard Edition Sound Blaster Live! The Standard Edition is the earliest product in this series, and it has gradually emerged in the retail market in the third quarter of 1998. The standard version provides a complete audio primary card and digital I / O sub-card, where the primary card uses an EMU10K1 audio processing chip manufactured by 0.35 microns to make it have strong computational compliance. All external simulated audio output interfaces are made of gold plating, which is particularly elegant. Digital I / O sub-card is also designed to be fine, it provides super audio extension capabilities, including Digital DIN, SPDIF IN, SPDIF OUT, MINI MIDI IN, and MINI OUT five major interfaces, so that SB Live! The standard version has a powerful function of digital input and output. These digital interfaces can be used to enable the sound signal to achieve a signal-to-noise ratio of 120 dB or more, without any digital sound quality of electromagnetic interference and the output connection of up to 8 speakers. It can also easily achieve high quality MD and DAT digital recording. SB LIVE! It has fully exceed the basic meaning of the sound card itself, which is more like a powerful audio work platform. Standard Edition SB LIVE! Mainly facing professional audio workers and fever gamers. The product comes with a bundled software such as Cakewalk, Soundforge, and a high-quality microphone, which makes it a good cost of overall cost. ● Sound Blaster PCI 128 Sound Blaster PCI 128 belongs to Creative Sound Blaster PCI series, initially used Ensoniq ES1370 chip (Ensoniq is a subsidiary after being acquired by Creative), and later use Creative 5507 chip. Note that 128 herein refers to 128 donor instead of 128-bit audio. Sound Blaster PCI 128 supports four-channel output and DS3D acceleration, and Eax can also be supported by the upgrade of the driver. MIDI playback and recording are good, and the CPU's usage is not high.
It is reported that Creative will have a new version called Sound Blaster PCI 128 D. This version mainly joins the SPDIF OUT function. ● Sound Blaster PCI 64 Sound Blaster PCI 64 uses an ES1370 chip that also supports four-channel output. Since it is called PCI 64, it is of course supporting 64 replies, but it can now be upgraded to 128 reply by software. Sound Blaster PCI 64 is low, actually belonging to an entry-level four-sound card, although it is necessary to buy two pairs of speakers to enjoy the effect of the four channels, but after all, the 3D effect is true than the two channels. ● Creative Ensoniq Audiopci Ensoniq Audio PCI uses ES1371 chip, which is the product of Ensoniq, EnsoniQ continues to produce and sell by Creative after Creative, and is currently the lowest-level sound card in the Creative PCI sound card. 32 replies were initially supported, and now you can upgrade to 64 replications with software. ● VIBRA 128 Vibra 128 is the latest low-end card for Creative for replacing Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI. Its main chip is printed with "CT2518". There are two jumpers on the board to choose Speaker Out or the Line Out output. Vibra 128 provides 2MB, 4MB, and 8MB of tone samples. Since it is called 128, it is of course 128 replies, which is not bad in low-end products. ● Sound Blaster Live! Sound Blaster Live! It is the latest generation of high-grade sound cards launched in August 1998 in August 1998, which uses its sub-company E-MU strong programmable DSP chip EMU10k1. It is the first generation of hardware products for the Creative environment sound effect platform. As the top flagship of Creative, Sound Blaster Live! Working naturally - gold-plated interface, dark brown board printing the golden "Sound Blaster Live!" Logo. This card is also the sound card of the belt card I saw. As a sound card with a very high-speed signal, the sound of Sound Blaster Live! Can be said to be very excellent, whether it is playing WAVE, or is playing MIDI, the effect is unforgettable. Sound Blaster Live! The MIDI synthetic unit of E-MU has unique SoundFont 2.0 technology (SoundFont 2.0 has been integrated in DLS2.0), free editing, changing, and replacing a sound library, you can also use special tones, such as Vocals, etc.. Since the PCI bus is used, SoundFont is stored in system memory, which makes it possible to make it possible to load a very large volume of sound. EMU10K1 supports the maximum 32MB SoundFont, but in fact, as long as your system memory is large enough, you can load more SoundFont, but it is not used when loading multiple SoundFont simultaneously. After loading a larger volume of sound library, especially when playing some MIDI equipped with a dedicated SoundFont, that true effect is unparalleled. Sound Blaster Live! Provides good support for 3D audio games, in addition to supporting DirectSound3D acceleration (32 audio flows), providing four-channel output, and launching an environment sound effect launched an open API that helps to develop analog environmental reverberation effects --Ex. After launching Live! Ware 2.0, the 3D positioning algorithm has been improved. It provides an HRTF algorithm for four channels, which greatly improves the positioning effect in the game.
