Creative SB0090 User Manual
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
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Contents
Introduction
High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment........................................ ix
What is EAX ADVANCED HD? ............................................................. x
CreativeWare .................................................................................. xi
In Your Package ............................................................................. xi
System Requirements ..................................................................... xi
Sound Blaster Audigy card........................................................ xi
SB1394 applications, games and DVD viewing ............................xii
Getting More Information................................................................. xii
More Help ...................................................................................... xii
Technical Support ........................................................................... xii
Document Conventions....................................................................xiii
1 Installing Hardware
What You Need...................................................................................... 1-1
Your Sound Blaster Audigy Card ..............................................................1-2
Your Joystick/MIDI Bracket ..................................................................... 1-3
Installation Steps ................................................................................... 1-4
Step 1: Prepare your computer ...................................................... 1-4
Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy card .................................. 1-5
Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional) .......................... 1-5
Step 4: Connect to power supply .................................................... 1-6
Connecting Related Peripherals................................................................ 1-7
Connecting Speaker Systems .................................................................. 1-8
Connecting External Consumer Devices .................................................... 1-9
Positioning Your Speakers ..................................................................... 1-10
2 Installing Software
Installing Drivers and Applications............................................................ 2-1
Installing Ulead VideoStudio Application .......................................... 2-1
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Windows 98 Second Edition .................................................... 2-2
Windows Me .........................................................................2-2
Windows 2000 ......................................................................2-2
Uninstalling the Applications and Device Drivers ........................................ 2-3
Reinstalling the Device Drivers ................................................................2-3
Updating Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2) .................................................2-4
Updating Windows 98 SE ........................................................................ 2-4
AC-3 SPDIF output........................................................................ 2-4
1394 storage supplement .............................................................. 2-4
Installing Digital Video Update ................................................................. 2-5
3 Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Applications............................................... 3-1
Third Party Sound Blaster Audigy Applications ........................................... 3-2
Creative Taskbar.................................................................................... 3-2
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start ...................................... 3-3
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience ................................................ 3-3
EAX ADVANCED HD Gold Mine Experience ................................................3-3
Creative Diagnostics............................................................................... 3-3
Creative Surround Mixer ......................................................................... 3-4
Creative AudioHQ................................................................................... 3-4
SoundFont Control ........................................................................ 3-5
Device Controls ............................................................................ 3-5
Creative Keyboard ........................................................................ 3-5
MIDI Input............................................................................ 3-5
EAX Control.................................................................................. 3-5
Creative WaveStudio .............................................................................. 3-6
Creative PlayCenter................................................................................ 3-6
Creative Recorder .................................................................................. 3-7
Creative Oozic Player.............................................................................. 3-7
Vienna SoundFont Studio........................................................................ 3-7
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Creative MiniDisc Center ......................................................................... 3-8
Creative RemoteCenter........................................................................... 3-8
SoundFont Showcase .............................................................................3-8
Creative Restore Defaults........................................................................ 3-9
Steinberg’s Audio Applications ................................................................. 3-9
Cubasis VST (for Creative)............................................................. 3-9
WaveLab Lite ............................................................................... 3-9
ReCycle Lite ................................................................................. 3-9
MixMeister........................................................................................... 3-10
Ulead VideoStudio Version 4.0 SE Basic .................................................. 3-10
FireNet ............................................................................................... 3-10
4 Using Applications
Multimedia Playback............................................................................... 4-1
Watching DVDs ............................................................................ 4-1
Playing MP3 or WMA files............................................................... 4-1
Playing back Wave and CD Audio files ............................................. 4-2
Playing MIDI files.......................................................................... 4-2
Creating non- General-MIDI- compliant files .................................... 4-2
Digital Entertainment.............................................................................. 4-2
Watching surround movies............................................................. 4-2
Compiling personal albums ............................................................ 4-2
Content Creation.................................................................................... 4-3
Organizing SoundFont banks.......................................................... 4-3
Applying voice effects.................................................................... 4-3
Recording sound and effects .......................................................... 4-3
Capturing and editing videos .......................................................... 4-3
Advanced Content Creation ..................................................................... 4-3
Recording multi-tracks with ASIO ................................................... 4-3
