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STRIX Sound Card Series

Strix Raid DLX

Strix Raid PRO

Strix Soar

User Manual

Summary of Contents for Strix Raid DLX

Page 1: ...STRIX Sound Card Series Strix Raid DLX Strix Raid PRO Strix Soar User Manual ...

Page 2: ...TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECIFICAT...

Page 3: ... or reinstalling the driver 12 4 Connecting Speakers and Peripherals 13 4 1 Connecting to Strix Control Box Strix Raid DLX PRO only 13 4 2 Connecting to TOSLINK and COAXIAL SPDIF input connection 15 4 3 Connecting Microphone Line In 16 4 4 Connecting stereo headphones 17 4 5 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 18 5 Software Utilities 22 5 1 Sonic Studio overview 22 5 2 Sonic Radar overview 23 6 Trou...

Page 4: ...essful installation of the ASUS Strix sound card series your computer must meet the following requirements One PCI Express 1 0 or higher compatible slot for the audio card One available 6 pin peripheral power cable connector from PC s power supply unit Microsoft Windows 8 1 8 7 32 64bit Intel Pentium 4 1 4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU 256 MB DRAM system memory 60 MB available HDD space ...

Page 5: ...Output Input Full Scale Voltage 2 Vrms 5 65 Vp p Bus Compatibility PCI Express PCIe v1 0 or above bus compatible Main Chipset Audio Processor Cmedia USB 2 0 High Definition Sound Processor Max 384KHz 24bit D A Converter of Digital Sources ESS SABRE9016 Premier 8 Channel Audio DAC A D Converter for Analog Inputs Cirrus Logic CS5381 1 114dB DNR Max 192kHz 24bit Sample Rate and Resolution Analog Play...

Page 6: ...Ratio A Weighted 110dB for line in Output Total Harmonic Distortion Noise at 1kHz A Weighted 0 001 100dB for Line out 0 003 90dB for headphone out 600ohm loading Input Total Harmonic Distortion Noise at 1kHz A Weighted 0 000316 110dB for line in Frequency Response 3dB 24 bit 96kHz input 10Hz to 48kHz Output Input Full Scale Voltage 2Vrms 5 65Vp p Headphone Impedance Optimized for 16 32 600Ω Bus Co...

Page 7: ...96 176 4 192KHz 16 24bit for all channels S PDIF Digital Output 44 1K 48K 96 192KHz 16 24bit ASIO 2 2 Driver Support 44 1K 48K 96 192KHz 16 24bit I O Ports Analog Output Jack 3 5 mm jack 1 8 Analog out for All channel 3 5 mm jack 1 8 Headphone out Analog Input Jack 3 5 mm jack 1 8 Line In Mic In combo Digital S PDIF Output High bandwidth Optical Connector supports 192KHz 24bit Side Surround combo ...

Page 8: ...for voice input Built in high quality Microphone pre amplifier Line In port Connect analog devices like MP3 players CD players music synthesizers and other line level sound sources to this 3 5mm port for audio recording or processing 2 Headphone Out port Connect your headphone to this port Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 9: ...port Connects to the center subwoofer input on 4 1 5 1 channel powered analog speakers 7 Side Out port Connects to the side surround input on 7 1 channel powered analog speakers S PDIF Out port Optical digital output jack Connects to external digital decoder or digital speaker systems Home Theater systems AV receivers for outputting digital audio including PCM Dolby Digital DTS WMA Pro etc Connect...

Page 10: ...ys intensity level of volume or effects 10 Output Source LED Indicator LED indicator that displays selected output device Note When the device is mute the LED turns red 11 STRIX RAID Mode This is a programmable key that can customize and lock a special effect from the Sonic Studio so that you can control and adjust effects spontaneously in game Press on off to enable disable Custom Mode The LED tu...

Page 11: ...sert the ASUS STRIX sound card series support CD into your optical drive If Autorun is enabled the ASUS STRIX sound card series driver screen appears automatically Go to step 4 If Autorun is not enabled in your computer perform step 2 2 Click My Computer on your desktop and double click the optical drive icon 3 Double click the setup exe icon 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the ins...

Page 12: ... 4 Select the program that you want to remove and then click Add Remove or Change Remove button 5 In the InstallShield Wizard dialog box select Remove 6 Restart your computer when prompted 3 2 2 Reinstalling the STRIX sound card series driver To reinstall the STRIX sound card series driver 1 Before you reinstall any software it s recommended to uninstall the existing software first 2 After you fin...

