* Features
    - Benefits

* Supports Dolby(R) Digital Live multi-channel digital audio playback  
- Enjoy surround sound PC audio on your digital speakers or home theater
  system  
 
* Full-Duplex Digital Support  
- Record & Playback simultaneously 
 
* Optical S/PDIF input with up to 16 bit/48kHz resolution  
- Connect to the latest high-tech home entertainment equipment with a pure 
  digital, distortion-free signal, for low noise, high fidelity audio 
  reproduction.  
 
* Optical S/PDIF output with 24 bit resolution at 48kHz or 96kHz  
- Play DVDs on your PC with multi-channel digital speakers or home-theater
  systems.  
 
* S/PDIF output allows for pass-through of Dolby Digital(R) and DTS(R)
  multi-channel DVD sound to external A/V receivers with up to 7.1 Channel
  Surround Sound  
- Enjoy multi-channel music, games and DVDs on 2, 4, 6 (5.1) or 8 (7.1)
  speaker systems.  
 
* Selectable 2, 4, 6 or 8 analog line output channels  
- Connect internal CD or DVD drives with analog outputs.  
 
* Direct headphone drive capability on front channels.  
- Enjoy realistic 3D sound effects in multi-channel games.  
 
* External line input  
- Record from line level sources, such as CD players, cassette decks, 
  music equipment, etc.  
 
* External mic input  
- Record from external microphone or use microphone for video conferencing,
  game interaction, Internet phone, etc.  
 
* Internal CD and Aux inputs  
- Listen to stereo digital music or movies with an enhanced multi-speaker
  surround sound environment using speakers or headphones  
 
* Converts stereo sound sources to multi-channel format *on-the-fly*  
- At the end of the chain, you would still need a Decoder provided by your:
  Digital Speakers, AV Receiver, Stand-alone Decoder, etc. 

* Key Shifter
- Change the pitch (high or low) of audio without changing the playback
  speed (tempo). 
  
* Environmental Effects  
- Add a wide variety of reverberation effects to create simulated concert
  halls and spectacular home-theater surround-sound on multi-speaker systems
  or headphones.  
 
* Supports Game Surround Sound APIs such as EAX (1 & 2), A3D, I3DL2 and 
  DirectSound 3D
  
* Included software suite  
* Record CDs, record your own music, edit digital audio, and more!

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- From the control panel, the "Stereo Mix" switch combines the Analog In 
  with Analog Stereo Out
- All connections are made through the back of the PCI card. No front panel 
  or external break-out box connections.
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