™ Live! Platinum AUDIO

Plug Into the Power of the Best Digital Audio

Sound Blaster Live!™ Platinum brings you the ultimate audio experience, whether you’re downloading Internet audio, playing PC games, creating your own music, or enjoying other kinds of entertainment on your PC. Sound Blaster Live! Platinum provides the combination of digital- quality audio, a full-featured software bundle, and connectivity to external devices from the front of your PC instead of the back! The featured Live!™ Drive offers front panel connection to home stereo receivers, MIDI instruments, digital devices, headphones, and more.

Sound Blaster Live! Platinum comes with all the music/MP3 creation and gaming software you will need in order to experience the best audio possible on your PC. And it’s powered by the superior EMU10K1™ audio processor, which allows audio and effects to be processed in real-time for the highest quality recording, playback, and the most immersive gameplay. Utilize the full potential of Sound Blaster Live! Platinum when connected to multi-channel speakers for pure digital surround sound. And to make your music come alive, customize your listening experience with Environmental Audio™ effects and LAVA!™ interactive music scenes.

The Sound Blaster Live! Platinum is Live!Ware™ upgradeable so your is always up to date with the latest audio features and standards. Just download software to your reprogrammable EMU10K1 processor to get the latest updates.

If you’re looking for the best audio experience, Sound Blaster Live! Platinum does it all. • Connect co-axial S/PDIF, analog, and MIDI devices through the Live! Drive’s easy access front panel • Indulge yourself with the ultimate software bundle – 1 fast MP3 encoder, 3 full game titles, plus over 30 awesome applications • Enjoy unsurpassed surround sound when digitally connected to FourPointSurround™ speakers • Experience the most powerful integrated effects engine available for outstanding music and audio

