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The SBX Pro Studio is replete with a host of tweaks and settings. ThatвЂ™s something most motherboard audio would drool for. The Z sports a hefty 116 decibel signal-to-noise ratio. Still the Z retains the versatility of previous products. None of that madness is present with the Z. Only a system restart would jar things back to sanity. However, if any programs were running during the switch, you ran the risk of either locking up your system and/or killing your computerвЂ™s sound completely. The old utility suite made use of 3-audio modes one each for Music, Entertainment and Audio Editing. Gone is the system crashing audio mode switching requirement. The SBX Pro Studio is another feature standing stage-high looking down on the previous Sound Blaster soundcard offerings.

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Once youвЂ™re back at the desktop, let your system detect new devices and then insert the included software CD to install drivers and SBX Pro Studio utilities.

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ItвЂ™s always good to enter your motherboard bios and disable onboard sound devices so there is no driver conflict between onboard sound and your new Sound Blaster Z. Moreover the Z soundcard supports 192 kHz direct pass through to analog out. The Sound Blaster also supports optical in for mixing in music from an external source for editing and such. Then connect your speakers and headphones (embedded 600 ohm headphone amp) via the 3.5mm jacks and/or the optical out. Power your rig down and pop the Sound Blaster Z in any available slot mentioned.

To get it up and running is simple stuff. My last Creative X-Fi soundcard was restricted to PCI-e only, which made for some creative system building at times.

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One of the major improvements over the previous iterations of Creative soundcards (X-Fi flavor), is this audiophile can be connected to a PC motherboard via PCI or PCI-Express. Plus it includes an external Beamforming microphone. The Z also connects to your on-system audio decoder or home theater by way of a single digital optical cable. There is something there to play nicely with music, movies and games. You get a ton of options to tweak your sound, several Creative tools and applications within the SBX Pro Studio utility suite bundled on an included CD.

The Sound Blaster Z is a robust audio product for a reasonable price. So it was with self-inspired interest that I seized the chance to review their new Sound Blaster Z 5.1 Dolby Digital soundcard. Without question the company is clearly one of the finest audio product manufacturers around. Because the demand waned, so did the manufacturers creating said products.Д«ut Creative is still around, arguably the best at this particular game. As onboard sound on motherboards became more robust and complex in its audio reproduction, the need for expensive audio processing units was diminished. There is a list of the preset profiles below.Over the years I have flip-flopped back and forth over the merits of an aftermarket soundcard for PCs, and for good reason.

There are also profiles for specific games such as Dota 2, League of Legends and the Witcher 3. You can also import and export custom profiles. Some of these profiles are Adventure and Action, First Person Shooter and Driving Simulation to name a few. The first section is where you can set up the three onboard profiles. In this case, it was just the Sound Blaster G5. When you first open the BlasterX Acoustic Engine Pro, you have the option to select from a list of supported devices. The Sound Blaster G5 has support for the BlasterX Acoustic Engine Pro. В« A Closer Look at the Sound Blaster G5 | Benchmarking and Subjective Testing В» BlasterX Acoustic Engine Pro Software

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