<s>
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
is	O
a	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
sound	B-Device
cards	I-Device
from	O
Creative	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flagship	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
family	O
used	O
the	O
EMU10K2	O
audio	O
DSP	B-Architecture
,	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
SB-Live	B-Device
'	I-Device
s	I-Device
EMU10K1	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
value/SE	O
editions	O
were	O
built	O
with	O
a	O
less-expensive	O
audio	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
family	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
PCs	O
with	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
or	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
slot	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
cards	O
equipped	O
with	O
EMU10K2	O
(	O
CA0100	O
chip	O
)	O
could	O
process	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
EAX	O
environments	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
its	O
on-chip	O
DSP	B-Architecture
and	O
native	O
EAX	O
3.0	O
ADVANCED	O
HD	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
from	O
stereo	O
up	O
to	O
5.1-channel	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
processor	O
could	O
mix	O
up	O
to	O
64	O
DirectSound3D	O
sound	O
channels	O
in	O
hardware	O
,	O
up	O
from	O
Live	B-Device
!	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
Labs	O
advertised	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
as	O
a	O
24-bit	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
a	O
controversial	O
marketing	O
claim	O
for	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
end-to-end	O
playback	O
of	O
24-bit/96kHz	O
audio	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
and	O
Live	B-Device
shared	O
a	O
similar	O
architectural	O
limitation	O
:	O
the	O
audio	O
transport	O
(	O
DMA	O
engine	O
)	O
was	O
fixed	O
to	O
16-bit	O
sample	O
precision	O
at	O
48kHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
despite	O
its	O
24-bit/96kHz	O
high-resolution	O
DACs	O
,	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
's	O
DSP	B-Architecture
could	O
only	O
process	O
16-bit/48kHz	O
audio	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fact	O
was	O
not	O
immediately	O
obvious	O
in	O
Creative	O
's	O
literature	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
difficult	O
to	O
ascertain	O
even	O
upon	O
examination	O
of	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
's	O
spec	O
sheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audigy	B-Device
card	O
supports	O
the	O
professional	O
ASIO	B-Library
1	I-Library
driver	O
interface	O
natively	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
obtain	O
low	O
latencies	O
from	O
Virtual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
VST	O
)	O
instruments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
Audigy	B-Device
featured	O
an	O
external	O
break	B-Protocol
out	I-Protocol
box	I-Protocol
with	O
connectors	O
for	O
S/PDIF	O
,	O
MIDI	O
,	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
,	O
analog	O
and	O
optical	O
signals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ASIO	O
and	O
break	B-Protocol
out	I-Protocol
box	I-Protocol
features	O
were	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
tap	O
into	O
the	O
"	O
home	O
studio	B-Device
"	O
market	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
mainstream	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
only	O
missing	O
its	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
SE	O
(	O
SB0570	O
)	O
and	O
Audigy	B-Device
Value	O
(	O
SB0570	O
)	O
are	O
stripped	O
down	O
models	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
less	O
expensive	O
CA0106	O
audio-controller	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
EMU10k2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
SE	O
and	O
Audigy	B-Device
Value	O
both	O
carry	O
the	O
SB0570	O
model	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SE	O
is	O
a	O
low-profile	O
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
family	O
,	O
and	O
still	O
has	O
many	O
unsold	O
units	O
at	O
online	O
retailers	O
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Audigy	B-Device
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analog	O
:	O
2.1	O
,	O
4.1	O
,	O
5.1	O
,	O
6.1	O
,	O
7.1	O
and	O
Creative	O
Multi	O
Speaker	O
Surround	O
(	O
CMSS	O
)	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
Audigy	B-Device
SE	O
7.1	O
cards	O
can	O
upmix	O
mono	O
or	O
stereo	O
sources	O
to	O
7.1	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
LS	O
(	O
SB0310	O
)	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
SE	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
supports	O
neither	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
nor	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
Platinum	O
EX	O
(	O
SB0090	O
)	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
ES	O
,	O
but	O
supported	O
an	O
external	O
break	B-Protocol
out	I-Protocol
box	I-Protocol
instead	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
internal	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
Firewire	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
before	O
the	O
AS	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VX	O
(	O
SB0060	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
low-profile	O
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
SB0240	O
)	O
(	O
September	O
2002	O
)	O
featured	O
an	O
updated	O
EMU10K2	O
processor	O
called	O
CA0102	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
