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Introduction
The #1 Audio Solution
for Internet
Entertainment and
Gaming
Sound Blaster Live! is the top audio solution for your games, movies, CDs, MP3 songs and other
internet entertainment. With its support for today’s leading audio standard—Environmental
Audio—Sound Blaster Live! creates real-life, multidimensional sound and multi-textured
acoustical environments for the most realistic 3D audio experience. Its powerful EMU10K1 audio
processor delivers audio at optimum CPU performance with the highest fidelity and absolute
clarity. Combine it with a four-speaker setup and you’ll experience realistic 3D audio,
Environmental Audio in supported games, and enjoy your movies with true surround sound. The
Live!Ware upgrade program will keep your Sound Blaster Live! card up to date with continual
upgrades supporting future technologies, functionality, and features.
If wish to create your own music or audio content in the future, your Sound Blaster Live! card
also offers you many upgrade options which will allow you to connect multiple digital and analog
devices simultaneously, including keyboards and other music gear, as well as optical connection
to MiniDisc and DAT recorders.
System Requirements
For Creative software, your card requires at least:
❑
Genuine Intel
®
Pentium
®
class processor:
133 MHz for Windows 95/98, 200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0
❑
Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
❑
Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
❑
16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 (32 MB RAM recommended),
32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0