Sound Blaster Live! The sub-card interface of the belonging includes the coaxial SPDIF I / O, MIDI I / O and a Digital DIN of a multi-needle interface. Among them, Digital DIN can pick up Creative's digital speakers, such as FPS2000D, DTT2500D, etc., you can also connect to the future 7.1 digital speaker. Sound Blaster Live! With a large number of software, including a variety of professional and fun software, such as Cakewalk Express, Sound Forge, Mixman, Keytar, Rythmania, Prody Parrot, etc., there is an Eax's game --unreal Special Edition . Sound Blaster Live! The upgrade capacity is extremely strong. In addition to an additional digital card, you can also pick up Creative or third-party manufacturers, and even connect with multiple specific sub-cards to make functions enhanced. The main chip EMU10K1 is a programmable DSP, plus processing power, so that it can be upgraded by software. Creative has built a special WWW.SBLIVE.COM and vigorously implemented a software upgrade plan named "LIVE! WARE". From Sound Blaster Live! Since the launch, it has been upgraded many times, of which the most significant upgrade is the latest Live! Ware 2.0, which makes the entire tone card from the program interface, hardware performance, hardware function, or the audio algorithm A major improvement. Regardless of which aspect, Sound Blaster Live! It can be said to be an excellent sound card. The only regret is that the price is too high, so that many enthusiasts are expected to be expected to be. ● SB LIVE! MP3 , SB LIVE! X-GAMER Put the two version models of MP3 , X-game, because they are basically the same in hardware construction, just in bundled software and sales areas Differences. They are simplified versions of the standard film, not providing a subcard, and the primary card provides a SPDIF interface. SB LIVE! MP3 focuses on encoding and decoding of MP3 digital music. With a variety of MP3 related tools software with cards, use them to make MP3 compressed music with 5 times acceleration and full speed 320k BPS. Through Creative's patent "8-point interpolation" technology, the sound of the MP3 file produced is smaller. With the support of strong EMU-10K1 audio processor, high-quality sound playback can be provided, while the preset environment sound effects Enhance the rendering effect of MP3 music. However, this product is only authorized to sell in the Americas, priced at $ 99.99. SB LIVE! GAMER naturally focuses on the game experience. Everyone knows that SB Live! The most famous is the most famous environmental sound expansion technology. Under a multi-channel surround, you can bring more exciting and real sound experiences. This Gamer version allows you to fully appreciate the power of EAX, the game comes with the game includes: Interplay's "Tianyou Turn 3", EA's "Need for Speed 4: High Stakes", EIDOS's "Thief: Dark Plan", they are very good It provides good support for environmental sound effects. The same product is only sold in the Americas, the price is the same as MP3 . ● Sound Blaster Live! Value launches high-end Sound Blaster Live! After Creative, it launched its simplified version - Sound Blaster Live! Value. Sound Blaster Live! Value and Sound Blaster Live! The most important difference is that there is no sub-card, and the I2S interface is dropped on the board, and the external interface has no gold plating, and there are fewer professional audio software.
In addition, with the Sound Blaster Live! Is exactly the same. That is, Sound Blaster Live! Value just removes the professional function of ordinary users, and the game entertainment application given to the user is the same as the standard version, more importantly, its price is better than Sound Blaster Live ! Cheap is a big cut! Very suitable for family music entertainment and game applications. Although there is no sub-card, the Sound Blaster Live! Value still has a SPDIF output interface, which can be connected to the Creative fiber card, thereby having SPDIF I / O capabilities. ● Sound Blaster Live! Value Value Edition SB Live! After listed, it has been widely concerned by the industry, but due to the initial price positioning in 1999 yuan, most ordinary users are difficult to accept, which causes "calling good not selling" situation. So Creative quickly launched SB Live! Simplified version - SB Live! Value to facing the middle and high-end retail market, its price is set at 999 yuan. SB Live! Value has been launched, and quickly received the enthusiasts. The most obvious difference from the standard version is that the Value version cancels the professional digital sub-card, and the analog audio output interface also uses a colored common socket. Although it makes a big simplification in the hardware structure, SB LIVE! Value is still not a high-grade sound card that is proud of the group. Although it does not have a digital audio support that cannot be enjoys digital audio connection and transmission, it simulates the sound quality of the audio output is also quite excellent, and can reach 96dB signal-to-noise ratio. And the professional software bundled in the standard version is also canceled in the Value version, and some practical control procedures and game software are replaced, which is more attractive for ordinary users. It should be noted that although the subcard is canceled, in SB Live! The expansion pin is still retained (different from the standard version of the pin, the value of the value of the value is much less; the standard version of the pin interface is called aud_ext, and the Value version is called SPDIF_EXT), the user can purchase Third-party manufacturers produce digital card to upgrade SB Live! Value. Now, innovation has introduced fiber cards for SB Live! Value, which can also be connected to SB Live! Standard Edition. ● Sound Blaster Live! Value Anniversary Edition has a "anniversary version" SB Live! Value, which is called "Anniversary Edition". What is going on? In fact, this is a limited amount of specifications for Creative to commemorate the first anniversary of SB Live! Series Sound Card. It is actually a SB Live! Standard version of the primary card, but there is no sub-card, microphone, and professional software in the box. It is to include a copy of the main card of the SB Live! To the Package of the Value. So some people guess this is the result of Creative in the production packaging process, and then the result will be wrong. Regardless of the reason, the benefits are the user, because the price of the anniversary version is different from the ordinary Value version, but the workman is excellent, and there are 99 yuan Live! Ware 2.0 Upgrade Software, is really "value" in "value". Because it is limited to sale, it is difficult to find his traces today. ● SB LIVE! DIGITAL (Digital Edition), since named digital version, then what digital characteristics? Do you provide a digital sub-card? Let's look at it one by one.