CA0151	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
the	O
biggest	O
shortcoming	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Audigy	B-Device
,	O
a	O
revised	O
DMA	O
engine	O
allowed	O
end-to-end	O
high-resolution	O
(	O
24-bit	O
)	O
audio	O
playback	O
:	O
96kHz	O
6.1	O
channel	O
recording	O
,	O
and	O
192kHz	O
stereo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
high-resolution	O
audio	O
was	O
achieved	O
by	O
bypassing	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
,	O
being	O
decoded	O
directly	O
by	O
CA0151	O
chip	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
p16v	O
"	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
which	O
Creative	O
substituted	O
CA0102	O
for	O
the	O
old	O
CA0100	O
used	O
in	O
Audigy	B-Device
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
with	O
high-resolution	O
audiostreams	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
's	O
characteristic	O
downsampling	O
(	O
to	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
's	O
native-rate	O
of	O
48kHz	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
mixing	O
with	O
other	O
audio	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
or	O
7	O
should	O
mitigate	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
sample	O
rate	O
conversion	O
issue	O
as	O
setting	O
the	O
card	O
to	O
16-bit/48kHz	O
resamples	O
audio	O
using	O
the	O
much	O
superior	O
32-bit	O
float	O
Windows	O
audio	O
stack	O
before	O
sending	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
supported	O
up	O
to	O
6.1	O
speakers	O
and	O
had	O
improved	O
signal-to-noise	O
ratio	O
(	O
SNR	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
(	O
106	O
vs.	O
100	O
decibels	O
(	O
A	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
(	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
)	O
connector	O
was	O
present	O
in	O
all	O
modifications	O
except	O
Value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
's	O
3D	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
received	O
a	O
boost	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
created	O
the	O
EAX	O
4.0	O
ADVANCED	O
HD	O
standard	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
OpenAL	B-Application
audio	O
API	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
(	O
SB0350	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
with	O
a	O
slightly	O
improved	O
signal-to-noise	O
ratio	O
(	O
108	O
vs.	O
106dB	O
)	O
and	O
DTS-ES	O
(	O
Extended	O
Surround	O
)	O
for	O
DVD	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
supports	O
up	O
to	O
7.1	O
speakers	O
via	O
4-pole	O
mini-jacks	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
used	O
a	O
non-conventional	O
pin	O
out	O
:	O
Side	O
R/L	O
are	O
on	O
Line	O
Out	O
2/3	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
widespread	O
card	O
of	O
Audigy	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRIX	B-Operating_System
has	O
drivers	O
for	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
into	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
Fuel	I-Device
series	O
of	O
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
cards	O
earned	O
the	O
distinction	O
of	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
computer	B-Device
sound	I-Device
cards	I-Device
to	O
be	O
THX-certified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
Notebook	O
(	O
SB0530	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
CardBus	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
released	O
in	O
Fall	O
2004	O
for	O
the	O
notebook	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
PCI	B-Protocol
edition	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
far	O
smaller	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reductions	O
in	O
capability	O
included	O
somewhat	O
limited	O
MIDI	O
capability	O
(	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
PCI	B-Protocol
version	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
Video	O
Editor	O
(	O
SB0480	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
external	O
USB	B-Protocol
soundcard	B-Device
,	O
which	O
combined	O
audio	O
playback	O
,	O
accelerated	O
video	O
editing	O
and	O
a	O
4-port	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
hub	O
in	O
one	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
results	O
in	O
good	O
quality	O
video	O
even	O
on	O
basic	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
device	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
software	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
standard	O
DirectShow	B-Library
or	O
VfW	B-Device
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prevents	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
video	O
camera	O
as	O
a	O
webcam	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
standard	O
webcam	B-Protocol
interfaces	O
use	O
DirectShow	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
has	O
made	O
the	O
free	B-Application
VidCap	O
application	O
available	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
Value	O
(	O
SB0400	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
somewhat	O
stripped	O
down	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
-	O
It	O
uses	O
EMU10K2.5	O
chip	O
CA0108	O
which	O
integrate	O
CA0102	O
and	O
CA0151	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
piece	O
of	O
silicon	O
but	O
is	O
a	O
value	O
version	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
SNR	O
of	O
106dB	O
,	O
no	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
FireWire	I-Protocol
connector	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
DTS-ES	O
6.1	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
