Box Contents
Here's what you get in the glossy, icon splashed, box:
Box Contents
- Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX card
- Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX External I/O Module and IR remote control
- AD_LINK cable
- Power converter cable
- Joystick/MIDI bracket
- 3.5mm minijack to ¼" plug adapter
- Two AAA betteries for the IR remote control
- Sound Blaster Audigy2 Installation and Application CD
- Sound Blaster Audigy2 Feature Showcase Demo CD
- Creative DVD-Audio Sampler Disc
- Quick Start Guide leaflet
- User manual (pdf, on the CD)
User Manual, Warranty, and Customer Support cards are in .pdf form on the CD. It's kind of a shame as I rather liked having a paper edition of the manual. But, it's cheaper for Creative and it saves a few trees, so why not? The driver installation also makes you register your eX online, so it's almost moot to have those old mail-in cards.
There are also a few extras in the software bundle:
- Ableton Fuityloops 3.5 and Live 1.5 (music creation, sequencer)
- Stienberg Cubasis VST and Wavelab Lite (sequencer, editor)
- Native Instruments' Traktor DJ ("hit it, Run")
- Ulead VideoStudio 5.0 (video)
- Hitman 2 (full version)
- Soldier of Fortune II (full version)
The inclusion of the Fruityloops and Live are the only difference between software bundles of the Audigy2 Platinum and the eX.