Philips Sound Solutions
Sonic Edge™ Soundcard User’s Guide
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The Visualization Panel provides a graphic representation for advanced audio processing features of
the Sonic Edge. It also includes controls to enable the environmental effects. The Visualization
Panel appears only in the expanded mode as a sliding cover for the Main Control Panel.
3.2. Details of Compact Control Panel
The Compact Control Panel contains the following controls:
3.2.1. Master Volume
Master Volume controls the overall output level of the soundcard.
3.2.2. Mute
Toggles all sound on or off.
3.2.3. Resize
Resize Toggles between the compact mode (basic controls) and the expanded mode (for more
advanced options).
3.2.4. Close
Closes the PSA2 control panel without affecting audio operation.
3.2.5. Default
Pushing the
Default
button resets all controls to a predefined state. All effects except 3D & Reverb
effects are turned off. Speaker mode selection and 3D effects remain unchanged. All playback mixer
sliders except microphone are un-muted. Record sliders remain as set by user. Fader and volume
sliders are set to their factory default levels, and Presets go to Neutral.
3.2.6. Help
This button launches the on-line help system. It contains detailed descriptions of all features of the
PSA2 interface.
3.2.7. Reverb
This button toggles the QSound Environmental Modeling (QEM) on or off. However, some games
apply their own environmental effects, which are not controlled by this button. Environmental
modeling uses reverb (reflected sound) and delay to create the impression that the listener is in a
particular environment.
QEM provides a wide range of high-quality environmental modeling effects that are selectable from
the Visualization panel. By selecting a default environment, you impose the effects of that
environment for music, movies, or games that do not use the EAX feature,
