Fatal1ty Wants to Elevate Your Gaming Audio and Voice

The next generation Sound Blaster card - the Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional - is powered by Sound Core3D™ and heralds a new age in 3D gaming audio and online voice communication. Hardware-accelerated THX TruStudio Pro™ audio technologies deliver unsurpassed audio playback quality, while the innovative CrystalVoice™ processing, coupled with the included beamforming microphone, gives you the edge in Multiplayer games with crystal clear vocal fidelity. Its impressive internal hardware is matched by an equally stunning design, complete with a red-hot glowing Sound Core3D processor.

Engineered for low power consumption and high performance, the Sound Core3D processor is Creative's first sound and voice processor to integrate a quad-core high-performance digital signal processor (DSP) and high-quality converters onto a single chip.

"Success is in the details and details have always given me an edge over the competition during my professional gaming career. Hard work, practice, planning and the best hardware available represent some of those details, but audio quality is a critical factor overlooked by many. I've always used Sound Blaster products and recommend them to any gamer who wants a key advantage versus their opponents."
~ Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, a well-known professional gamer with 38 first-place wins in 9 years of tournaments!

Sound Core3D™ quad-core audio processor
The revolutionary Sound Core3D Audio and Voice chipset accelerates THX TruStudio Pro™ and CrystalVoice processing effects, drastically improving your gaming experience with faster frame rates, more immersive gaming audio, and crystal clear voice communications.

CrystalVoice™ voice enhancement clarity technology
Express yourself and be heard clearly in video conferencing, Multiplayer games and online chats.

Sound Blaster beamforming microphone
When used with CrystalVoice™ Focus, the included stereo microphone creates an acoustic zone and suppresses noise outside it, enabling you to be heard with amazing clarity.

Dedicated high quality headphone amp
Supports studio quality headphones and headsets of up to 600ohm impedance.

Dolby® Digital Live encoding
This allows you to connect to your decoder or home theater system through a single digital cable for compelling 5.1 surround sound from any source.

THX® TruStudio Pro™
THX TruStudio Pro™ is specially designed to bring the same audio experience found in live performances, films, and recording studios to the PC. It provides the newest PC audio technologies, all of which are the results of joint research and development between Creative and THX.

Together, these technologies deliver the fullest audio experience for music, movies and games, while remaining true to the source and intention of the artistes who created them. THX TruStudio Pro™ includes the following:

• THX TruStudio Pro™ Surround
• THX TruStudio Pro™ Crystalizer
• THX TruStudio Pro™ Speaker
• THX TruStudio Pro™ Dialog Plus
• THX TruStudio Pro™ Smart Volume

THX TruStudio Pro™ Surround
THX TruStudio Pro™ Surround provides immersion control to enhance the natural sense of audio depth and spaciousness by creating virtual surround sound channels. Stereo content or multi-channel content played over stereo speakers and headphones will sound as if it were coming from all sides, while voices remain centered in front with the original balance and timbre preserved.

THX TruStudio Pro™ Crystalizer
THX TruStudio Pro™ Crystalizer restores the natural dynamic range lost when iTunes and MP3 music gets compressed. This makes the music sound as good as the artiste originally intended, and adds an enhanced level of realism for movies and games.

THX TruStudio Pro™ Speaker
THX TruStudio Pro™ Speaker/Bass fills in the missing low frequency tones and gives extra impact for a better entertainment experience. Consumers no longer have to bear with lack of bass in speakers that are built into notebooks, PCs, 2.0 speakers or headphones. THX TruStudio Pro™ Speaker technology dramatically improves the sound experience without the need for a subwoofer.

THX TruStudio Pro™ Dialog Plus
THX TruStudio Pro™ Dialog Plus enhances the voices in movies for clearer dialogue, thus allowing the listener to hear the dialogue over the rest of the soundtrack and ambient noise in the listening environment.

THX TruStudio Pro™ Smart Volume
THX TruStudio Pro™ Smart Volume addresses the problem of abrupt volume level changes during playback and in-between songs by automatically and continuously measuring volume and intelligently applying gain and attenuation to compensate for those changes.

PC with:

• Windows® 7 (32 or 64-bit)
• Intel ® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD® equivalent processor, 2.2 GHz or faster
• Intel, AMD® or 100% compatible motherboard
• 1GB RAM
• 600 MB of free hard disk space
• Available PCI Express ® (x1, x4 or x16) slot
• Available CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

• Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional Sound Card
• Sound Blaster Beamforming Microphone
• Quick Start leaflet
• Installation CD containing:
• Drivers for Windows®
• User's Guide
• Creative Software Suite:
• Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe Control Panel
• THX® TruStudio Pro™ effects
• THX® TruStudio Pro Surround™
• THX® TruStudio Pro Crystalizer™
• THX® TruStudio Pro Bass™
• THX® TruStudio Pro Smart Volume™
• THX® TruStudio Pro Dialog Plus™
• CrystalVoice effects
• CrystalVoice™ Acoustic Echo Cancellation
• CrystalVoice™ Noise Reduction
• CrystalVoice™ Smart Volume
• CrystalVoice™ FX
• CrystalVoice™ Focus
• EAX Advanced HD
• OpenAL
• Creative Alchemy
• Creative Music Server