Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card

Enhance Your Music, Games and Movies With Xtreme Fidelity!
The Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro features professional-quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with 116dB SNR, plus an I/O module with a comprehensive selection of connectivity for audio creation with easy-to-use control knobs for the X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer, X-Fi CMSS- 3D (Creative Multi-Speaker Surround), 3DMIDI, and EAX. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro also features 64MB of on-board X-RAM - audio memory dedicated to higher gaming audio quality and performance, in addition to a built-in pre-amp for direct recording, and high-impedance inputs for electric guitars. The "top of the line" Sound Blaster X-Fi solution, the Elite Pro includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the entire family of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards (described below), in one ultimate solution.

Harness the full power of Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Elite Pro by selecting one of its 3 usage modes:
Audio Creation Mode
Gaming Mode
Entertainment Mode

Audio Creation Mode
For Xtreme Fidelity Home-Studio Music Recording & Creation

Highest quality, most feature-rich recording available in its class!
Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro delivers the highest fidelity of all the X-Fi products, delivering pristine 116dB SNR audio playback quality. In addition you will enjoy recording capabilities up to 96kHz and playback of up to 192kHz, plus advanced features and effects for music and audio creation.

Advanced Audio Conversion Engine.
Sound Blaster X-Fi features an SRC (Sample Rate Conversion) engine that is 300 times more precise than the previous Sound Blaster solutions and can convert any audio to any resolution at near transparency with 136dB THD+N, providing you the freedom to record at your preferred resolution without concerning yourself with the final output quality. Sound Blaster X-Fi also supports digital-matched recordings in resolutions from 44.1kHz to 96kHz.

Lowest Latency ASIO Recording.
You'll get ASIO recording with latency as low as one millisecond and zero CPU load for the most precise audio recording capabilities in any class!

Advanced Features and Effects for Music and Audio Creation.
Sound Blaster X-Fi supports up to eight different 24-bit hardware effects, all of which are accessible through the special Audio Creation Mode Interface and can be used with any of the inputs.

You will also enjoy unprecedented hardware synthesis capabilities with 24-bit SoundFont sampling!
For the first time, create multichannel MIDI content with 3D MIDI.

Gaming Mode
For Ultimate Gaming Performance & Maximum Realism

Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro delivers the fastest gaming performance ever!
The Creative X-Fi Audio Processor delivers the fastest ever gaming performance with an average performance boost of more than 15%! And with X-Fi CMSS-3D, you'll know exactly where your enemies are whether you're using headphones or speakers. EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 will make your games more life-like than ever before and with X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer you'll experience real-time enhancement of all your gaming audio to 24-bit quality for the most dynamic and pristine gaming audio ever!

Entertainment Mode
For Xtreme Fidelity™ Music & Movies

X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer enhances MP3s & Movies to sound better than they do on their original CD or DVD.
The Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor puts your music and movie audio through a two-step quality enhancement process. First it converts the audio into 24-bit/96kHz quality, then it remasters and selectively enhances the audio by analyzing and identifying which parts of the audio stream have been restricted/damaged during the compression stages to 16-bit and then to MP3. The result is music that sounds cleaner, smoother and has more sparkle, and movies that sound more realistic than ever before!

X-Fi CMSS-3D allows user to upgrade their MP3 music & stereo movies into surround sound over headphones or multichannel speakers.
Enjoy your stereo MP3s and movies in surround sound with X-Fi CMSS-3D technology! The Creative X-Fi audio processor intelligently remixes the audio into surround sound to match the speaker system you have (including headphones). It also uses advanced techniques to extract specific audio elements, like voice to the center channel and ambience to the surrounding channels, so your music and movies sound more alive than ever before!

SuperRip allows you to rip your CDs in Xtreme Fidelity.
Sound Blaster X-Fi uses the X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer & X-Fi CMSS-3D features to "SuperRip" CD's into Xtreme Fidelity quality. You can now enjoy permanently enhanced music instead of low-quality MP3 files!

Enjoy the latest cinematic technologies for the ultimate PC movie experience!
Experience incredible audio with THX certified quality and unbeatable movie sound with DTS-ES™ and Dolby® Digital EX decoding!