Philips 4-Channel Sound Card - Manual (Page 6)

Philips Seismic Edge
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Philips Seismic Edge  
Sound Card!
Now, get ready to wake your senses . . .
. . . with high impact 3D sound from your new Seismic Edge  sound
card. Whether your PC passion is games, music or movies, Philips
Seismic Edge
 will envelope you in vibrant 3D sound from stereo
speakers, headphones or 4 channel surround speakers. Advanced
audio algorithms running on the Seismic Edge
 s high performance
hardware accelerator support the latest 3D audio games and DVD
movies, and will transform 2-channel stereo sources like MP3 files,
music CD's, movies files, cut scenes and stereo games to deep-
immersion-surround sound.
At the heart of Seismic Edge  is a Philips ThunderBird Q3D  audio
accelerator. This powerful DSP (Digital Signal Processor) can
process up to 128 sounds simultaneously with minimal consumption
of your computer's power. This hardware acceleration assures high
fidelity audio and frees your computer to concentrate its power on
better graphics and game speed.
Advanced DSP algorithms from QSound Labs provide compelling 3-
D for every application. If you have headphones or only two speak-
ers, Seismic Edge
 's patented psycho-acoustic algorithms to enve-
lope you in a virtual sound field created from up to sixty-four inde-
pendent 3D voices.
Add rear speakers for true four-channel sound, and Seismic Edge 
will transform your PC into your personal home theatre, with 4-chan-
nel output for 3-D games and DVDs. Plus a patented QSound algo-
rithm will transform all of your stereo sources into four distinct audio
channels including music CD's, MP3's, video files, cut scenes and
stereo games.
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