First, the EMU10K1 chip on SB LIGE! DIGITA is a 0.25 micron manufacturing process, which is obvious, due to the improvement of manufacturing processes, makes the original SB Live! Series sound card fever have a good problem. improve. Second, SB Live! Digital is improved on SB Live! Value, so there is no digital subsic card, but the price is similar to SB Live! Value. The difference from the Value version is that the Digital version adds an additional digital output interface on the original five interfaces (Line out, Line Out-2, Line In, MIC IN, and MIDI / joystick), using this interface, Users can connect directly to Digital DIN of the FPS2000D speaker, and enjoy pure digital music, without having to be implemented through the digital sub-card as before. However, there is also a loss. When the digital version is provided, the original onboard CD_SPDIF pin is canceled, it is really puzzling, which gives users a functional reduction. Fortunately, the needle is reserved above, and may be improved later. There is also a difference between the digital version of the sub-card extension pin is aud_ext, not SPDIF_EXT, that is, the digital version of the sub-card interface is compatible with the standard version of the sub-card interface. Therefore, Creative also launched a digital expansion sub-card product called "Optical Digital I / O 2", making SB Live! Digital have a larger upgrade space. At the same time, SB Live! Digital adheres to the tradition, with a variety of applications with products, including LIVE! Ware 3.0 (several new versions described later will also bundle with software, digital audio centers, etc., which come with seven discs. ● SoundBlaster Live! Digital Deluxe Digital Deluxe Edition SoundBlaster Live! Digital Deluxe Digital Deluxe Edition Play Role and SoundBlaster Live! Value Anniversary Edition, is a median product between the Live! Platinum Platinum and Digital Digital Edition. It basically can be said to be a Live! PLATINUM white gold version that removes Live! Drive II, with a CD-SPDIF pin, analog output interface as a gold-plated interface, the card number is CT-4760. ● SB LIVE! Platinum Platinum Version If SB Live! Digital is about to replace SB Live! Value's market status, then the attack of SB Live! Platinum (Platinum version) is undoubtedly a sign of SB Live! Standard Edition "Under Lesson". The Platinum Edition provides a stronger function extension than the standard version. From the product picture, the main card design and standard version of Platinum are not very different, but there is only one SPDIF OUT jack, and the rest is basically the same. But if you think that the Platinum version is not new, then it is wrong, SB Live! Platinum's largest features are included ● live! DRIVE II ● Extended interface. ● Live! What is DrIVE II? In fact, its function is the same as the digital subcard attached to the standard version, but also provides users with support for external audio devices, but it no longer makes a traditional sub-card form. If you have been using subcragms, you will definitely feel cumbersome, because each connection device always went around the chassis, it is very troublesome. Moreover, it is also necessary to take a valuable PCI slot. This makes a lot of equipment if you can do all kinds of equipment interfaces to the chassis panel.