Creating music ............................................................................. 4-4
Recording and transcribing music ................................................... 4-4
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Recording and editing musical instruments ...................................... 4-4
Recording digital audio .................................................................. 4-4
Creating multiple effects ................................................................ 4-4
Creating and playing back SoundFonts ............................................ 4-4
Internet Entertainment ........................................................................... 4-5
Experiencing music with visual entertainment .................................. 4-5
Encoding CD songs to MP3 format .................................................. 4-5
Downloading and playing MP3 songs ............................................... 4-5
Playing MP3 songs with EAX ADVANCED HD..................................... 4-5
Mixing MP3 songs ......................................................................... 4-5
Gaming Reference.................................................................................. 4-6
Enjoying EAX ADVANCED HD support.............................................. 4-6
Enjoying DirectSound3D support .................................................... 4-6
Enjoying A3D 1.0 support .............................................................. 4-6
Enjoying DOS games..................................................................... 4-6
Enjoying audio presets in games .................................................... 4-6
Customizing environments for non-3D games .................................. 4-7
Appendixes
A General Specifications
Features ...............................................................................................A-1
PCI Bus Mastering .................................................................A-1
Audigy Processor ................................................................... A-1
High Quality Audio Path.......................................................... A-1
Professional Digital Audio Processing........................................A-2
Flexible Mixer Control............................................................. A-2
Dolby Digital (AC-3) Decoding................................................. A-2
Creative Multi Speaker SurroundTM (CMSSTM) .........................A-3
SB1394TM Compatibility.........................................................A-3
Connectivity .......................................................................................... A-3
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Sound Blaster Audigy card ............................................................. A-3
Audio Inputs ......................................................................... A-3
Audio Outputs .......................................................................A-3
SB1394 Interfaces ................................................................. A-4
Interfaces ............................................................................. A-4
B SB Emulation in MS-DOS/Windows 98 SE
Background...........................................................................................B-1
Installing MS-DOS Drivers....................................................................... B-1
Opening MS-DOS ................................................................................... B-1
Understanding the Installation Program .................................................... B-2
AUTOEXEC.BAT File Settings .......................................................... B-2
CONFIG.SYS File Settings .............................................................. B-3
System Resource Settings.......................................................................B-3
Input/Output (I/O) Addresses ........................................................ B-4
Interrupt Request (IRQ) Line.......................................................... B-4
Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channel............................................. B-5
Environment Variables............................................................................B-5
CTSYN Environment Variable.......................................................... B-5
BLASTER Environment Variable ...................................................... B-5
Determining Resources...........................................................................B-6
Selecting the Best Audio Options in a Game ..............................................B-7
Music Options............................................................................... B-8
Digital Audio Options..................................................................... B-8
MS-DOS Mode Utilities............................................................................B-8
SBECFG.EXE ................................................................................ B-8
SBEMIXER.EXE ............................................................................. B-9
SBESET.EXE............................................................................... B-10
SBEGO.EXE................................................................................ B-11
C Troubleshooting
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Problems Installing Software ...................................................................C-1
Problems with Sound..............................................................................C-2
Insufficient SoundFont Cache ..................................................................C-5
Problems With Joystick ........................................................................... C-5
Problems with Multiple Audio Devices .......................................................C-6
Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card ....... C-7
Resolving I/O Conflicts............................................................................C-8
Problems in Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................... C-9
Problems with Encore DVD Player .......................................................... C-10
Problems with Software DVD Player ....................................................... C-10
Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/2000/Me .............................. C-11
Index
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Introduction
Introduction
High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment
Thank you for purchasing Sound Blaster Audigy, which consists of the Sound Blaster
Audigy card and Joystick/MIDI bracket. It is the most complete high-definition
digital audio entertainment solution that you will ever come across.
With the onboard 24-bit Analog-to-Digital Convertor (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog
Converter (DAC), Sound Blaster Audigy delivers high-definition sound of astounding
quality with 96 kHz SPDIF support. The Sound Blaster Audigy card, with its Audigy
processor, is four times as powerful as its nearest competitor. This enables awesome
EAX
ADVANCED HDTM technologies for your games and music listening experience.
The SB1394 port provides easy high-speed connectivity to NOMAD portable digital
audio players, external CD-RW drives and other IEEE 1394 compatible devices like
DV Camcorders, printers, scanners and digital still cameras.
Combine Sound Blaster Audigy with a rich software bundle and you get endless
hours of fun. Included in your Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD are exciting
applications that allow you to create EAX-enhanced MP3 songs, and instant
interactive Oozic music videos, which you can share with your friends over the
Internet.
Introduction ix
What is EAX ADVANCED HD?
EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power and flexibility to PC
audio. Taking advantage of the increased processing capabilities of the Sound
Blaster Audigy HDA Processor, EAX ADVANCED HD delivers a host of new high
definition audio features for gaming and music enhancement.
