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General Specifications: Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit Getting Started

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General Specifications: Sound Blaster X-Fi Getting Started

This section displays the specifications of your Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card.


PCI Bus Mastering

  • PCI Specification Version 2.3 compliant
  • Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance

Sound Blaster X-Fi Processor

  • Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing
  • All new dedicated DSP capable of both time and frequency domain audio processing
  • 128 3D voices with advanced 3D positional audio rendering algorithms
  • Professional quality digital mixing and equalization maintaining 24-bit accuracy
  • User-selectable Master Sampling Rate for bit-matched professional audio applications
  • Ultra-high quality sample rate conversion for gaming and professional audio applications

Professional Digital Audio Processing

  • 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96 kHz sample rate
  • 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96 kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
  • 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192 kHz to stereo output
  • 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz
  • ASIO 2.0 support at 16-bit/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz
  • Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format of up to 24-bit/96 kHz quality
  • SPDIF output at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz
  • SPDIF output not available during playback of protected digital audio content authored with DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology
  • ASIO 2.0 with direct monitoring
  • Accelerated ASIO for ultra low latency
  • Enhanced SoundFont support of up to 24-bit

Flexible Mixer Control

  • Selectable input source or mixing of various audio sources for recording
  • Adjustable master volume control
  • Separate bass and treble control
  • Front and rear balance control
  • Muting, soloing and panning control for mixer sources

Mode Selector Control

THX Certification

  • Sound Blaster X-Fi has received the prestigious THX Multimedia Certification award, making it the perfect choice for PC audiophiles seeking the very best music and movie experiences.

Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS)

  • CMSS-3DSurround: Upmixes mono or stereo sources to 4, 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channels
  • CMSS-3DHeadphone: Provides a multichannel playback experience over headphones for all types of content
  • CMSS-3DVirtual: Provides a multichannel playback experience over two loudspeakers for all types of content
  • CMSS-3DInteractive: Delivers multichannel 3D audio positioning for 3D games and 3DMIDI. Works in conjunction with CMSS-3DHeadphone and CMSS-3DVirtual to provide advanced 3D positional audio over headphones and two or four loudspeakers

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