| The
Soundcard - Magic Sound Live! |
The Magic
Sound Live! (the soundcard) is a very simple looking
soundcard with
standard features like:
Connections
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Internal: Audio-In
for CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, Video-In for Video card sound
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External:
Micro-In, Line-In, Line-Out (stereo earphones), Mini-Din for Multi
channel cables, or Magic theater PRO, Joystick/MIDI Port
However
don't let the simplicity of the card fool you. Read the following
specs of the Magic Sound Live! (notice the sarcasm towards SB Live!)
card:
- PCI v.2.2 compliance with bus master
and scatter-and-gathering capability
- Real DOS SoundBlaster Pro support
- Built-in music synthesis for AdLib
compatibility
- Built-in SRC (sampling rate
converter)
- AC-97 ver. 2.1 Compliance
- Multiple speaker support
- Dual game ports
- Analog/Digital Joystick Interface
(Direct Input support)
- I2S ports
- S/PDIF digital output port
- Hardware push button volume control
- 3.3V with 5V tolerance
- ACPI and PCI CLKRUN power management
- MPU-401 port
- Optional Professional 64 Voices
Software WaveTable supporting .MID (General MIDI)
- Optional Efficient HSP dynamic 3-D
positional audio support
- DOS box/Win3.x/Win95/WDM drivers
support
- 100 pin QFP & TQFP package
- YAMAHA
XG50 software wavetable synthesizer(maximum 128 notes) for
Window95/98, Windows NT
- Qsound
2.0 : positional 3D
- A3D
compliant
- Creative
EAX compliant
Not confinced yet ? how about
Included with the Magic Theater Pro are:
- Magic Sound Live! AC-3 5.1 Channels
Soundcard
- Sub Woofer
- Two Front speaker
- Two rear speakers
- One center speaker
- Necessary cables
- Manual
- Driver CD (including drivers, WHQL
Win95/98 and WinNT 4.0 drivers, EzAudio, JetAudio, Willow Talk,
MP3 player application
- WinDVD
full registered and optimized version
The card is excellent in
two section.
-
DVD-Playback (in Dolby
Digital)
-
Playing games (A3D
and EAX compatible)
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