Philips PSC70417 User manual - Page 6

Philips 4-ch-091100-11-40.qxd 2000/9/11 AM 11:39 Page 6 Philips Seismic Edge 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 deepimmersion-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 3D for every application. If you have headphones or only two speakers, Seismic Edge's patented psycho-acoustic algorithms to envelope you in a virtual sound field created from up to sixty-four independent 3D voices. Add rear speakers for true four-channel sound, and Seismic Edge will transform your PC into your personal home theatre, with 4-channel output for 3-D games and DVDs. Plus a patented QSound algorithm 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. 6