Multimedia 

Applications

Playback

MIDI

MIDI (*.MID) is a music format used by musicians that is played back 

from the internal synthesiser on the Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1 card. 

Use Creative PlayCenter 2 to play back MIDI files or use the MIDI 

sequencer bundled with your card. To achieve the best quality, load the 

8MB GM bank in the SoundFont applet found in the AudioHQ group.

SoundFont 

Many musicians have created music files that use exotic or non regular 

MIDI

instrument (non General MIDI compliant). These instruments are stored in 

SoundFont banks. Such MIDI files can be played back from Creative 

PlayCenter 2. The bundled CD contains many examples of MIDI demos 

that use high quality SoundFont banks.

Dolby Digital 

Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1 offers Dolby Digital (AC 3) decoding so 

(AC 3) audio

there's no need for an external Dolby Digital decoder. Just configure your 

speaker setup to 5.1 Speaker systems in Surround Mixer.

Digital 

Entertainment

Digital Entertainment

Applications

Watch Surround Movies

If you want to enjoy high quality movie entertainment, 

ensure you have good speakers. If you have 4 or 5 

speakers connected to your Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1 

card, configure your respective speaker setup in Surround 

Mixer. For DVD movies, it is recommended that you 

purchase Creative PC DVD Encore's solution as well as 

the Cambridge SoundWorks' DeskTop Theater 5.1 

Speaker systems.

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