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"The Sound Blaster Live! comes pre-installed on millions of PC's, yet users are not aware of its many features and uses due to a surprising lack of documentation," said co-author Clarence Song. "We wanted to give people enough information to be able to set up their entire PC audio system and configure their audio drivers, mixer, and speakers for optimal sound."  

According to co-author Lars Ahlzen, "The Sound Blaster Live! composition tools are not widely known. For example, SoundFonts allows users to customize instruments for their own compositions."

THE SOUND BLASTER LIVE! BOOK includes tips for utilizing these undocumented features and much more, like:

* How to connect the Sound Blaster Live! to multimedia speakers and home theater systems
* How to get the most out of surround sound from DVDs, games and other consumer audio equipment
* How to use the mixer and play with EAX (Environmental Audio Extensions)
* How to install digital I/O accessories like the Live!Drive for enhanced audio connectivity
* All about recording audio, including mixer settings and audio editing basics
* How to find, create, play, and manage SoundFonts
* Sequencer basics, including MIDI, effects, and SoundFont support in popular PC sequencers
* How to connect SBLive! Hardware, including the various connectors, jacks, and digital input/output features

THE SOUND BLASTER LIVE! BOOK includes a CD-ROM with numerous music and audio files, sample sound clips, SoundFonts, and selected freeware, shareware, and demo versions of commercial software.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The authors of THE SOUND BLASTER LIVE! BOOK run the two most popular, unofficial, Sound Blaster Live! websites. Lars Ahlzen is the founder of the "Live! Center" website (http://listen.to/sblive) and a Computer Science and Engineering student at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden. Clarence Song is a software engineer living in Singapore, and an avid technology, multimedia, and AV enthusiast. He runs the popular "ALive! - Sound Blaster Live! Resource" website (http://alive.singnet.com.sg).

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Table of contents: http://www.nostarch.com/sblive_toc.htm
Sample chapter: http://www.nostarch.com/sblive_ch3.pdf

The Sound Blaster Live! Book
Lars Ahlzen & Clarence Song
ISBN 1886411735,  504 pp w/CD-ROM, $39.95 (US), $59.95 (Cdn)
orders@nostarch.com
800.420.7240; 415.863.9900

ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS
Since 1994, No Starch Press has published unique and often fringe books on many computing topics, with a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, web development, programming, gaming, and alternative operating systems. No Starch Press books have personality; its authors are passionate about their topics, and its goals are to make computing fun and accessible for everyone.

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