™ 95,98&NT Specifications Works with the Following Standards • MPC-3 • General MIDI ™ ª Live! Drive Front Panel Connectors • AC97 compliant • Plug and Play • S/PDIF In (RCA/coaxial jack) • Sound Blaster PCI • PCI 2.1 compliant • S/PDIF Out (RCA/coaxial jack) • Environmental Audio Extensions • Headphone Out (1/4” stereo jack with volume control) • Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound 3D and • Line In (1/4” stereo jack with shared Microphone In) derivatives ® ® • Microphone In (1/4” jack with gain control) • Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 The Sound Blaster Live! • MIDI In (standard DIN) Platinum is backed by a • MIDI Out (standard DIN) Features one-year limited hardware Wave-Table Synthesis Easy Access Front Drive Bay warranty. • E-mu Systems®, Inc. EMU10K1™ music synthesis Sound Blaster Live!™ Platinum features the innovative engine Live! Drive. The Live! Drive provides front panel • 64-voice hardware polyphony with E-mu's patented access that allows you to simultaneously connect 8-point interpolation technology both digital and analog devices such as home stereo Technical Support Telephone and facsimile support is • Uses SoundFont® technology for user-definable receivers, MIDI instruments, digital devices, and headphones. The Live! Drive features convenient available seven days a week, wave-table sample sets; includes 2MB, 4MB, and 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, Central Time. 8MB sets connectivity to S/PDIF in, S/PDIF out, line in (mic in), headphone out, MIDI in, and MIDI out. Weekend hours may vary. • Load up to 32MB of samples into host memory for Automated technical support, professional music reproduction Bulletin Board service, and Web- • Scalable PCI wave-table synthesis architecture Sound Blaster Live! Platinum based information are available at S/PDIF in • Up to 1024-voice polyphony with multi-timbre Live! Drive and Sound Card www.creativehelp.com 24 hours a capability day, seven days a week. • 48 MIDI channels with 128 GM & GS-compatible instruments and 10 drum kits Effects Engine S/PDIF out Minimum System • E-mu Systems, Inc. EMU10K1 patented effects Headphone Requirements processor Line in / Mic in ® ® • Support for real-time digital effects like reverb, MIDI in • Genuine Pentium chorus, flanger, pitch shifter, or distortion across any MIDI out class 133MHz or faster audio source processor • Capable of processing, mixing and positioning audio streams using up to 131 available hardware channels • Intel® or 100% compatible Quality Digital Signal Processing • Full digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the motherboard chipset digital domain, eliminating noise from the signal The powerful EMU10K1 digital signal processor lets you create pure digital audio files to maintain the • 16MB system RAM (32MB • Full bass, treble and effects controls available for all highest level of audio quality. audio sources strongly recommended) The EMU10K1 processor also gives you all the power Environmental Audio™ & 3D Audio Technology you need to process effects in real time so that they • Windows® 95, Windows 98 • User-selectable settings are optimized for can easily be added during recording or playback. or Windows NT® 4.0* headphones and two or four speakers Sound Blaster Live! Platinum provides hardware acceleration for Environmental Audio, DirectSound® • Upgradeable 3D audio architecture allows for • Open half-length PCI 2.1 3D, and DirectSound for the best gaming improvements over time compliant slot performance. Every audio signal is processed with a ® ® • Accelerates Microsoft DirectSound and DirectSound 3D full 32-bit, 48KHz digital signal processor and • Headphones or amplified ™ • Accelerates Environmental Audio property set patented 8-point interpolation to produce precise speakers (available extensions audio fidelity. Utilize up to 32 3D hardware • Creative Multi Speaker Surround™ technology places accelerated channels, 64 hardware accelerated separately) any mono or stereo sound source in a 360° audio space channels, or 1024 voices for the most intense • CD-ROM drive required for listening experience. • Creative Environmental Audio – user-selectable DSP software installation modes that simulate acoustic environments Digital Surround Sound Hollywood-Quality, 32-Bit Digital Audio Engine Experience clean, crystal-clear, four-channel audio • Available 5 1/4” PC drive • Processes bit resolutions from 4-bit to 16-bit when connected to Sound Blaster Live! Platinum’s bay (for Live! Drive) digital-out connector. With analog and digital • Processes sample rates from 5kHz to 48kHz connection to 2- or 4-speaker configurations, you’ll Additional System • All sound sources are handled with 32-bit precision be surrounded with full 360-degree sound for the Requirements for Game Titles: for highest quality output highest-quality audio and most realistic gaming and • Analog and digital I/O modes supported audio experience. Simply connect to • Pentium 200MHz ™ • Hardware full-duplex support enables simultaneous FourPointSurround FPS2000 Digital or DeskTop ™ • 32MB RAM record and playback at 8 standard sample rates Theater 2500 Digital speakers to take advantage of the full potential of the Sound Blaster Live! Platinum. • Utilizes AC 97 audio codec • 3D accelerator with at least Live!Ware™ MIDI Interface / Joystick Port 4MB of texture RAM The Sound Blaster Live! Platinum is Live!Ware • Supports Sound Blaster® MIDI and MPU-401 modes upgradeable so you don’t need to replace your sound • 4X CD-ROM drive ® • IBM compatible 15-pin joystick port with analog support card to keep up with the latest standards. Updates • DirectX 6 or later • Support for digital and DirectInput™ game devices are only a download away. • 60-300MB HD space On-Board Connectors • New LAVA! scenes and Environmental Audio effects • Game and 3D positional audio enhancements Included applications may need higher • Digital Out (Front & Rear S/PDIF Output) system requirements for basic • Increased support for multiple speakers • Line in functionalities. Refer to individual • MP3 and content creation tools • Microphone in applications’ documentation for details. • Line level out (Front) / Headphone out Bundled Software LAVA! requires graphics card with full OpenGL® support. • Line level out (Rear) • Descent™ 3 • MIDI / Joystick port • Need for Speed™ 4: High Stakes *Usage of this product in Windows NT® ™ 4.0 requires a minimum 200MHz processor • Telephone Answering Device in • Thief: The Dark Project and 32MB system RAM. Functionality may • MPC-3 Analog CD Audio in • Creative Digital Audio Center (320kbps MP3 encoder) differ from box specifications due to • Digital CD Audio in • Cakewalk® Express limitations in Windows NT. • Expansion header for Optical Digital I/O card or Live! • Sound Forge® XP Drive (available separately) • Mixman Studio Information Hotline: • Creative LAVA!™ • Creative PlayCenter™ 800.998.5227 ... and more! BBS: 405.742.6660

© 2000 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. Creative and Sound Blaster are registered trademarks and the Creative.com logo, LAVA!, Environmental Part No. 0434760012 Audio, Live!Ware, Sound Blaster Live!, Live! PlayCenter, Creative Multi-Speaker Surround, Prody Parrot, and EMU10K1 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. SoundFont is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Mixman is a registered trademark of Mixman Technologies, Inc. MediaRing Talk is a trademark of Mediacom Technologies Ptc Ltd. Descent is a trademark of Interplay Productions. Need for Speed 4: High Stakes is a trademark of Electronic Arts. Cakewalk Express Gold is a registered trademark of Cakewalk. Sound Forge XP is a registered trademark of Sonic Foundry. ViaVoice SE is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of this product is subject to a limited warranty. All specifications are subject to change ™ without prior notice. Actual contents may differ slightly from those pictured.