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The Drivers/Control
Panel is functional, though curiously dated in appearance.
Of course, for the price you shouldn’t be expecting the
aesthetics that you can find with the Creative X-Fi
software. The Main Setting tab allows you to
configure Audio output mode:
When connected to a
Dolby Digital decoder it is recommended to enable S/PDIF
output with DDL (5.1) Encoding, this is after all, the
reason you would buy the DDL version over the plain version
of this soundcard, which is cheaper, too.
Those interested in
3D virtualization have Xear 3D. As I have previously
stated this is not something I personally enjoy as I prefer
playback to best represent the original source.
Also of note, in non-DDL
S/PDIF output multiple Sampling Rates can be selected
(44.1kHz, 48kHz and 96kHz), which may be of use to some.
Beyond S/PDIF output the soundcard supports up to of
8-channel Analog Output.
Here are some
screenshots of the standard Mixer tab:
And the Effects
tab:
The 10-band Equaliser
may prove useful for many and includes multiple presets.
Perhaps less useful is the ability to select an
environmental preset to apply to audio playback (most EAX
supporting soundcards offer this feature also).
Next page goes over
technical specs, if you want to skip that page
click here.
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