User Manual

10Sound BlasterX Katana Experience Guide
Experiencing the Sound BlasterX Katana
Game
Strap up and prep yourself for the greatest adventure of your life! With our
immaculately tuned Game prole, enjoy your game with the most visceral aural
performanceyou’veeverheard!OurnewUltraWideImmersionalgorithmenables
the Katana to bring forth a soundscape that is so wide, so natural and so accurate
that plain words cannot describe it completely.
Concert
Relivethe emotional memories of yourfavorite artist’s live performancewith the
Concertprole.Hearthepainstakinglyrenderedvocalandbandperformancelikeit
was, back in the arena, with booming basslines and echoes permeating through the
thick atmosphere because we believe that great Concert experiences should never
end.
Cinema
Get transported into an alternate reality of incredible cinematography and
breathtakingmovingaudiowiththeCinemaprole.Withthis,weaimtopreservethe
originalrenditionofmasteraudiomixesandthensome.Heareveryspeech,cueand
subtlenuancejustthewayitshouldbe.
Night
Catchingupwithyourlatestixat3AMwillneverbeaproblemeveragain.Startyour
visualfeastandswitchtotheNightproleandbingetillyoucandonomore.With
ourSmartVolumeManagementtechnologyandourdeepunderstandingofhuman
auralperception,wetunedthisprolecarefullytopreserveharmonysothatyoucan
continue eating popcorn and binging on movies all night long.
Every gamer has a personal preference as to how gaming audio should sound like, and we
acknowledgethat. The Sound Blaster Connect software provides no-holds-barred access to an
arsenal of toolsto control every aspect of your audio. Its unmatched versatility lets you tweak
individual audio settings to bring out the dynamics unique to each game – the way you want it, to
gain that added advantage. Combining hardware-accelerated processing, top-notch components
andSoundBlaster’sclass-leadingaudioalgorithmtechnologies,theSoundBlasterXKatanaoffers
incomparable audio customization and built-in audio presets professionally tuned for most of your
playback needs.