The all-new EAX ADVANCED HD Game Audio Library takes in-game audio acoustics
to a whole new level. New Multi-Environment
simultaneous audio environments in real time. Environment Panning
spatializing and localizing environments in 3D possible. Environment Reflections
offers localization of early reflections and echoes. Environment Filtering
accurately simulates the propagation of sound in both open and closed
environments. Finally, Environment Morphing
TM
technology renders up to 4
TM
allows for seamless transition from
TM
makes
TM
TM
one environment to the next. These innovative technologies bring tremendous
realism and immersiveness to gaming.
Sonic superiority is also assured with EAX ADVANCED HD Music Technologies. Audio
Clean-Up enables the removal of unwanted noise in a digital audio file. DREAM
TM
creates an enhanced, "disco-like" surround sound for any stereo music. Time Scaling
speeds up and slows down music with no distortion. Music playback is further
enhanced with the specially developed EAX ADVANCED HD music effects.
EAX ADVANCED HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and
functionality, delivering superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for
an unsurpassed digital entertainment experience that is only available from the
Sound Blaster Audigy family of products.
Introduction x
CreativeWare
CreativeWare is a post-purchase program that adds new features, enhancements
and additional functionality to Creative’s upgradeable products. With CreativeWare,
you can always be sure of having the best digital entertainment experience because:
— You can easily upgrade your Sound Blaster Audigy card with the latest features,
device drivers, and applications.
— You can personalize the functions on your Sound Blaster Audigy card.
In Your Package
System Requirements
Sound Blaster Audigy card
The following items are included in your package:
❑
Sound Blaster Audigy card
❑
Joystick/MIDI bracket
❑
Analog CD audio cable
❑
Digital CD audio cable
❑
Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD
❑
Quick Start leaflet
❑
Application and game CDs
❑
Warranty card
❑
Technical Support leaflet
❑
Genuine Intel
❑
Intel, AMD or 100%-Intel compatible motherboard chipset
❑
Windows
NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
❑
64 MB RAM
❑
600 MB of free hard disk space
❑
Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot for the Sound Blaster Audigy card
®
Pentium® 266 MHz, AMD® K6 300 MHz or faster class processor
®
98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows
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❑
Available adjacent slot for the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional)
❑
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
❑
CD-ROM drive installed
SB1394 applications, games and DVD viewing
Getting More Information
More Help
Technical Support
❑
Genuine Intel Pentium II 350 MHz, MMX or AMD 450 MHz processor/3Dnow!
❑
Windows 98 SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000 (Creative PlayCenter on Windows
NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 6 with Internet Explorer 4.0)
❑
3D graphics accelerator with at least 8 MB of texture RAM for games
❑
128 MB RAM recommended for digital video (DV) capture and editing
❑
Ultra DMA type hard disk with 1 GB workspace (ATA-100, 7,200 rpm type and 6
GB recommended) for DV applications (300–500 MB of free hard disk space for
games)
❑
At least second generation DVD-ROM drive with these recommended soft-DVD
players: InterVideo’s Win DVD 2000 or CyberLink’s PowerDVD 3.0 and above
Other applications may have higher system requirements or may require a
microphone. Refer to the application’s online Help documentation for details.
Refer to the Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start and the various online Help
files for detailed information on Creative applications. The Sound Blaster Audigy
Experience, an online demo, gives you an interactive introduction to Sound Blaster
Audigy and demonstrates the card’s capabilities.
View the contents of the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD for additional
demonstrations, libraries and other software. Visit the www.soundblaster.com site
for the latest Sound Blaster news and products. The site also includes information
on making purchases, technical help, and CreativeWare updates.
Visit www.soundblaster.com/support/faq for general help.
Introduction xii
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1
Installing Hardware
This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy
hardware.
Installing Hardware
What You Need
In addition, you will also need
an available PCI slot and
another adjacent available
slot on your computer.
Before you begin installation, be sure that you have these:
Joystick/MIDI
Sound Blaster Audigy
card
Phillips-head screwdriver
(not included)
bracket
Analog CD audio cable
Digital CD audio cable
Installing Hardware 1-1
Your Sound
“
A
A
Blaster Audigy
Card
A jack is a one-hole
connecting interface whilst a
connector consists of many
pins. Refer to the User Guide,
Hardware Information”, for
connector pin assignments.
In Analog mode, Line Out and
Rear Out jacks can be used
simultaneously for 4.1
channel speaker systems. The
Analog/Digital Out jack can be
used for the Center and
Subwoofer (LFE) channels for
5.1 speaker systems.
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other
devices:
CD Audio connector (CD_IN)
Connects to the Analog Audio output on a
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive using a CD
audio cable.