Page 13: ...o Strix Control Box Strix Raid DLX PRO only 4 1 1 Connecting Strix Control Box Strix Raid DLX PRO only No Items Description 1 Box link Connect Strix control box directly to this Box link port 2 Microphone Input Port Connect Strix control box directly to the microphone input port 3 Headphone Output Port Connect Strix control box directly to the headphone output port 1 2 3 ...

Page 14: ...Control Box with external microphone and headphone Strix Raid DLX PRO only No Items Description 1 Microphone Input Port Connect your external PC microphone to this 3 5mm jack for voice input 2 Headphone Output Port Connect your headphones to this port Headphone Out Mic In 1 2 ...

Page 15: ...onnecting to TOSLINK and COAXIAL SPDIF input connection No Items Description 1 S PDIF Output Side Out port Connects to CD DVD player or some PC NB with SPDIF output to digital input Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center S PDIF AVR 1 ...

Page 16: ... 3 Connecting Microphone Line In No Items Description 1 Microphone Input Line In Port Connect the microphone s 3 5mm plug into this Mic In port for voice communication recording or karaoke Connect the 3 5mm plug of the CD MP3 Player or any other Line level analog audio sources into this Line In jack for sound recording 1 ...

Page 17: ...hones 4 4 1 Connecting Stereo Headphones No Items Description 1 Front Out The Headphone Out Port has a built in high quality amplifier to drive headphones Please connect your stereo headphones directly to this jack Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 1 ...

Page 18: ...de S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 4 5 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 4 5 1 Connecting 2 channel speakers No Items Description 1 Front Out Connects to the front input ports of the 2 channel speakers with the mini jack cable 1 ...

Page 19: ...nnel Speakers Power Amplifier No Items Description 1 Front Out Connects to the front input ports of 4 1 speaker 2 Rear Output Port Connects to the rear surround input port of 4 1 channel speaker Amplifier OR Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 1 2 ...

Page 20: ...f 5 1 speaker 2 Rear Output Port Connects to the left surround and right surround input ports of 5 1 speaker 3 Center Subwoofer Connects to the Center and subwoofer input ports of 5 1 speaker 4 5 3 Connecting 5 1 Channel Speakers 5 1 Channel Headphone Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 1 2 3 ...

Page 21: ...f 5 1 speaker 2 Side Surround Out Connects to the left surround and right surround input ports of 7 1 speaker 3 Center Subwoofer Connects to the Center Subwoofer input port of the 7 1 speakers with the mini jack cable 4 Rear Output Port Connects to the rear surround input of 7 1 speaker Side S PDIF Out Mic Line in Headphone Front Box Link Rear Center 1 3 4 2 ...

Page 22: ...Utilities For more details about using Sonic Studio please refer to the Sonic Studio and Sonic Radar manual 5 1 Sonic Studio overview Sonic Studio comes with advanced sound algorithms and virtual surround effects to enhance your gaming and entertainment experience ...

Page 23: ...d combined and re focused for gaming This helps gamers to visually see threats which are heard but are not immediately visible Gamers can also customize the appropriate level of sensitivity and graphics settings to meet his her needs for different gaming scenarios For more details about using Sonic Radar please refer to the Sonic Studio and Sonic Radar manual ...

Page 24: ...ain 2 I couldn t find the STRIX Sound Card Series Audio Center Please make sure you have installed the driver Find the STRIX Sound Card Series Audio Center icon in the system tray on the bottom right hand corner of the screen Double click the icon to open the STRIX Sound Card Series Audio Center utility If the icon could not be found in the system tray go to the Windows Control Panel and double cl...

Page 25: ...nalog output will be muted to get rid of the interference between your digital speaker system and analog speakers or headphones Please check if this is the case Please go to the sound and audio device of Windows Control Panel to check if the playback default device is set to STRIX Sound Card Series Audio Device instead of other onboard AC97 or HDA codec device If it s not please set it to STRIX So...

Page 26: ...l monitoring button for that recording source 6 Will PCM sound output through S PDIF be just 2 channels even with different analog output channels The S PDIF protocol specification IEC 60958 can only carry 2 channel PCM data or non PCM AC3 DTS data So when a user selects PCM output for S PDIF the sound card will always deliver 2 channel PCM data through the S PDIF output port For attaining 5 1 cha...

Page 27: ...c Dolby and Dolby Digital Live Dolby Pro Logic IIx Dolby Virtual Speaker Dolby Headphone are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories DTS and DTS CONNECT DTS Interactive DTS Neo PC are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc EAX and A3D are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Microsoft DirectSound3D Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other company and product names may be trademarks of th...

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