User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Creative Audio Software
- Contents
- Introduction
- About the Sound Blaster Audigy Card and external Audigy Drive
- Installing Hardware
- Installation Steps
- Step 1: Prepare the external Audigy Drive
- Step 2: Prepare your computer
- Step 3: Connect the Sound Blaster Audigy and Audigy Extension cards
- Step 4: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy and Audigy Extension cards
- Step 5: Install the external Audigy Drive
- Step 6: Connect the CD-ROM/DVD- ROM drive
- Step 7: Connect to power supply
- Connecting Related Peripherals
- Connecting Speaker Systems
- Connecting External Consumer Devices
- Positioning Your Speakers
- Installation Steps
- Installing Software
- Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Applications
- Creative Taskbar
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start (English only)
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience (English only)
- EAX ADVANCED HD™ Gold Mine Experience (English only)
- Creative Diagnostics
- Creative Surround Mixer
- Creative AudioHQ
- Creative WaveStudio
- Creative PlayCenter
- Creative Recorder
- Vienna SoundFont Studio
- Creative MiniDisc Center
- Creative RemoteCenter
- Creative Restore Defaults
- Using Applications
- General Specifications
- Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
- Problems Installing Software
- Problems with Sound
- Problems with File Transfers on Some VIA Chipset Motherboards
- Insufficient SoundFont Cache
- Problems With Joysticks
- Problems with Multiple Audio Devices
- Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card
- Resolving I/O Conflicts
- Problems with Encore DVD Player (not included)
- Problems with Software DVD Player (not included)
- Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/ 2000/Me/XP
- Problems with installing non- Creative applications
- Problems with Digital Devices
- Technical Support
Vienna SoundFont Studio........................................................................................................................4-6
Creative MiniDisc Center........................................................................................................................4-7
Creative RemoteCenter............................................................................................................................4-7
Creative Restore Defaults........................................................................................................................4-7
5 Using Applications
Multimedia Playback...............................................................................................................................5-2
Watching DVDs.......................................................................................................................... 5-2
Playing MP3 or WMA files ....................................................................................................... 5-3
Playing back Wave and CD Audio files.................................................................................... 5-3
Playing MIDI files ...................................................................................................................... 5-3
Creating non-General-MIDI-compliant files............................................................................. 5-3
Digital Entertainment...............................................................................................................................5-3
Watching surround movies......................................................................................................... 5-3
Compiling personal albums........................................................................................................ 5-3
Content Creation ......................................................................................................................................5-4
Organizing SoundFont banks..................................................................................................... 5-4
Applying voice effects................................................................................................................ 5-4
Recording sound and effects ...................................................................................................... 5-4
Capturing and editing videos...................................................................................................... 5-4
Advanced Content Creation ....................................................................................................................5-5
Recording multi-tracks with ASIO............................................................................................ 5-5
Creating music ............................................................................................................................ 5-5
Recording and transcribing music ............................................................................................. 5-5
Recording and editing musical instruments .............................................................................. 5-5
Recording digital audio .............................................................................................................. 5-5
Creating multiple effects ............................................................................................................ 5-6
Creating and playing back SoundFonts..................................................................................... 5-6
Internet Entertainment .............................................................................................................................5-6
Encoding CD songs to MP3 format........................................................................................... 5-6
Downloading and playing MP3 songs....................................................................................... 5-6