Telephone Answering
Device connector (TAD)
Provides a mono connection
from a standard voice modem,
and transmits microphone
signals to the modem.
nalog/Digital Out jack
6-channel or compressed AC-3
SPDIF output for connection to
external digital devices or digital
speaker systems.
lso supports Center and
Subwoofer analog channels for
connection to 5.1 analog speaker
systems.
Line In jack (LIN_IN)
Connects to an external device
(such as a cassette, DAT or
MiniDisc player).
Microphone In jack (MIC_IN)
Connects to an external
microphone for voice input.
Line Out jack (LIN_OUT)1
Connects to powered speakers
or an external amplifier for
audio output. Also supports
headphones.
Rear Out jack (LIN_IN2)
Connects to powered speakers
or an external amplifier for
audio output.
SB1394 port (SB1394)
Connects to an IEEE 1394 compatible
external device (such as a digital video
camcorder, digital still camera, printer
or scanner).
AUX connector (AUX_IN)
Connects to internal audio sources
such as TV Tuner, MPEG, or other
similar cards.
Internal SB1394 port
(Optional)
Connects to J5 on the
Audigy Drive.
CD SPDIF connector
(CD_SPDIF)
Connects to the SPDIF (Digital
Audio) output (where available)
on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Joystick/MIDI
connector
(Optional)
Connects to the
Joystick/MIDI
bracket
Audio Extension
(Digital I/O)
connector
(Optional)
Connects to the
Audigy Drive or Digital
I/O card.
Warning: This is not
an IDE interface. Do
not connect it to your
IDE devices.
Figure 1-1: Jacks, connectors and port on the Sound Blaster Audigy card.
Installing Hardware 1-2
Your Joystick/ MIDI Bracket
Your Joystick/MIDI bracket has this connector that can be attached to other
devices:
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device. You
can buy an optional MIDI kit that allows you
to plug in a joystick and MIDI device
simultaneously.
Rear view of connector bracket
Figure 1-2: Connector on the Joystick/MIDI bracket.
Installing Hardware 1-3
Installation Steps
Step 1: Prepare your computer
Turn off the main power
supply and disconnect your
computer’s power cord.
Systems using an ATX power
supply unit with soft power
off may still be powering the
PCI slot. This can damage
your audio card when it is
inserted into the slot.
Remove any existing audio
card or disable the onboard
audio chipset. For more
information, see “Problems
with Multiple Audio Devices”
on page C-6.
1. Turn off your computer and all peripheral
devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your computer to
ground yourself and to discharge any static
electricity, and then unplug the power cord
from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the metal brackets from two adjacent
unused PCI slots as shown in Figure 1-3. Put
the screws aside for use later.
metal
brackets
ISA slots
Figure 1-3: Removing metal
plates
PCI slots
Installing Hardware 1-4
Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy card
1. Align the Sound Blaster Audigy card with the
PCI slot and press the card gently but firmly
into the slot as shown in Figure 1-4.
2. Secure the card with one of the screws you had
placed aside earlier.
Fasten the
card and
bracket with
screws.
Unused
brackets
Do not force the audio card
into the slot. Make sure that
the gold finger PCI connector
on the Sound Blaster Audigy
card is aligned with the PCI
bus connector on the
motherboard before you
insert the card into the PCI
expansion slot.
If it does not fit properly,
gently remove it and try
.
again
Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional)
Joystick/MIDI
bracket
Figure 1-4: Securing the audio card
to the expansion slot.
1. If you are installing a joystick or MIDI device, secure the Joystick/MIDI bracket
to the slot next to the Sound Blaster Audigy card with the second screw.
2. Connect the Joystick/MIDI cable to the Joystick/MIDI connector on the Sound
Blaster Audigy card as shown in Figure 1-4.
Installing Hardware 1-5
If the Sound Blaster Audigy
card is connected to both
the CD SPDIF and CD Audio
connectors on a CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive, do not
enable the CD Audio and CD
Digital options at the same
time in Surround Mixer.
For analog CD audio output:
connect the Analog CD audio cable from the Analog
Audio connector on your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to
the CD_IN connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy
card as shown in Figure 1-5.
For digital CD audio output:
connect the Digital CD audio cable from the Digital
Audio connector on your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to
the CD_SPDIF connector on the Sound Blaster
Audigy card as shown in Figure 1-5.
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
OR
Figure 1-5: Connecting the
drives.
Step 4: Connect to power supply
1. Replace the computer cover.
2. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and turn on the computer.
To connect your Sound Blaster Audigy card to other devices, see “Connecting
Related Peripherals” on page 1-7.
