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Product:
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Platinum
Company: Creative Labs
Website: http://www.sblive.com/products/platinum/
Estimated Street Price:
Review By: Alex Harris
LiveWare
3
The Sound Blaster Live!
Platinum ships with Live!Ware 3.0 and is hence packed with features,
enhancements and software that allows you to enjoy new experiences in
Internet Entertainment.
By reprogramming the EMU10K1
audio processor of Sound Blaster Live!, Creative lets you enjoy new
experiences in Internet Entertainment.
Live!Ware 3.0 for the Sound
Blaster Live! series will transform your sound card into the most ideal
audio solution for Internet Entertainment. The following Internet-related
applications will open new experiences and enhanced enjoyment:
- LAVA! - Music in
Motion - Creative's new LAVA! Technology revolutionizes Internet
audio by adding interactive real-time visual expression to open a new
dimension of audio experience. LAVA! scenes are comprised of
"dancing" interactive 3D visuals that express the emotions
of the music.
- Encode MP3 songs
with Environmental Audio - The New Creative Digital Audio Center
from MusicMatch delivers an enhanced Internet Audio experience. With
its capability for unlimited CD-ripping and MP3 conversion, you can
customize your own MP3 album collections with ease.
- Join Creative
VoiceChat Community using Voice / Telephony Communications -
Creative MediaRing Talk, the Next Generation Internet Voice
Communication Software for the Net Generation, connects you with users
worldwide who have similar interests.
- Live!Task Makes
Everything Easy - Live!Task, located on the new Creative Launcher,
makes it intuitive for you to perform any task on your system
including Internet-related applications. Using its "I want
to" selections, all you need to do is to choose the task that you
want to perform and your system will be automatically configured for
that task.
- Enhanced Playback
of Internet Music and Audio - The New Creative PlayCenter lets you
add realistic audio environments, play back MP3 songs, and apply
real-time effects such as "male-to-female" and
"female-to-male" to change the gender of the voice.
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