Audigy4 Pro review

This is the latest in creative's sound blaster products turning your PC into an entertainment box.

This card offers a dramatic breakthrough in Audio quality with hardware accelerated digital effects.


The card has a 64-voice hardware wavetable synthesizer and professional quality digital mixing and equalization.

The high audio quality playback (64 audio channels at arbitary sample rate, at 24-bit/192kHz in stereo or 24-bit/96kHz in 5.1 surround) and high recording rate (24 bit 96 khz max) makes it a winner.

Powered with key connectivity features like IEEE 1394, on Board Connectors (line level out, Digital CD Audio in, Aux Audio in, Power connectors), External I/O Front/Rear panel connectors (Headphone Out, Infra-red Receiver to communicate with remote control, MIDI In/Out , 2 Firewire ports for PC-to-PC networking, optical and coaxial digital I/O) gives you a plethora of options to configure your system.

It has a smart recorder with the in-built cleanup algorithm to remove unwanted audio artifacts. The audio cleanup feature lets you remove bad noise from old mp3 recordings. This card sounds amazing on most speakers. Get a 5.1 set and your in for a treat.

The 5.1 or 7.1 surround in existing 3D games delivers effects that are so real. The sound Blaster Audigy4 Pro plays back DirectSound3D games in 5.1 with rear surround or 7.1 with rear and side surround.

Conclusion

A good card, especially if you have a good set of speakers.

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