To install drivers and software, refer to “Installing Drivers and Applications” on
page 2-1.
Installing Hardware 1-6
Connecting Related Peripherals
Sound Blaster Audigy will most undoubtedly give you endless hours of listening
pleasure. Figure 1-6 shows you how to connect related peripherals to your Sound
Blaster Audigy to optimize your enjoyment.
Analog/Digital Out jack
Analog Mode (default): Connects to
Center and Subwoofer channels.
Digital Mode: Connects to digital
speakers*, MiniDisc or DAT via minijack-toDIN cable.
For instructions on how to switch
between digital and analog modes, refer
to topic “Digital Output Only” of the
Creative Surround Mixer online Help.
Cassette and
CD player,
Synthesizer,
etc.
Microphone
Connects to analog
front and rear inputs
of 4-channel
speakers**
Connects to Creative IEEE 1394
compatible devices such as the IEEE
1394 Creative digital audio player, DV
camcorder, WebCam and digital
camera.
Line-out
Game pad
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
MPC-to-MPC (4pin) audio cable
Line In
Mic In
Line Out
Rear Out
SB1394 port
Sound Blaster
Audigy card
Joystick/MIDI bracket
Figure 1-6: Connecting other devices
MPC-to-MPC (2pin) audio cable
Connects to
Audigy
Drive
(optional).
* For example, Creative
Inspire
Speakers
** For example, 4channel Creative or
Cambridge SoundWorks
analog speaker systems
TM
5.1 Digital
Installing Hardware 1-7
Connecting Speaker Systems
f you are playing games in
indows 98 SE MS-DOS mode
pure DOS mode), you must:
Make sure the CD Audio
connector on the Sound
Blaster Audigy card and the
Analog Audio connector on
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive are connected.
In addition, if you get
distorted sound, do not
connect the CD SPDIF
connector on the Sound
Blaster Audigy card to the
Digital Audio connector on
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive.
For instructions on how to switch between digital and analog modes, refer to topic
“Digital Output Only” of the Creative Surround Mixer online Help.
If you have a 5.1 channel speaker system, you can upmix your stereo sources (such
as CD Audio, MP3, WMA, MIDI and Wave) to 5.1 channels by using the Creative Multi
Speaker Surround (CMSS) technology. To upmix, you need to enable the CMSS
feature in PlayCenter (Player view). Refer to the PlayCenter online Help.
Playing Games and
Music, and Watching
Movies
with a 4.1 or 5.1 Digital
Speaker System of Creative
or Cambridge SoundWorks
Analog Line
and Rear
Inputs
Playing Games and Music, and
Watching Movies
with an Analog 5.1 channel speaker
system*
Minijack-to-DIN
cable
Digital
DIN
Triple stereo
audio cable
Analog/Digital
Out jack
Line Out
Rear Out
Sound Blaster Audigy card
Connects to
Audigy Drive
(optional).
Analog
Front, Rear
and Center/
Sub Inputs
* For example, Creative
Inspire 5.1 Analog
Speakers
Figure 1-7: Connecting Sound Blaster Audigy card to speaker systems.
Installing Hardware 1-8
Connecting External Consumer Devices
Dolby Digital Decoder/
Amplifier
3.5 mm (mono)to-RCA cable
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
SPDIF In
Analog/Digital
Out jack
Line Out
Rear Out
Sound Blaster Audigy card
Connects to
Audigy Drive
(optional).
Discrete 6-channel
Amplifier
3.5mm (stereo)to-RCA cable
Analog Front,
Rear and
Center/ Sub
Inputs
Figure 1-8: Connecting external consumer devices to the Sound Blaster Audigy card.
Tip : Left / Center channel
Ring : Right / Subwoofer channel
Additional information for
advanced users:
For connection to Center and
Subwoofer channels using a 3.5mm
(stereo)-to-RCA cable, connect the
white RCA jack to the Center input
and the red RCA jack to the
Subwoofer input of the amplifier.
Installing Hardware 1-9
Positioning Your Speakers
If you are using four speakers, place them so that
they form the corners of a square with you exactly
in the center (as in Figure 1-9) and that they are
angled toward you. Make sure that the computer
monitor is not blocking the path of your front
speakers. You may want to adjust the relative
positions of the speakers until you get the audio
experience you like best. If you have a subwoofer,
place the unit in a corner of the room for the best
bass experience.
Subwoofer
Front-left
speaker
Rear-left
speaker
Figure 1-9: Recommended speaker
positions.
You
Rear-right
speaker
Center
speaker
Front-right
speaker
Installing Hardware 1-10
2
Installing Software
This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy
software.
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