fully	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
for	O
DirectSound	B-Device
and	O
EAX	O
4	O
and	O
was	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
cheaper	O
companion	O
for	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
ZS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
SE	O
(	O
SB0570	O
)	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
SE	O
and	O
Live	B-Device
!	O
</s>
<s>
24-bit	O
edition	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
hardware	O
DSP	B-Architecture
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
audio	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
card	O
is	O
physically	O
smaller	O
than	O
other	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
entry-level	O
budget	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
NX	O
(	O
SB0300	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
external	O
USB	B-Protocol
soundcard	B-Device
,	O
supporting	O
24	O
bit	O
playback	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
no	O
DSP	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
known	O
as	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
ADVANCED	O
MB	O
(	O
SB060	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
SE	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
software	O
supports	O
EAX	O
3.0	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
64-channel	O
software	O
wavetable	O
with	O
DirectSound	B-Device
acceleration	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
wavetable	O
synthesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
integrated	O
option	O
for	O
Dell	B-Device
Inspiron	I-Device
,	O
Studio	B-Device
and	O
XPS	B-Device
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
4	I-Device
(	O
SB0610	O
)	O
uses	O
CA10300	O
(	O
CA0108	O
's	O
unleaded	O
counterpart	O
)	O
DSP	B-Architecture
instead	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
CA10200	O
(	O
CA0102	O
's	O
unleaded	O
counterpart	O
)	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
external	O
hub	O
,	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
or	O
gold	O
connectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
layout	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
Value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
4	I-Device
Pro	O
(	O
SB0380	O
)	O
improves	O
on	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
by	O
improving	O
the	O
SNR	O
to	O
113dB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
core	O
technology	O
as	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
CA0102	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
4	I-Device
SE	O
(	O
SB0610VP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
4	I-Device
Pro	O
without	O
the	O
remote	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
audio	O
DSP	B-Architecture
and	O
is	O
functionally	O
as	O
capable	O
as	O
the	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
4	O
series	O
(	O
other	O
than	O
Audigy	B-Device
2	I-Device
SE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
full	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
of	O
DirectSound	B-Device
and	O
EAX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
Rx	O
(	O
SB1550	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
uses	O
E-MU	O
CA10300	O
from	O
Audigy	B-Device
4	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
600-ohm	O
headphone	O
amplifier	O
,	O
one	O
TOSLINK	O
optical	O
output	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
×1	O
interface	O
supported	O
via	O
a	O
PLX	O
Technology	O
bridge	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
Fx	O
(	O
SB1570	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
HDA	O
card	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
an	O
ALC898	O
chip	O
from	O
Realtek	O
,	O
includes	O
a	O
600-ohm	O
amplifier	O
,	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
Fx	O
Control	O
Panel	O
,	O
EAX	O
Studio	B-Device
Software	O
,	O
and	O
independent	O
line-in	O
and	O
microphone	O
inputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
half-height	O
expansion	O
card	O
with	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
×1	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternate	O
,	O
independent	O
WDM	O
driver	O
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
provide	O
user-control	O
of	O
the	O
EMU10K1	O
and	O
EMU10K2	O
chips	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
Audigy-branded	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Creative	O
's	O
Audigy	B-Device
Rx	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
older	O
Audigy	B-Device
cards	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
both	O
benefits	O
and	O
drawbacks	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
official	O
drivers	O
:	O
while	O
they	O
bring	O
back	O
CMSS2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
deprecated	O
by	O
Creative	O
on	O
Vista/7	O
,	O
OpenAL	B-Application
quality	O
is	O
reported	O
to	O
differ	O
significantly	O
and	O
these	O
drivers	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
EAX	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
OpenAL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Windows	O
10	O
1903	O
update	O
,	O
the	O
drivers	O
stopped	O
working	O
,	O
they	O
install	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
sound	O
from	O
soundcard	B-Device
,	O
neither	O
the	O
Creative	O
Audio	O
Console	O
cannot	O
see	O
the	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
solution	O
is	O
to	O
install	O
latest	O
driver	O
from	O
Audigy	B-Device
RX	O
(	O
manually	O
via	O
*	O
inf	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