So Live! DriveII This 5.25-inch extension control panel fixed before the chassis came into being. It is very easy to use it to connect various external devices. Live! DriveI provides the following interfaces: stereo MIC IN or stereo line in; volume and line / MIC conversion switch and MIC gain control; stereo headphone jack; stereo headphone volume control knob; SPDIF distribution port; cable SPDIF IN / OUT RCA interface Standard 5-pin female MIDI interface for MIDI IN and OUT; stereo AUX RCA; optional fiber SPDIF IN / OUT; DIGITAL DIN. Everyone can pay attention to each product has "CT-4XXX" or "SB-XXXX" in the upper right of the card, which is the best way to distinguish SB Live! Series Sound Card. "CT-4XXX" is a classification approach earlier. One . CT Series SB LIVE! (Standard Edition), Master Card Model CT-4620SB Live! Value (Value Edition), Master Card Model CT-4670SB Live! Value (Elderly Edition), Master Card Model CT-4620SB Live! Digital Digital version), main card model CT-4830SB LIVE! Platinum (white gold version), main card model CT-4760SB LIVE! DIGITAL DELUXE (Digital Deluxe Edition), Master Card Model CT-4760SB Live! X-Gamer (Professional Game Edition) , Primary card model CT-4760SB LIVE! Player (ordinary game version), main card model CT-4760SB LIVE! MP3 (MP3 compressed audio version), the main card model CT-4760 II. Live with SB-XXXX numbered! Series 1 . SB LIVE! Platinum 5.1 Platinum SB0060 Market Positioning is used to replace SB Live! Platinum Platinum Platinum, add support for 5.1 systems on the original basis, providing digital surround sound, if the mating digital connector can enter pure, transparent 6 channel sound source. Compatible with digital and analog connections, you can connect 2, 4 or 5.1, with Live! Ware 3.0 software, with powerful EAX rendering capabilities, but because of its very high, it is difficult to buy spot, I think this price Buy Audigy2 more suitable for some 2. SB LIGITAL DELUXE 5.1 Deluxe Edition SB0060. Listed in the fall of 2000, colored jacks were used, and the number of non-standard 4-pin digital / analog output jacks added the center channel and bass channel support, the sound quality performance was good, and more functions were more played. It supports SoundFont technology, with very advanced MIDI instrument scales, for entry-level computer music creators, SB Live! 5.1 Deluxe Edition can give you a broader extension space and export. Second, it supports the EAX environment sound effect, supports a variety of sound rendering, and good sports positioning can be obtained in the four-channel environment. SB LIVE! 5.1 Deluxe Edition also supports simulation six-channel technology, can be combined with analog 5.1 channel speaker system, with a cheap multimedia desktop cinema. Its overall quality, software compatibility, and market acceptance are better.
SB LIVE! DIGITAL 5.1 Standard Edition first SB0060 After the introduction of the Audigy sound card, this SBLIVE! 5.1 sound card has been launched. It replaces the original SBLIVE! Platinum version 5.1 and SBLIVE! Deluxe Edition 5.1 sound card becomes mainstream products on the retail market. It supports Creative's EAX environment sound technology, providing a realistic environmental acoustic effect in software and games. This sound card combines the EMU10K1 main chip processing to achieve Dolby Digital AC-3 decoding (no need to external Duobi digital decoder), the 5.1 acoustic effect in the DVD movie is true. This product is originally directly used in the stock's luxury version of the primary card SB0060, and then replaces the new product. Compared with the main card number, compared with the luxury version, this sound card is mainly saving costs on the package (luxury) Edition sent 8 lights, this only sent one) and the hardware itself, and the luxury version is not different. Innovation, according to innovation, it is to "some users of SB PCI128D to Sound Blaster Live! 5.1." 4. SB Live! Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital Edition First SB0100 After SB0220 is special version specializing in Asian users. It is also known as a simplified version, this product starts to use the primary card number, which is numbered SBO100, and then use the primary card number SB0220, and the specifications have a little change, and the SB0220's primary card can not pick up new fiber card. ! So I advise everyone to buy more time to find a card 5 that numbered SB0100. SB LIVE! DIGITAL Dolby Digital Edition SB0200Dell Oem, not available in innovative public emission, strictly say that the innovative product is not necessary, do not make a detailed introduction, not recommended! However, it is necessary to pay attention to the difference between SB0200 and SB0220, in addition to using the EMU 10K1 chip's Live! In addition, the following chip 1.creative 137x series (ES-137X) This series is developed and launched by Ensoniq, so the prefix of the original chip code is "ES", the first series is ES-1370. This is a comparative "old" chip. As early as 98, the PCI sound card has just been in the market, there is a product adopted by this chip (Ho Xin Company's Hot-255). After Creative acquired EnsoniQ, three Sound cards ENSON AUDIOPCI, Sound Blaster PCI 64, and PCI 128 were launched in the Sound Blast Ensoniq Audiopci, Sound Blaster PCI 64, and PCI 128 using ES-1370 chips. Everyone will find a very strange problem, Creative's early PCI sound card is actually an ES-1370 chip, board card is basically consistent in hardware structure. Different places lied to the driver limits the use of low-end products. Take Ensoniq Audiopci and PCI 64, Creative is equipped with Ensoniq Audiopci with 2MB, 4MB of two-set band library and only supports 32 donations, and a set of 8MB sounds in the PCI64 driver, and the number of revolutions is increased to 64 Ensoniq Audiopci does not support 4 channels, while PCI64 can output 4 speakers through software analog output. Since both is actually a card, it is the "magic" of PCI32 (Ensoniq Audiopci) at that time, in fact, is a driver of PCI64 for Ensoniq Audiopci to improve performance.
